Lawmaking 130 th Ohio General Assembly January 3, 2013 – Jan . 5 2015 ( Elections 2012 )

Lawmaking 131st Ohio

General Assembly

January 6, 2015 – Jan. 5 2017(Elections 2014 )

Chapter 11

Ohio’s General Assembly• Two Houses: “Bicameral”• Senate (Upper House)• House (Lower House)• Senate: 4 year term, 2 term limit• House: 2 year terms, 4 term limit• Senate: 33 members (10th district) • House: 99 members (73rd district)• One year residency• No age requirements• Roughly $60,000 (??)

Ohio Senate1 for 330,000 and 3 House districts

Ohio House(1 per 110,000)

• Chris Widener (R-10th Senate District)

• Rick Perales (R-73rd House District)

Ohio’s 131st General Assembly

Political Breakdown

• Senate: 23 Rep. 10 Dems• House: 60 Rep. 39 Dems

General Assembly: Leadership

All Floor Leader titles generally the same as Congress…..

• Chris Widener (Senate Pro Tempore)

General Assembly: Committee

System

Committee process generally the same as Congress…..

• Chris Widener (Chairman of the Senate

Finance Committee)