Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
135th Ohio General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	4 terms (8 years total)
History
New session started	January 3, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Jason Stephens (R) ; since January 3, 2023
Speaker pro tempore	Scott Oelslager (R) ; since January 3, 2023
Majority Leader	Bill Seitz (R) ; since June 7, 2017
Minority Leader	Allison Russo (D) ; since January 26, 2022
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Majority Republican (67); Minority Democratic (32);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article II, Ohio Constitution
Salary	$68,674/year
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022; (99 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (99 seats)
Redistricting	Ohio Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Ohio Statehouse; Columbus, Ohio
Website
	Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.

The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. In 1816, the capital was moved to Columbus, where it is located today.[1]

Members are limited to four successive two-year elected terms (terms are considered successive if they are separated by less than four years).[2] Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term does not count against the term limit. There are 99 members in the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election.

Composition

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Republican
End of previous Assembly	35	64	99	0

Begin (January 3, 2023)	32	67	99	0
February 2, 2023[3]		66	98	1
February 25, 2023[4]		65	97	2
May 10, 2023[5]		67	99	0
October 2, 2023[6]		66	98	1
Latest voting share	32.7%	67.3%

Leadership

Presiding Officers
Speaker of the House		Jason Stephens
Speaker Pro Tempore		Scott Oelslager
Majority Leadership
Majority Floor Leader		Bill Seitz
Assistant Majority Floor Leader		Jon Cross
Majority Whip		James Hoops
Assistant Majority Whip		Sharon Ray
Minority Leadership
Minority Leader		Allison Russo
Assistant Minority Leader		Dontavius Jarrells
Minority Whip		Jessica Miranda
Assistant Minority Whip		Tavia Galonski

