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136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. R. No. 9
2025-2026
Representative Manning
A R E S O L U T I O N
To adopt the Rules of the House of Representatives for
the 136th General Assembly.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF
OHIO:
That the following are the rules of the House of
Representatives for the 136th General Assembly:
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE 135th 136th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TIME OF CONVENING; ORDER OF BUSINESS
Rule 1. (Time of sessions; schedule.) (a) For the months of
January through June in each year, and separately for the months
of July through December in each year, the Speaker, at the
beginning of each six-month period, shall establish a schedule
of dates and times according to which the House shall hold
sessions and at which roll call votes are taken. The Speaker may
revise or supplement the schedule as necessary. The schedule and
any revision or supplement thereto shall be published and a copy
provided to each member.
(b) Sessions of the House at which roll call votes are
taken shall be held on the dates and at the times prescribed in
the schedule. The Speaker, by written notice transmitted to each
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member, may cancel a session required by the schedule.
Rule 2. (Speaker or presiding officer to call House to
order.) The Speaker or presiding officer shall take the chair
every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have
adjourned or shall have taken a recess, and shall immediately
call the House to order. Prayer may be offered, the pledge of
allegiance to the United States of America shall be recited,
and, a quorum being present, the House shall proceed with the
order of business. A majority of all members elected must be
present to constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller
number may meet and adjourn from time to time, a presiding
officer being present, and shall have the power to compel the
attendance of absent members. However, in no event may business
be conducted unless a member of the majority party is present.
Rule 3. (Order of business.) (a) The order of business of
the House shall be as follows:
Reading and approving, with or without corrections, of the
Journal.
Introduction of bills.
Consideration of Senate amendments.
Reports of conference committees.
Reports of standing and select committees and bills for
second consideration.
Motions and resolutions.
Bills for third consideration.
Announcement of committee meetings.
(b) The order of business shall not be changed unless
otherwise ordered by a majority vote upon motion. All questions
relating to the priority of business shall be decided without
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debate.
Rule 4. (Special order of business.) Any matter may be made
a special order of business for any particular day and hour with
the assent of two-thirds of the members present.
Rule 5. (Filing of petitions.) Members having petitions to
present shall file same with the Clerk, endorsing their name
thereon. Delivery to the Clerk shall constitute presentment of
said petition to the House, and it shall be noted in the
Journal.
Rule 6. (Messages from Senate and executives.) Messages
from the Senate and the Governor and communications from any
branch of the executive department may be received, read, and
disposed of at any time, except when the presiding officer is
putting a question, or when a vote is being taken.
Rule 7. (Adjournment.) A motion to adjourn always shall be
in order, except during roll call. When a motion is made to
adjourn, it shall be in order for the presiding officer, before
putting the question, to state any fact to the House relating to
the condition of the business of the House which would seem to
make it advisable or inadvisable to adjourn at that time. Such
statement, however, shall not be debatable. It is not in order
for the House to adjourn unless the presiding officer is in the
chair.
Rule 8. (Recess.) The interim between any two meetings of
the House, on the same legislative day, shall be termed a
recess; when so ordered by the House, the interim between five
or more calendar days likewise shall be termed a recess; and on
reassembling at the appointed hour, any question pending at the
time of taking recess shall be resumed without any motion to
that effect.
DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER
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Rule 9. (Speaker shall preserve order and decorum.) The
Speaker or presiding officer shall, at all times, preserve order
and decorum. The Speaker or presiding officer shall see that
members conduct themselves in a civil and orderly manner. When
necessary, the Speaker or presiding officer may order the
Sergeant-at-Arms to clear the aisles and compel members to take
their seats.
Rule 10. (Recognition of visitors.) A member may file with
the Clerk a form requesting the Speaker or presiding officer to
recognize one or more individuals in the galleries. The Clerk
shall prescribe a form for the request and make copies of the
form in blank available to members. The recognition may be made
at any time, but shall not interrupt a debate or the taking of a
vote.
Rule 11. (Control of the Hall.) (a) The Speaker or
presiding officer shall have general direction and control of
the Hall and shall provide for the security of the Hall. In case
of any actual or anticipated disturbance or disorderly conduct
in the galleries, lobby, rooms, or hallways adjacent to the
Hall, the Speaker or presiding officer may order those places to
be cleared.
(b) When the House is not in session, the Clerk shall have
general direction and control of the Hall and of the galleries,
lobby, rooms, and hallways adjacent to the Hall.
(c) Signs, banners, placards, and other similar
demonstrative devices are not permitted in the Hall or in the
galleries, lobby, rooms, or hallways adjacent to the Hall unless
the Speaker or presiding officer, or, if the House is not in
session, the Clerk, has approved their use in those places.
Rule 12. (Member may preside.) The Speaker may appoint any
member to perform the duties of the Speaker as presiding officer
for a temporary period of time. If the Speaker is absent, and no
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member has been appointed to perform those duties temporarily
during the absence, the Speaker Pro Tempore shall perform the
duties of the Speaker as presiding officer during the Speaker's
absence.
Rule 13. (Appointment of committees and boards.) The
Speaker shall name all committees and subcommittees, and shall
appoint all members and chairs thereto and determine the number
of members thereof, except the Rules and Reference Committee
shall consist of twelve members . The Speaker shall appoint
members of the majority party and the Minority Leader shall
appoint members of the minority party to all committees and
subcommittees. The membership of a standing committee shall be
so that membership is proportional to the partisan composition
of the House. The chair and the vice-chair of the Finance
Committee and the Rules and Reference Committee shall not be
included in making this calculation. The Minority Leader, in a
manner to be determined by the minority caucus, may recommend
for the Speaker's consideration, minority party members for each
committee.
The Speaker shall appoint members to a standing committee
so that its membership is at least proportional to the partisan
composition of the House, adjusting minority membership upward
as needed.
Rule 14. (Speaker directs House officers and employs and
directs House employees.) (a) The Speaker shall see that all
officers of the House satisfactorily perform their respective
duties.
(b) The Speaker shall employ all employees of the House and
shall see that they satisfactorily perform their respective
duties. All employees of the House are at will employees, and
shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker. A terminated
employee's compensation ceases on the day the termination takes
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effect. The
(c) The Speaker shall prescribe House policies and
administrative rules, shall define House employment positions,
shall prescribe the qualifications that are to be met by House
employees, and shall prescribe the duties of House employees,
fix their hours of employment, and determine their compensation.
The Speaker shall consult with, and consider the recommendations
of,notify the Minority Leader before taking any of the
aforementioned actions with regard to taking corrective action
regarding an employee of who is assigned to the minority caucus,
including disciplinary and corrective actions and
terminationsunless the circumstances otherwise require .
Rule 15. (Signing acts, resolutions, etc.) The Speaker
shall certify that every bill passed, and every joint resolution
or concurrent resolution adopted, by both houses of the General
Assembly has met the procedural requirements for passage or
adoption by signing such bills, joint resolutions, or concurrent
resolutions; and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by
order of the House shall be under the Speaker's hand attested by
the Clerk, except when otherwise provided by law.
DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Rule 16. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Speaker Pro
Tempore, in the absence of the Speaker, shall have all the
rights, privileges, authority, duties, and responsibilities of
the Speaker.
DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Rule 17. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Assistant
Speaker Pro Tempore, in the absence of the Speaker and the
Speaker Pro Tempore, shall have all the rights, privileges,
authority, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker.
DUTIES OF MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER
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Rule 1718. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Majority Floor
Leader, in the absence of the Speaker and , Speaker Pro Tempore,
and the Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, shall have all the
rights, privileges, authority, duties, and responsibilities of
the Speaker.
DUTIES OF ASSISTANT MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER
Rule 1819. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Assistant
Majority Floor Leader, in the absence of the Speaker, Speaker
Pro Tempore, Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, and Majority Floor
Leader, shall have all the rights, privileges, authority,
duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker.
DUTIES OF THE MAJORITY WHIP(S)
Rule 20. (Duties.) The Majority Whip or Whips shall assist
the Majority Floor Leader and Assistant Majority Floor Leader,
ensure member attendance, count votes, and communicate the
majority position.
DUTIES OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Rule 1921. (Chief administrative officer.) The Chief
Administrative Officer shall be the chief administrative officer
of the House and shall be responsible to the Speaker of the
House and other designated staff as provided by House
resolutions adopted during the 136th General Assembly .
Rule 2022. (Supervision of employees; maintenance of
parking facilities.) (a) Subject to the applicable state law and
the Speaker's authority under Rule 14, and except for employees
whose direction is delegated to the Clerk under Rule 2426,
responsibility for seeing that employees of the minority party
of the House satisfactorily perform their respective duties is
delegated to the Minority LeaderChief Administrative Officer and
other designated staff as provided by House resolution adopted
during the 136th General Assembly .
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(b) The maintenance and condition of parking facilities
under the control of the House shall be under the direction and
control of the Chief Administrative Officer, subject to the
approval of the Speaker.
(c) The Speaker shall not eliminate parking privileges or
the office of a member without the member's consent and may not
remove a member's staff an employee assigned to a member without
the member's acquiescence prior notification to the member,
unless extenuating circumstances otherwise require .
DUTIES OF THE CLERK
Rule 2123. (Distribution of House documents.) The Clerk
shall have charge of and regulate the distribution of all
printed and electronic records and reports of the House, and
shall have supervision of the printing or electronic preparation
of all documents ordered by the House as specified in Rule 25 27
and in section 101.52 of the Revised Code. The number of copies
of bills, journals, and other documents to be printed, or the
documents to be prepared electronically, shall be determined by
the Clerk with the approval of the Speaker, except when the
House by motion determines the number to be printed or the
documents to be prepared electronically.
Rule 2224. (Legislative duties and responsibilities of the
Clerk.) (a) The Clerk is custodian of the bills, amendments,
resolutions, and other legislative documents that are in
possession of the House. The Clerk shall not permit a bill,
amendment, resolution, or other legislative document to be
removed from the Clerk's custody except in the course of the
regular business of the House and then only upon receiving a
receipt for the document that shows when and to whom the
document was released. The Clerk shall prescribe the form of the
receipt. A bill, amendment, resolution, or other legislative
document in the Clerk's custody is available for public
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inspection.
(b) When a bill or resolution is filed for introduction,
the Clerk shall examine the bill or resolution to determine
whether on its face it appears to meet the constitutional and
procedural requirements for introduction, and shall call any
defects to the attention of the author. The Clerk may correct
the list of cosponsors if the Clerk receives notice of and
verifies a technical error. In fulfilling this duty, the Clerk
is not presumed to guarantee the bill meets the constitutional
or procedural requirements for introduction.
(c) The Clerk shall number bills and resolutions in the
order of their filing, and shall keep a complete and accurate
record of bills and resolutions that includes, for each bill or
resolution, its number; its author; a brief description of its
subject; the section or sections of law it seeks to amend,
enact, or repeal, if any; notation of its reference to and
report by a committee; and notation of its passage or adoption
or rejection by the House. The record is open to public
inspection.
(d) The Clerk shall provide to the chair of a committee to
which a bill or resolution is referred, the bill or resolution
together with all official documents and other attachments
pertaining thereto, taking a receipt therefor.
(e) The Clerk shall prepare and publish a Calendar that
gives public notice of bills and resolutions that have been
arranged on the Calendar for third consideration or adoption,
bills and resolutions that have been reported by committees, and
other matters descriptive of the current and future business of
the House.
(f) The Clerk shall keep a complete and accurate Journal of
the proceedings of the House, beginning it on the first day of
the first regular session and ending it on the last day of the
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second regular session. The Clerk shall maintain a separate
Journal for any special session, beginning it on the first day
and ending it on the last day of the special session. The pages
of the Journal shall be numbered serially. All amendments that
are taken up, unless withdrawn or ruled out of order, shall be
spread upon the Journal. For all amendments that are offered,
the Journal shall include the number assigned to the amendment
by the Legislative Service Commission.
(g) The Clerk shall superintend the engrossing, enrolling,
and presentation of bills and joint resolutions and the
preparation and publication of other legislative documents.
(h) The Clerk shall attest all writs and subpoenas issued
by order of the House, the Journal, and the passage of bills and
the adoption of resolutions. These attestation duties are
ministerial.
Rule 2325. (May call the House to order.) If the Speaker,
Speaker Pro Tempore, Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, Majority
Floor Leader, and Assistant Majority Floor Leader are absent, at
the hour to which the House shall have adjourned or taken
recess, except in the case mentioned in Rule 12, the Clerk may
call the House to order, and, if called to order, the House
shall proceed to choose some member to act as presiding officer
until either the Speaker, Speaker Pro Tempore, Assistant Speaker
Pro Tempore, Majority Floor Leader, or the Assistant Majority
Floor Leader shall be present. No business may be conducted
unless the Speaker's designee, or a member of leadership from
the majority party, is present.