Members of the 135th House of Representatives

House districts by party

Democratic

Republican

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	First Elected	Term Limited
1	Dontavius Jarrells	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2020	2028
2	Latyna Humphrey	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2021↑	2030
3	Ismail Mohamed	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2022	2030
4	Mary Lightbody	Democratic	Plain Township	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
5	Richard Brown	Democratic	Canal Winchester	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
6	Adam Miller	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
7	Allison Russo	Democratic	Upper Arlington	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
8	Beth Liston	Democratic	Dublin	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
9	Munira Abdullahi	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2022	2030
10	David Dobos	Republican	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2022	2030
11	Anita Somani	Democratic	Dublin	Franklin (part)	2022	2030
12	Brian Stewart	Republican	Ashville	Franklin (part) Pickaway Madison	2020	2028
13	Michael Skindell	Democratic	Lakewood	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
14	Sean Brennan	Democratic	Parma	Cuyahoga (part)	2022	2030
15	Richard Dell'Aquila	Democratic	Seven Hills	Cuyahoga (part)	2022	2030
16	Bride Rose Sweeney	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
17	Tom Patton	Republican	Strongsville	Cuyahoga (part)	2016	2024
18	Darnell Brewer	Democratic	Cleveland, Ohio	Cuyahoga (part)	2022	2030
19	Phil Robinson	Democratic	Solon	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
20	Terrence Upchurch	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
21	Elliot Forhan	Democratic	South Euclid, Ohio	Cuyahoga (part)	2022	2030
22	Juanita Brent	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
23	Daniel Troy	Democratic	Willowick	Lake (part)	2020	2028
24	Dani Isaacsohn	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2022	2030
25	Cecil Thomas	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2022	2030
26	Sedrick Denson	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
27	Rachel Baker	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2022	2030
28	Jessica Miranda	Democratic	Forest Park	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
29	Cindy Abrams	Republican	Harrison	Hamilton (part)	2019↑	2028
30	Bill Seitz	Republican	Green Township	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
31	Bill Roemer	Republican	Richfield	Stark (part) Summit (part)	2018	2026
32	Vacant	Republican		Summit (part)
33	Tavia Galonski	Democratic	Akron	Summit (part)	2017↑	2026
34	Casey Weinstein	Democratic	Hudson	Summit (part)	2018	2026
35	Steve Demetriou	Republican	Chagrin Falls	Cuyahoga (part)	2022	2030
36	Andrea White	Republican	Kettering	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
37	Tom Young	Republican	Miamisburg	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
38	Willis Blackshear, Jr.	Democratic	Dayton	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
39	Phil Plummer	Republican	Dayton	Montgomery (part)	2018	2026
40	Rodney Creech	Republican	West Alexandria	Montgomery Preble (part)	2020	2028
41	Josh Williams	Republican	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2022	2030
42	Derek Merrin	Republican	Monclova Township	Lucas (part)	2016↑	2024
43	Michele Grim	Democratic	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2022	2030
44	Elgin Rogers, Jr.	Democratic	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2022↑	2030
45	Jennifer Gross	Republican	West Chester	Butler (part)	2020	2028
46	Thomas Hall	Republican	Madison Township	Butler (part)	2020	2028
47	Sara Carruthers	Republican	Hamilton	Butler (part)	2018	2026
48	Scott Oelslager	Republican	North Canton	Stark (part)	2018	2026
49	Jim Thomas	Republican	Canton	Stark (part)	2022	2030
50	Reggie Stoltzfus	Republican	Paris Township	Stark (part)	2018	2026
51	Brett Hillyer	Republican	Uhrichsville	Tuscarawas (part)	2018	2026
52	Gayle Manning	Republican	North Ridgeville	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
53	Joe Miller	Democratic	Amherst	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
54	Dick Stein	Republican	Norwalk	Huron Lorain (part)	2016	2024
55	Scott Lipps	Republican	Franklin	Warren (part)	2016	2024
56	Adam Matthews	Republican	Lebanon	Warren (part)	2022	2030
57	Jamie Callender	Republican	Concord Township	Lake (part)	2018	2026
58	Alessandro Cutrona	Republican	Canfield	Mahoning (part)	2020↑	2028
59	Lauren McNally	Democratic	Youngstown	Mahoning (part)	2022	2030
60	Brian Lorenz	Republican	Powell	Delaware (part)	2023↑	2032
61	Beth Lear	Republican	Galena	Delaware (part)	2022	2030
62	Jean Schmidt	Republican	Loveland	Clermont (part)	2020	2028
63	Adam Bird	Republican	New Richmond	Brown Clermont (part)	2020	2028
64	Nick Santucci	Republican	Howland Township	Trumbull (part)	2022	2030
65	Mike Loychik	Republican	Cortland	Trumbull (part)	2020	2028
66	Sharon Ray	Republican	Wadsworth	Medina (part)	2020	2028
67	Melanie Miller	Republican	Ashland	Ashland (part) Mediana (part)	2022	2030
68	Thaddeus Claggett	Republican	Newark	Licking (part)	2022	2030
69	Kevin Miller	Republican	Newark	Coshocton Licking (part) Perry	2021↑	2030
70	Brian Lampton	Republican	Beavercreek	Greene (part)	2020	2028
71	Bill Dean	Republican	Xenia	Clark (part) Greene (part) Madison	2016↑	2024
72	Gail Pavliga	Republican	Atwater	Portage (part)	2020	2028
73	Jeff LaRe	Republican	Violet Township	Fairfield (part)	2019↑	2028
74	Bernard Willis	Republican	Springfield	Clark (part)	2022	2030
75	Haraz Ghanbari	Republican	Perrysburg	Wood (part)	2019↑	2028
76	Marilyn John	Republican	Shelby	Richland (part)	2020	2028
77	Scott Wiggam	Republican	Wooster	Wayne (part)	2016	2024
78	Susan Manchester	Republican	Waynesfield	Auglaize (part) Darke (part) Mercer Shelby (part)	2018	2026
79	Monica Robb Blasdel	Republican	German Township	Carroll Columbiana (part)	2022	2030
80	Jena Powell	Republican	Arcanum	Darke (part) Miami	2018	2026
81	James Hoops	Republican	Napoleon	Fulton (part) Henry Putnam Williams	2018	2026
82	Roy Klopfenstein	Republican	Haviland	Paulding	2022	2030
83	Jon Cross	Republican	Kenton	Hancock Hardin Logan (part)	2018	2026
84	Angela King	Republican	Celina	Mercer (part)	2022	2030
85	Tim Barhorst	Republican	Fort Loramie	Champaign Logan (part) Shelby (part)	2022	2030
86	Tracy Richardson	Republican	Marysville	Marion (part) Union	2018	2026
87	Riordan McClain	Republican	Upper Sandusky	Crawford Marion (part) Morrow Seneca (part) Wyandot	2018↑	2026
88	Gary Click	Republican	Fremont	Sandusky Seneca (part)	2020	2028
89	D. J. Swearingen	Republican	Huron	Erie Ottawa	2019↑	2028
90	Justin Pizzuli	Republican	Franklin Furnace	Adams Lawrence (part) Scioto	2023↑	2032
91	Bob Peterson	Republican	Washington Court House	Highland Pike Fayette Ross (part)	2022	2030
92	Mark Johnson	Republican	Chillicothe	Fayette Pickaway (part) Ross (part)	2020	2028
93	Jason Stephens	Republican	Kitts Hill	Gallia Jackson (part) Lawrence (part) Vinton (part)	2019↑	2028
94	Jay Edwards	Republican	Nelsonville	Athens (part) Meigs Vinton (part) Washington (part)	2016	2024
95	Don Jones	Republican	Freeport	Belmont (part) Carroll Harrison Noble, Washington (part)	2018	2026
96	Ron Ferguson	Republican	Wintersville	Belmont (part) Jefferson Monroe	2020	2028
97	Adam Holmes	Republican	Nashport	Guernsey Muskingum (part)	2019↑	2028
98	Darrell Kick	Republican	Loudonville	Holmes (part) Tuscarawas	2016	2024
99	Sarah Fowler Arthur	Republican	Geneva	Ashtabula (part) Geauga (part)	2020	2028