Rule 2426. (Composition of the Office of the Clerk.) The
office of the Clerk shall be comprised of the Clerk and
employees of the House who are directly involved in the
legislative process. Subject to the Speaker's authority under
Rule 14, and except for employees whose direction is delegated
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to the Chief Administrative Officer and other designated staff
under Rule 22, responsibility for seeing that employees of the
House who are directly involved in the legislative process
satisfactorily perform their respective duties is delegated to
the Clerk. In the absence of the Clerk, the Assistant Clerk
shall assume the responsibilities of the Clerk.
Rule 2527. (Printing of documents.) The Clerk shall attend
to the printing or electronic preparation of the journal,
calendar, bills, resolutions, and, if so ordered, committee
reports. This rule is cumulative with respect to section 101.52
of the Revised Code.
DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
Rule 2628. (Sergeant-at-arms.) (a) The Sergeant-at-arms
shall be the chief police officer of the House and shall be
responsible to the Speaker. Subject to Rules 9, 11, and 109107,
the Sergeant-at-arms shall maintain good order in the Hall,
gallery, corridors, and committee rooms; shall strictly enforce
the rules regulating admission of persons to the floor of the
House; shall maintain good order in the corridors, committee
rooms, offices, and other areas under the exclusive use and
control of the House in the Vern Riffe Center; shall serve all
subpoenas and warrants issued by the House or any duly
authorized officer or committee; and on an order for a call of
the House, shall forthwith proceed to arrest and bring members
into the House. The Sergeant-at-arms may request the assistance
of, or work with, the State Highway Patrol to fulfill those
duties.
(b) The Speaker may also contract for security services for
the House.
VACANCY OF CLERK, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, OR SERGEANT-AT-
ARMS
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Rule 2729. (Death or resignation of Clerk, Chief
Administrative Officer, or Sergeant-at-Arms.) In the case of the
death or resignation of the Clerk, Chief Administrative Officer,
or Sergeant-at-Arms, the Speaker may designate any individual to
perform such duties until such time as the House fills the
vacancy.
COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE
Rule 2830. (Standing committees and standing
subcommittees.)
(a) The standing committees and standing subcommittees of
the House shall be named by the Speaker.
(b) The standing committees and the standing subcommittees
of the House for the 135th 136th General Assembly shall be as
follows. (The standing committees are designated by Arabic
numerals, while the standing subcommittees are designated under
their standing committees by Roman numerals.)
1. Agriculture
2. Armed ServicesArts, Athletics, and Tourism
3. Aviation and Aerospace Children and Human Services
4. Behavioral HealthCommerce and Labor
5. Civil Justice Community Revitalization
6. Commerce and LaborDevelopment
7. Constitutional Resolutions Education
8. Criminal JusticeEnergy
9. Economic and Workforce Development Finance
10. Energy and Natural Resources Financial Institutions
11. Families and AgingGeneral Government
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12. FinanceGovernment Oversight
I. Agriculture, Development, and Natural Resources
Subcommittee
II. Health and Human Services Subcommittee
III. Higher Education Subcommittee
IV. Infrastructure and American Rescue Plan
V. Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee
VI. Public Safety Subcommittee
VII. Transportation Subcommittee
13. Financial Institutions Health
14. Government Oversight Insurance
15. Health Provider Services Judiciary
16. Higher EducationLocal Government
17. Homeland SecurityMedicaid
18. InfrastructureNatural Resources
19. InsurancePublic Insurance and Pensions
20. PensionsPublic Safety
21. Primary and Secondary Education Rules and Reference
22. Public Health Policy Small Business
23. Public UtilitiesTechnology and Innovation
24. Rules and ReferenceTransportation
25. State and Local Government Veterans and Military
Development
26. Technology and Innovation Ways and Means
27. TransportationWorkforce and Higher Education
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(c) The Speaker, by message to the House, may abolish any
of the standing committees and standing subcommittees created by
this rule and may establish additional standing committees or
standing subcommittees as the Speaker considers necessary,
without amendment of this rule.
(d) The chairs and members of all committees and
subcommittees shall be appointed as specified in Rule 13 by the
Speaker. The chair of each standing subcommittee shall be under
the direction of the general chair of the committee.
(e) When the chair of a standing committee or subcommittee
creates a special subcommittee of the standing committee or
subcommittee, the Minority Leader shall appoint , in a manner to
be determined by the minority caucus, may recommend for the
Speaker's consideration, the minority membership of the special
subcommittee.
(f) Standing committees and standing subcommittees created
by this rule are the standing committees and standing
subcommittees referred to in section 101.27 of the Revised Code.
Rule 2931. (Select committees.) Select committees for the
consideration of special measures or matters or the performance
of special functions may be appointed by the Speaker, and,
subject to the approval of the Speaker, bills and resolutions
may be referred to such select committees. Select committees may
report on such bills and resolutions as are referred to them.
Rule 3032. (Membership on committees.) (a) The first-named
member of any committee or subcommittee shall be the chair, and
the second-named member of any committee shall be the vice-
chair. The chair shall select a member of the minority party to
be secretary. The minority leader may designate a ranking
minority member on each committee.
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(b) In case death, disability, or resignation shall cause a
vacancy in the membership or chair of any committee, the Speaker
shall appoint another member or chair. In case death,
disability, or resignation shall cause a vacancy in the
membership of any committee, the Speaker or Minority Leader, as
applicable, shall appoint another member.
(c) The Speaker, the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Assistant
Speaker Pro Tempore, and the minority leader shall, by virtue of
their office, be members of all committees without voting
privileges, except in those committees where they are designated
as regular members. The minority leader may designate the
assistant minority leader to be a member of a committee without
voting privileges in the minority leader's absence, except for
those committees where the assistant minority leader is
designated as a regular member. They shall not be counted in
determining the number constituting a majority on the various
committees unless they are designated as regular members.
(d) If a member of a finance subcommittee is absent, the
vice-chair and ranking minority member of the Finance Committee
shall, by virtue of their membership on the Finance Committee,
be ex-officio members of any finance subcommittee without voting
privileges, except in those subcommittees where they are
designated as regular members. A member of a finance
subcommittee is not required to be a member of the Finance
Committee.
(e) The Minority Leader shall appoint four members of the
minority party to the Rules and Reference Committee.
(f) Each finance subcommittee shall include at least two
members of the minority party in addition to the ranking
minority member.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Rule 3133. (Duties.) (a) The duties of the committee chair
shall include: presiding over meetings of the committee and
putting all questions; maintaining order and deciding all
questions of order; appointing a member as secretary; and
supervising and directing the clerical and other employees of
the committee.
(b) The chair of a committee shall not require any person
testifying before the committee to provide a written copy of the
person's testimony.
Rule 3234. (Presentation of Senate Bills.) When a standing
committee recommends a Senate Bill for passage, the chair of the
committee, or another member designated by the Speaker, shall,
when the bill is called up for passage, cause the bill to be
properly presented to the House.
Rule 3335. (Subpoena power.) (a)(1) The chair of a House
standing or select committee, when authorized by a majority vote
of the standing or select committee, may subpoena witnesses in
any part of the state to appear before such committee at a time
and place designated in the subpoena to testify concerning any
pending or contemplated legislative action, any matters of
inquiry committed to the committee, and any alleged breach of
the House's privileges or misconduct by any of the House's
members. Pursuant to this subpoena power, any witness subpoenaed
may be ordered to produce books, papers, electronic documents,
or records and other tangible evidence.
(2) The chair shall file any subpoenas authorized pursuant
to this rule with the Clerk, who shall cause the same to be
entered in the Journal, and the subpoena shall be served
pursuant to law. (See sections 101.41 to 101.45 of the Revised
Code.)
(b) Within the limits of its charge by the General Assembly
or the House and in accordance with section 101.81 of the
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Revised Code, the chair of a standing or select committee, by
majority vote of the committee, may order any person to appear
before the committee and produce books, papers, electronic
documents, or records and other tangible evidence for the
committee with respect to any pending or contemplated
legislative action, or any alleged breach of House privileges or
misconduct by House members. The chair shall file the order with
the Clerk, who shall cause the same to be entered in the
Journal. The order shall be served in accordance with section
101.81 of the Revised Code.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PROCEDURE
Rule 33A36. (House rules govern.) The rules governing the
procedure of the standing and select committees of the House
shall be the same as those governing the House, as far as they
may be applicable.
Rule 3437. (Schedule of committee meetings.) The Speaker,
after consultation with the chairs of the several committees,
shall set a schedule of times when regular committees shall
meet, which, in so far as possible, shall permit a full
attendance of the members of committees, without conflict of
committee engagements. Such regular schedule shall be announced
publicly, and each committee shall meet at the hour provided by
the schedule, unless otherwise ordered by the chair of said
committee or by the Speaker.
Rule 3538. (Committee quorum.)
A majority of all members of a committee shall constitute a
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may meet to hear
testimony and receive evidence and to adjourn from time to time.
But a committee may not conduct business unless a member of the
majority party is present.
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of House.) (a) The chair of a standing committee, subcommittee,
select committee, or joint committee shall give due notice of a
meeting of the committee, subcommittee, select committee, or
joint committee not later than twenty-four hours before the
meeting, in accordance with section 101.15 of the Revised Code,
and shall attempt to give that notice not later than five days
before the meeting. The notice shall identify the committee;
identify the chair; state the date, time, and place at which the
meeting will be held; and set forth an agenda showing each bill,
resolution, or other matter that will be considered at the
meeting.
(b) It is not in order for a committee to meet at a date,
time, or place, or to consider any bill, resolution, or other
matter at a meeting, other than as stated in the notice of the
meeting, unless otherwise ordered by the House or the committee.
If, however, an emergency requires consideration of a matter at
a meeting, and the matter has not been stated in the notice of
the meeting, the chair may revise or supplement the notice at
any time before or during the meeting to include the matter and
the matter may then be considered as the emergency requires.
(c) The rule is cumulative with respect to, and amplifies,
section 101.15 of the Revised Code.
(d) No committee shall sit during the daily session of the
House, unless by special leave of the House. A committee may sit
during a recess from the daily session of the House.
Rule 3740. (Public hearing required.) (a) All House bills
and resolutions introduced on or before the fifteenth day of May
in an even-numbered year, and in compliance with the rules of
the House, shall be referred to a standing, select, or special
committee or standing subcommittee, and shall be scheduled by
the chair of the committee for a minimum of one public hearing.
(b) The sponsor of a bill or resolution shall appear at
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least once before the committee that is considering the bill or
resolution unless excused by the chair of the committee or the
Speaker. It is not in order for the committee to report the bill
or resolution unless its sponsor has appeared or has been
excused from appearing before the committee.
Rule 3841. (Fiscal notes and analyses to be made public.)
Any fiscal note and any bill analysis prepared by the staff of
the Legislative Service Commission, that has been made available
to committee members, shall also be made available to the public
under section 101.30 of the Revised Code.
Rule 3942. (Synopsis of substitute bill required.) Prior to
a committee or subcommittee considering a substitute bill, the
staff of the Legislative Service Commission shall prepare and
make available to the committee or subcommittee, a synopsis that
summarizes each substantive difference between the substitute
bill and the preceding version of the bill, and a synopsis that
summarizes the difference in fiscal impact between the
substitute bill and the preceding version of the bill, unless
the committee or subcommittee chair or the sponsor of the
substitute bill being considered orders otherwise. The staff of
the Legislative Service Commission shall make these synopses
available to the committee before the committee or subcommittee
votes on the bill.
Rule 4043. (Fiscal analysis; committee vote required.) (a)
Before the vote on reporting a bill is taken by a committee, the
staff of the Legislative Service Commission shall make available
to the committee chair, who shall make available to all members
of the committee, for their review, a fiscal impact statement
that addresses the impact of the bill upon state and local
government. This requirement applies to a bill only if section
103.143 of the Revised Code also applies to the bill. This
requirement is cumulative with respect to section 103.143 of the
Revised Code; however, a local impact statement prepared under
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that section may be used also to fulfill the requirement of this
rule in whole or in part.
(b) The affirmative votes of a majority of all members
constituting a committee shall be necessary to report a bill or
resolution out of committee, and a record of every vote shall be
kept by the committee. The affirmative vote of a majority of all
the members constituting the committee shall be necessary to
agree to any motion to recommend for passage or to postpone
indefinitely further consideration of bills or resolutions, and
a record of such vote shall be kept by the committee. Every
member present shall vote unless excused by the committee.
Rule 4144. (Voting; consecutive absences; incurrences of
expense.) (a) No proxy vote shall be valid. Nor shall any member
vote except while physically sitting in committee in actual
session, unless the member shall have first been present and
recorded as such immediately before or during actual session
before the vote is taken, and by motion the roll call on a
motion to recommend a bill or resolution for passage is
continued for a vote by any member who is temporarily absent
from the meeting until the adjournment thereof, which shall be
not later than 12:00 o'clock noon one day following the
committee meeting. It is not in order for a member to vote on an
amendment unless the member is actually physically present when
the amendment is voted upon.
(b) Three consecutive absences from regular committee
meetings shall operate to suspend a member from such committee,
unless excused by the chair of said committee.