↑: Member was originally appointed to the seat.

Officials

Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House. The duties of the Speaker include preserving order and decorum at all times, recognizing visitors in the galleries, controlling and providing security for the Hall, appointing members to perform the duties of the Speaker for a temporary period of time, naming committees and subcommittees and appointing their chairs and members, overseeing the performance of House employees, and signing bills, acts, resolutions, and more.[7]

Clerk of the House

The Clerk of the House of Representatives is in charge of and regulates the distribution of records of the House. The Clerk is the custodian of legislative documents within the House. The duties of the Clerk include examining bills or resolutions before introduction, numbering bills and resolutions for filing, providing bills and documents pertaining to the bill to the chair of the corresponding committee, publishing calendars to notify the public about bills and resolutions, keeping a journal of House proceedings, superintending the presentation of bills and resolutions, and attesting writs and subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives.[7]

Sergeant-at-Arms

The Sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives is tasked with maintaining security and order in the House. The Sergeant-at-arms may be ordered by the Speaker to clear the aisles if this is deemed necessary by the Speaker. Other duties of the Sergeant-at-arms include controlling admission to the building, serving subpoenas and warrants issued by the House, and bringing any members found to be absent without leave to the House.[7]

Standing Committees

The Speaker of the House is in charge of naming all committees and subcommittees.[7] The current standing committees, chairs, vice chairs, and ranking members are:[8]

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Member
Agriculture and Conservation	Kyle Koehler	Rodney Creech	Juanita Brent
Armed Services and Veterans Affairs	Haraz Ghanbari	Mike Loychik	Adam Miller
Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports	Sara Carruthers	Gail Pavliga	Latyna Humphrey
Civil Justice	Brett Hillyer	Diane Grendell	Tavia Galonski
Commerce and Labor	Dick Stein	Mark Johnson	Michele Lepore-Hagan
Criminal Justice	Jeffrey LaRe	Andrea White	David Leland
Economic and Workforce Development	Jay Edwards	Jena Powell	Terrence Upchurch
Energy and Natural Resources	Jason Stephens	Brian Stewart	Casey Weinstein
Families, Aging and Human Services	Susan Manchester	Alessandro Cutrona	Sedrick Denson
Finance	Scott Oelslager	Phil Plummer	Bride Rose Sweeney
Financial Institutions	Kris Jordan	Ron Ferguson	Jeffery Crossman
Government Oversight	Shane Wilkin	Douglas Swearingen, Jr.	Richard Brown
Health	Scott Lipps	Adam Holmes	Beth Liston
Higher Education and Career Readiness	Laura Lanese	Tom Young	Catherine Ingram
Infrastructure and Rural Development	Reggie Stoltzfus	Bill Dean	Joe Miller
Insurance	Tom Brinkman	Brian Lampton	Jessica Miranda
Primary and Secondary Education	Gayle Manning	Adam Bird	Phil Robinson
Public Utilities	James Hoops	Sharon Ray	Kent Smith
Rules and References	Robert Cupp	Tim Ginter	Allison Russo
State and Local Government	Scott Wiggam	Marilyn John	Brigid Kelly
Technology and Innovation	Mark Fraizer	Thomas Hall	Mary Lightbody
Transportation and Public Safety	Brian Baldridge	Riordan McClain	Michael Sheehy
Ways and Means	Derek Merrin	Craig Riedel	Lisa Sobecki

Past composition of the House of Representatives

References

"Ohio House History | The Ohio House Of Representatives". www.ohiohouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
"The Ohio Legislature".
"Baldridge appointed ODA Director". Ohio Ag Net Ohio's Country Journal.
"State Rep. @KrisJordanOhio (R-Delaware County) has died of natural causes". Twitter.
"Brian Lorenz and Justin Pizzulli appointed". Twitter.
"Ohio state Rep. Bob Young says he'll resign following arrests in domestic violence case". AP News.
"RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
"Standing and Select Committees of the Ohio House of Representatives (134th General Assembly)". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

External links

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[1] "Ohio House History | The Ohio House Of Representatives". www.ohiohouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

[2] "The Ohio Legislature".