(c) No committee or member thereof shall be permitted to
incur any expense without first receiving the consent of the
Speaker.
Rule 4245. (Amendments.) Any amendment offered during any
meeting of a committee shall take into consideration any
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previous amendments accepted by a committee on the bill or
resolution. The chair may entertain a motion to table an
amendment. The chair shall rule an amendment out of order if the
chair determines the amendment to be not of the same subject
matter as the bill or resolution, vexatious, or a duplicate of
an amendment previously offered for the bill or resolution. This
rule does not prohibit the acceptance of substitute bills or
resolutions.
COMMITTEE RECORDS AND REPORTS
Rule 4346. (Record to be kept.) Each committee shall keep a
record of committee attendance and the names of all persons who
speak before the committee, with the names of the persons,
firms, associations, or corporations in whose behalf they
appear. A record of every vote shall be kept by the committee.
Rule 4447. (Records open to examination; filing of
records.) During the period of sessions, committee records shall
be open for examination by any member of the House. At
reasonable times and subject to adequate safeguards established
by the chair to protect and preserve such records, any citizen
of Ohio may also examine committee records. Upon final
adjournment of the House, the committee records shall be filed
with the Clerk, to be kept for a period of two years, after
which time said records shall be filed with the Legislative
Service Commission.
Rule 4548. (Committee reports.) (a) All reports to the
House shall be signed by a majority of the entire committee,
except that a standing subcommittee, except Finance
Subcommittees, created by these rules may consider bills
assigned to it by the Rules and Reference Committee for hearing
and a majority of said subcommittee may approve such reports to
the House. The secretary shall add to said report the names of
those who voted "no." No member shall sign a committee report
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who was not present at the meeting at which such action was
taken and who did not vote in support of such action.
(b) The legislative staff assigned to the chair of the
committee shall prepare, file, and maintain the minutes of every
regular or special meeting of a committee. The committee, at its
next regular or special meeting, shall approve the minutes
prepared, filed, and maintained by the legislative staff, or, if
the minutes prepared, filed, and maintained by the legislative
staff require correction before their approval, the committee
shall correct and approve the minutes at the next following
regular or special meeting. The committee shall make the minutes
available for public inspection not later than seven days after
the meeting the minutes reflect or not later than the
committee's next regular or special meeting, whichever occurs
first, and upon making the minutes available shall immediately
file a copy of the minutes with the Clerk.
Rule 4649. (Filing of reports; inclusion of bills or
resolutions.) All committee reports shall be filed with the
Clerk, shall be signed by a majority of the committee, and shall
be accompanied by the original bill or resolution , and shall
include copies of all amendments considered and indicate whether
they were accepted, rejected, or tabled . Each committee may
include in a single report more than one bill or resolution;
provided, however, that any bill or resolution amended by a
committee or any substitute measure recommended by a committee
shall be on a separate report. These reports shall be presented
to the House and entered upon the Journal. For each day a
committee meets, the committee secretary shall file with the
Clerk a report of all actions of the committee taken that day,
including a list of bills heard and reports received.
Rule 47. Reserved.
DUTIES AND DECORUM OF MEMBERS
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Rule 4850. (Members desiring to speak.) (a) When a member
is about to speak in debate or present any matter to the House,
the member shall rise and respectfully address the Speaker,
confine remarks to the question under debate, and avoid
personalities. All debate must be addressed to the Speaker or
presiding officer and not to members.
(b) Except as provided in Rule 7, no motion is in order by
a member if made at the conclusion of a speech by said member
unless the House gives unanimous consent.
Rule 4951. (From where members may speak.) A member may
speak either from the member's seat, or from the seat of any
other member, tendered the member for this purpose, or, upon
approval of the Speaker or presiding officer, from anywhere in
the House Chamber.
Rule 5052. (How long member may speak.) No member shall
speak upon any single question, bill, or resolution more than a
total of fifteen minutes on any one legislative day, unless
additional time is requested and authorized by the Speaker or
presiding officer.
Rule 5153. (Member called to order; question of order;
stating question of order.) (a) If any member, in speaking, or
otherwise, transgresses the rules of the House, the Speaker or
presiding officer shall call the offending member to order. The
member so called to order shall take the member's seat
immediately, unless permitted by the Speaker or presiding
officer to explain. Any member may, by raising the point of
order, call the attention of the Speaker or presiding officer to
such transgression. If a member is called to order by another
member for offensive words spoken in debate, the member calling
the member to order shall, if the Speaker or presiding officer
so requires, reduce the objectionable language to writing.
(b) All questions of order and procedure shall be decided
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by the Speaker without debate, but such decision shall be
subject to appeal to the House by any member if supported by
four or more other members , at least one member being of the
majority party and at least one member being of the minority
party; on which appeal, no member shall speak more than once,
unless by leave of the House, except the member appealing who
may speak twice; and the Speaker may speak in preference to any
other member. If the decision be in favor of the member called
to order, the member shall be at liberty to proceed.
(c) Any member who raises a question of order shall state
the rule, statute, or constitutional provision which the member
believes is being violated.
Rule 5254. (Call of the House, how demanded.) (a) While
transacting the business of the House as set forth by the
Committee on Rules and Reference and appropriately placed on the
calendar, the Speaker or presiding officer or any two members
may demand a call of the House, and upon such call being
demanded, the roll shall be taken and the absentees shall be
noted and sent for, unless otherwise ordered by the House.
(b) While the House is under call, the doors shall be
closed and no other business shall be transacted, except to
receive and act on the report of the Sergeant-at-arms, which the
Sergeant-at-arms may make at any time. Those members who are
found to be absent without leave shall be taken into custody
forthwith by the Sergeant-at-arms or the Sergeant-at-arms's
assistants wherever found, and brought to the Hall of the House.
(c) When the Sergeant-at-arms shall make a report showing
that those who were absent without leave (naming them) are
present, such report shall be entered upon the Journal and
thereupon the pending business shall proceed. A call of the
House may be dispensed with at any time by a majority vote of
the members present, and further proceedings under the call
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dispensed with.
Rule 5355. (Statement of division of question.) Any member
may call for a statement of the question, or for a division of
the question; and the decision of the Speaker or presiding
officer as to the divisibility shall be subject to appeal, as in
the case of questions of order.
Rule 5456. (Personal privilege.) Subject to Rule 10, any
member may rise to explain a matter personal to self, and on
stating it is a matter of personal privilege, the member shall
be recognized by the Speaker or presiding officer, but shall not
discuss a question or issue in such explanation. Such
explanation shall not consume more than five minutes of time
unless extended by consent of the House. Matters of personal
privilege shall yield only to a motion to recess or adjourn.
Rule 5557. (Member may read from books, etc.) Any member,
while discussing a question, may read from books, physical or
electronic documents, or any matter pertinent to the subject
under consideration, without asking leave.
Rule 5658. (Conduct of members.) While the Speaker or
presiding officer is putting any question or addressing the
House, no one shall walk across the Hall of the House, and when
a member is speaking, no one shall pass between the member and
the Chair. No member or other person, except the Clerk and the
Clerk's assistants, shall be allowed at the Clerk's desk while
the votes are being recorded or counted.
VOTING PROCEDURE
Rule 5759. (Members must vote.) (a) Except as otherwise
provided in this rule, every member present when the question is
put shall vote unless excused by the House or unless the member
is the presiding officer and decides not to vote.
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accompanied by a brief written statement of the reasons for
making such request, which shall be acted upon by the House
without debate.
Rule 5860. (Yeas and nays, how demanded.) (a) Any member
may insist the yeas and nays be called upon any question, before
the House votes upon a question. Upon the call of the yeas and
nays, the Speaker or presiding officer shall order the Clerk to
call the names of the members alphabetically or use the electric
roll call system to record the vote of the members. No member
shall vote by facsimile or electronic means other than those
electronic devices used by the House in conducting its business.
When once begun, voting shall not be interrupted. After the vote
is announced, no member shall be allowed to change the member's
vote, nor may a member have the member's vote recorded if any
three members object thereto.
(b) Before the vote on passage of a bill is taken by the
House, the staff of the Legislative Service Commission shall
make available to the Speaker or presiding officer, who shall
make available to all members of the House, for their review, a
fiscal impact statement that addresses the impact of the bill
upon state and local government. This requirement applies to a
bill only if section 103.143 of the Revised Code also applies to
the bill. This requirement is cumulative with respect to section
103.143 of the Revised Code; however, a local impact statement
prepared under that section may be used also to fulfill the
requirement of this rule in whole or in part.
(c) When taking the yeas and nays on any question to be
voted upon, the electric roll call system may be used, and when
so used, shall have the same force and effect as a roll call
taken as otherwise provided in these rules.
(d) When the House is ready to vote upon any question
requiring a roll call and the vote is to be taken by the
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electric roll call system, the Speaker or presiding officer
shall state the question to be voted on and shall call for the
vote. The House shall then proceed to vote. At this instant, the
Speaker or presiding officer shall direct the Clerk to unlock
the machine causing a bell to be sounded notifying the members
of the roll call. When sufficient time has been allowed the
members to vote, the Speaker or presiding officer shall ask
whether all members have voted and shall direct the Clerk to
lock the machine and record the vote. The Clerk shall advise the
Speaker or presiding officer of the result of the vote, and the
Speaker or presiding officer shall announce the result to the
House. The Clerk shall enter upon the Journal the result in the
manner provided by the rules of the House.
Rule 5961. (Voting for another member prohibited.) No proxy
vote is valid. No member shall vote for another member, nor
shall any person not a member cast a vote for a member. In
addition to such penalties as may be prescribed by law, any
member who shall vote or attempt to vote for another member may
be punished in such manner as the Speaker shall bring before the
House to determine. If a person not a member shall vote or
attempt to vote for any member, the person shall be barred from
the House for the remainder of the session and may be further
punished in such manner as the Speaker may deem proper, in
addition to such punishment as may be prescribed by law.
Rule 6062. (Explanation of vote.) A member desiring to
explain the member's vote shall make a request therefor, before
the House divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is
commenced. If such request is granted by unanimous consent of
the members of the House, such statement shall not consume more
than two minutes of time; nor shall arguments for or against the
question be made in the statement. After the roll is closed as
provided in Rule 5860, no member may explain the member's vote,
either orally or in writing.
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INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURE ON MEASURES
Rule 6163. (Introduction of bills.) (a) All bills to be
introduced in the House shall be filed in the Clerk's office, in
a number of copies or electronically as determined by the Clerk,
not later than one hour prior to the time set for the next
convening session. No bill shall be accepted by the Clerk for
filing until it has been reviewed as to form by the Legislative
Service Commission, unless otherwise approved by the Speaker.
(b) When the time for introducing bills is reached in the
regular order of business, the Clerk shall report each of said
bills in the order received by the Clerk in the same manner as
if the bills were introduced from the floor.
(c) If opposition to the bill be expressed by any member on
first consideration, the question shall be put by the Speaker or
presiding officer, "Shall the bill be rejected?" If the bill is
not rejected by a majority vote of the members present, it shall
proceed in the regular order. The question of consideration
shall be decided without debate.
(d) Bills introduced prior to the convening of the session
under this rule shall be treated as if they were bills
introduced on the first day of the session. Between the general
election and the time for the next convening session, a member-
elect may file bills for introduction in the next session with
the Clerk. The Clerk shall number such bills consecutively, in
the order in which they are filed, beginning with the number
"1".
Rule 6264. (Referral to Rules and Reference Committee.)
When a bill has been considered the first time, it shall be
referred to the Rules and Reference Committee, which shall
consider the same and report its recommendation to the House. If
it be apparent to said committee that any bill is of a frivolous
nature, or that it was not introduced in good faith, or that it
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is in conflict with or a duplication of an existing statute
without making proper provision for the repeal or amendment of
such existing statute, said committee shall report said bill
back to the House for its return to the author with a notation
thereon of the reason for its return. The House may, by a
majority vote, order any such bill referred to an appropriate
committee; otherwise, it shall be returned by the Clerk to the
author, and the Clerk shall make note of the fact in the
Journal.
Rule 6365. (Report back by Rules and Reference Committee.)
All bills which are not returned to the author in accordance
with Rule 6264, shall be reported back to the House by the Rules
and Reference Committee, with recommendation for reference to
the proper committee of the House. The Rules and Reference
Committee shall make a written report to the House of its action
on each bill referred to it, and such report shall be entered on
the Journal of the House. If the report of the Rules and
Reference Committee is accepted, the bills standing in order for
second consideration are deemed to have been considered a second
time, and are referred to committee as recommended in the
report.
Rule 64. (Recall by Rules and Reference Committee.) After a
bill or resolution is referred to a committee other than the
Rules and Reference Committee, the Rules and Reference Committee
may recall the bill or resolution to the Rules and Reference
Committee. A recalled bill or resolution may be heard by the
Rules and Reference Committee or referred to another committee.
Rule 6566. (Bills carrying appropriations.) All bills
carrying an appropriation shall be referred to the Finance
Committee for consideration and report before being considered
the third time.