[Brian_Baldridge_was_appointed_the_40th_Director_of_the_Ohio_Department_of_Agriculture-3] "Baldridge appointed ODA Director". Ohio Ag Net Ohio's Country Journal.

[State_Rep._Kris_Jordan_Passed_Away-4] "State Rep. @KrisJordanOhio (R-Delaware County) has died of natural causes". Twitter.

[5] "Brian Lorenz and Justin Pizzulli appointed". Twitter.

[6] "Ohio state Rep. Bob Young says he'll resign following arrests in domestic violence case". AP News.

[House_Rules-7] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[Standing_Committees-8] "Standing and Select Committees of the Ohio House of Representatives (134th General Assembly)". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

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Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
135th Ohio General Assembly (2023–2025) Speaker of the House Jason Stephens (R) Speaker pro tempore Scott Oelslager (R) Majority Leader Bill Seitz (R) Minority Leader Allison Russo (D)
▌Dontavius Jarrells (D) ▌Latyna Humphrey (D) ▌Ismail Mohamed (D) ▌Mary Lightbody (D) ▌Richard Brown (D) ▌Adam Miller (D) ▌Allison Russo (D) ▌Beth Liston (D) ▌Munira Abdullahi (D) ▌David Dobos (R) ▌Anita Somani (D) ▌Brian Stewart (R) ▌Michael J. Skindell (D) ▌Sean Brennan (D) ▌Richard Dell'Aquila (D) ▌Bride Rose Sweeney (D) ▌Tom Patton (R) ▌Darnell Brewer (D) ▌Phil Robinson (D) ▌Terrence Upchurch (D) ▌Elliot Forhan (D) ▌Juanita Brent (D) ▌Dan Troy (D) ▌Dani Isaacsohn (D) ▌Cecil Thomas (D) ▌Sedrick Denson (D) ▌Rachel Baker (D) ▌Jessica Miranda (D) ▌Cindy Abrams (R) ▌Bill Seitz (R) ▌Bill Roemer (R) ▌Vacant ▌Tavia Galonski (D) ▌Casey Weinstein (D) ▌Steve Demetriou (R) ▌Andrea White (R) ▌Tom Young (R) ▌Willis Blackshear Jr. (D) ▌Phil Plummer (R) ▌Rodney Creech (R) ▌Josh Williams (R) ▌Derek Merrin (R) ▌Michele Grim (D) ▌Elgin Rogers Jr. (D) ▌Jennifer Gross (R) ▌Thomas Hall (R) ▌Sara Carruthers (R) ▌Scott Oelslager (R) ▌Jim Thomas (R) ▌Reggie Stoltzfus (R) ▌Brett Hillyer (R) ▌Gayle Manning (R) ▌Joe Miller (D) ▌Dick Stein (R) ▌Scott Lipps (R) ▌Adam Matthews (R) ▌Jamie Callender (R) ▌Alessandro Cutrona (R) ▌Lauren McNally (D) ▌Brian Lorenz (R) ▌Beth Lear (R) ▌Jean Schmidt (R) ▌Adam Bird (R) ▌Nick Santucci (R) ▌Mike Loychik (R) ▌Sharon Ray (R) ▌Melanie Miller (R) ▌Thaddeus Claggett (R) ▌Kevin Miller (R) ▌Brian Lampton (R) ▌Bill Dean (R) ▌Gail Pavliga (R) ▌Jeff LaRe (R) ▌Bernard Willis (R) ▌Haraz Ghanbari (R) ▌Marilyn John (R) ▌Scott Wiggam (R) ▌Susan Manchester (R) ▌Monica Robb Blasdel (R) ▌Jena Powell (R) ▌Jim Hoops (R) ▌Roy Klopfenstein (R) ▌Jon Cross (R) ▌Angela King (R) ▌Tim Barhorst (R) ▌Tracy Richardson (R) ▌Riordan McClain (R) ▌Gary Click (R) ▌D. J. Swearingen (R) ▌Justin Pizzuli (R) ▌Bob Peterson (R) ▌Mark Johnson (R) ▌Jason Stephens (R) ▌Jay Edwards (R) ▌Don Jones (R) ▌Ron Ferguson (R) ▌Adam Holmes (R) ▌Darrell Kick (R) ▌Sarah Fowler (R)
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