Rule 6667. (Third consideration.) When a bill is ordered to
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be engrossed it shall be placed upon the Calendar, unless the
House by a majority vote otherwise orders, and the Calendar for
each day shall contain a list of all bills for third
consideration on the succeeding day.
The Rules and Reference Committee of the House shall have
the power to arrange the Calendar from day to day. The Rules and
Reference Committee shall set the Calendar for a session not
later than twenty-four hours before that session is scheduled to
begin, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the House.
Rule 66A68. (Conference committee reports carrying
appropriations.) All conference committee reports carrying an
appropriation shall lie over two calendar days before being
considered, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the House.
Rule 6769. (Information on Calendar.) If a bill or
resolution has been amended prior to its third consideration,
the date and page of the House or Senate Journal containing said
amendment shall be noted on the Calendar immediately below the
title of the bill or resolution. A copy of the amendments or a
copy of the section or sections amended with the amendment
incorporated shall be supplied each member of the House at the
time of third consideration unless the amendments are not of a
substantive nature or the bill or resolution has been reprinted
to incorporate the amendments.
Rule 6870. (Synopsis of Senate amendments before vote.)
Before a vote is taken upon the question of concurrence in
Senate amendments to a House bill or resolution, the staff of
the Legislative Service Commission, unless otherwise ordered by
a majority of the members elected to the House, shall prepare a
synopsis of any substantive amendments made by a Senate
committee to the bill or resolution as passed by the House.
Before a vote is taken upon a conference committee report, the
staff of the Legislative Service Commission, unless otherwise
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ordered by a majority of the members elected to the House, shall
prepare a synopsis that summarizes the recommendations of the
conference committee. The staff of the Legislative Service
Commission shall prepare and make such a synopsis available to
each member at the time the House votes on a question of
concurrence in Senate amendments or upon a conference committee
report. The Clerk shall provide each member with a copy of
amendments made by the Senate during its third consideration of
the bill or resolution unless the amendments are Clerk's
amendments or the bill or resolution has been reprinted to
incorporate the amendments.
As used in this rule, "Clerk's amendment" has the meaning
defined in Rule 7173.
Rule 6971. (Senate bills.) All Senate bills, when altered
or amended by the House, shall be engrossed in a like manner as
House bills preparatory to their third consideration, and all
bills ordered to be engrossed shall be authenticated as required
by the joint rules.
Rule 7072. (Questions on third consideration; bills with
objections of Governor.) (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the
House, bills on the Calendar for third consideration shall be
taken up and read in their order without a motion to that
effect, and the question shall be put as to whether the bill
shall pass.
(b)(1) Whenever a bill has been disapproved by the Governor
and returned to the House with the Governor's objections thereto
noted in writing, the question may be put as to whether the bill
shall pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, in
accordance with Section 16 of Article II of the Constitution of
Ohio.
(2) Whenever an item of a bill making an appropriation of
money has been disapproved and returned to the House by the
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Governor, the question may be put as to whether the item shall
pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, in
accordance with Section 16 of Article II of the Constitution of
Ohio. Whenever two or more items of a bill making an
appropriation of money have been disapproved and returned to the
House by the Governor, the question may be put to take up for
consideration the repassage of one or more of the items. Each
item so considered shall be voted upon separately.
Rule 7173. (Amendments on third consideration.) (a) After a
bill has been considered the third time and is up for
consideration, it may be amended in any part.
(b) An amendment offered to any bill or resolution, or any
resolution offered, from the floor of the House is not in order
unless one paper copy of the amendment or resolution was
submitted to the Clerk not later than the following number of
hours one hour before the scheduled time for the beginning of
the session at which the amendment or resolution is offered,
unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the House :
1. For an amendment offered and rejected in committee and
subsequently redrafted to the reported version of the bill, one
hour.
2. For all other amendments, two hours .
The Clerk shall provide all members a paper copy of an
amendment if an electronic one is not available at the time the
amendment is offered.
(c) Every amendment submitted on the floor of the House
that is determined to be in order shall be considered.
(d) A member desiring to offer an amendment to any pending
proposition shall proceed as follows: the member shall prepare
the text of the proposed amendment designating the line or lines
where the member desires the proposed amendments to be placed,
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and then proceed under Rule 4850, saying "move to amend," or
words of similar import.
(e) A "Clerk's amendment" is an amendment that makes a
technical or typographical change of a nonsubstantive nature,
such as correcting a spelling error, correcting inconsistent
paragraph lettering, or incorporating the latest version of a
section of law that was amended after the bill was drafted.
Rule 7274. (When bill may be recommitted.) After the
reference to a committee and a report thereon to the House, or
at any time before its passage, a bill may be recommitted to a
committee.
Rule 7375. (Order on Calendar.) Bills for their third
consideration, and all special orders, shall be placed upon the
Calendar in the order or priority in which the order is made,
save and except all bills or resolutions from the further
consideration of which a committee has been discharged, which
said bills or resolutions shall be placed on the Calendar for
consideration upon the second legislative day after the motion
to discharge has been agreed to.
Rule 7476. (Unfinished business.) Bills for their third
consideration on a particular day, not reached on that day,
shall be placed first on the Calendar in the order of third
consideration on each succeeding day, until disposed of.
Rule 7577. (Taking bill out of order.) No bill upon the
Calendar shall be taken up out of its order thereon, unless
otherwise ordered by a majority vote upon motion.
Rule 7678. (Titles of passed bills.) When a bill has passed
the House, the Clerk shall read its title and the Speaker or
presiding officer shall inquire if the House agrees to the
title; and if the House is agreed, the Clerk shall make out the
title accordingly, and shall certify the passage of the bill
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upon the back thereof.
Rule 7779. (House resolutions.) (a) All House joint
resolutions which do not propose to amend the Ohio Constitution,
or which do not propose to ratify an amendment to the United
States Constitution, and all House concurrent resolutions and
all House resolutions (hereinafter resolutions) shall be filed
with the Clerk in a number of copies or electronically as
determined by the Clerk. Thereupon, the Clerk shall submit the
resolutions to the Committee on Rules and Reference, except that
the Clerk shall submit all resolutions having a congratulatory,
commendatory, or other similar purpose to the presiding officer.
(b) Upon receipt from the Clerk of resolutions having a
congratulatory, commendatory, or other similar purpose, the
presiding officer may bring up the resolutions for immediate
consideration or may refer the resolutions to the Committee on
Rules and Reference.
If the presiding officer refers resolutions having a
congratulatory, commendatory, or other similar purpose to the
Committee on Rules and Reference, the Committee on Rules and
Reference shall report for adoption, report for introduction and
referral, or report for other action, any and all such
resolutions. The committee also is authorized not to report any
or all of such resolutions having a congratulatory,
commendatory, or other similar purpose.
Upon receipt from the Clerk of a resolution, other than one
having a congratulatory, commendatory, or other similar purpose,
and not later than forty-five days after the resolution was
filed with the Clerk, the Committee on Rules and Reference shall
report the resolution for adoption or for introduction and
referral.
(c) In reporting resolutions for adoption, the Rules and
Reference Committee shall have the power to include more than
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one resolution in any report. A report containing more than one
resolution shall list the resolutions by title only. Those
resolutions reported for adoption relating to present or past
members of the General Assembly or present or past elected state
officials shall be reported automatically and separately and
shall be read. Sponsors desiring other resolutions to be
reported separately for adoption must request such action of the
Rules and Reference Committee.
(d) All reports by the Rules and Reference Committee on the
adoption of resolutions shall be entertained only under the item
of business, "Motions and Resolutions." Such reports shall be
voted on in their entirety on the day of the report, and require
only one roll call or voice vote. Titles to such resolutions
contained in the report may be amended on the Floor.
(e) Resolutions reported for introduction and referral by
the Rules and Reference Committee shall be contained in one
report, shall be listed by title only, and shall indicate to
what committee the particular resolutions are to be referred.
All reports on the introduction of resolutions by the Rules and
Reference Committee shall be entertained only under the item of
business, "Motions and Resolutions." Such reports shall be voted
on in their entirety on the day of the report, and require only
one roll call or voice vote.
(f) All House joint resolutions which propose to amend the
Constitution of Ohio, or which propose to ratify an amendment to
the United States Constitution, shall, for the purpose of House
consideration, be treated as though they were bills.
(g) Any resolution brought up for immediate consideration
shall be brought up by a member of leadership from the majority
party or the Speaker's designee. If there is an objection, then
immediate consideration of the resolution shall require a three-
fifths majority affirmative vote.
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Rule 7880. (Senate joint or concurrent resolutions.) (a)
Upon receipt of a message advising the House that the Senate has
adopted a Senate concurrent resolution, or Senate joint
resolution which does not propose to amend the Ohio
Constitution, or which does not propose to ratify an amendment
to the United States Constitution, the presiding officer may
bring such resolution up for immediate consideration, or may
refer such resolution to the Committee on Rules and Reference.
(b) Upon receipt of such resolution, the Committee on Rules
and Reference shall have the power to:
1. report for adoption;
2. report for referral; or
3. report for other action
any or all such resolutions. The Committee shall also have the
power not to report any or all such resolutions. The procedure
in reporting such resolutions shall be the same as the procedure
used to report House resolutions.
(c) All Senate joint resolutions which propose to amend the
Constitution of Ohio, or which propose to ratify an amendment to
the United States Constitution, shall, for the purpose of House
consideration, be treated as though they were bills.
Rule 7981. (When yeas and nays taken on resolutions.) Upon
the adoption of a resolution involving the expenditure of money,
or which determines or involves the right of a member to a seat
in the House, the yeas and nays shall be taken and entered on
the Journal, and the text of the resolution shall be spread upon
the Journal. Such resolutions shall require a majority of all
members elected to the House for adoption except when a greater
majority is required by the Constitution.
QUESTIONS AND MOTIONS
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Rule 8082. (Questions.) All questions, whether in committee
or before the House, except privileged questions, shall be put
in the order in which they are made.
The call for the vote shall be distinctly put in this form,
"Those in favor of (as the question may be) say 'yes'," and
after the affirmative vote is expressed, "Those of a contrary
opinion say 'no'." If the Speaker or presiding officer is in
doubt, or a division be called for, the House shall divide and a
roll call be taken. The Speaker or presiding officer shall
announce the results.
Rule 8183. (Motions.) (a) Every motion shall be reduced to
writing, if the Speaker or presiding officer or any two members
shall so request. A motion that is required to be in writing is
not in order unless the writing has been filed with the Clerk. A
motion that requires the signatures of members is not in order
unless it contains original signatures. No motion may be made
via facsimile or other electronic means other than those
electronic devices used by the House in conducting its business.
(b) When a motion is made, it shall be stated by the
Speaker or presiding officer; or being in writing, it shall be
read by the Clerk before debate is had. Such motion may, by
leave of the House, be withdrawn at any time before a decision
thereon or an amendment thereto is made.
(c) A motion to take from the table is in order only if the
rules are suspended for that purpose.
Rule 8284. (Motions which take precedence.) When a question
is under consideration no motion shall be in order, except the
following, which motions shall have precedence in the following
order:
1. To adjourn.
2. To take a recess.
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3. To reconsider.
4. To proceed to the orders of the day.
5. To lay on the table.
6. To call for the previous question.
7. To postpone to a day certain.
8. To commit or to refer.
9. To amend.
10. To postpone indefinitely.
Rule 8385. (No debate permitted.) The following questions
shall be decided without debate:
1. To adjourn.
2. To take a recess.
3. To lay on the table.
4. The previous question.
5. To take from the table.
6. All questions relating to the priority of business.
7. The question of consideration.
8. The suspension of rules.
Rule 8486. (No motion during roll call.) No member shall be
allowed to explain the member's vote or discuss the question
being voted upon, while the vote is being taken. After the Clerk
has commenced to take the vote on any question, no motion shall
be in order until a decision has been announced by the Chair.
Rule 8587. (Motions to refer to committee.) When a motion
is made to refer to a committee, if more than one committee is
suggested, the motion shall be put for reference to the
committees suggested, in the order in which they are named; but
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a motion to refer to a standing committee or a select committee
shall have precedence in the order herein named. A motion to
refer to a committee may not be reconsidered.
Rule 8688. (Motions to lie over one day.) Motions to
discharge committees of further consideration of bills and
resolutions shall lie over one legislative day before being
considered.
Rule 8789. (Motion to discharge a committee.) (a) A motion
to discharge a committee of further consideration of a bill or
resolution which has been referred to such committee thirty
calendar days or more prior thereto shall be in order under the
order of business, "Motions and Resolutions." Such motion shall
be in writing and deposited in the office of the Clerk.
(b) To initiate a discharge motion a member shall obtain
from the Clerk a blank discharge motion and designate the bill
to which the discharge motion applies. Before such motion may be
filed with the Clerk, there shall be attached thereto the
signatures of a majority of the members elected to the House.
The discharge motion shall remain in the custody of the Clerk's
office, and each member who signs the motion shall do so in the
presence of the Clerk or an assistant of the Clerk. A member who
signed the discharge motion may remove the member's name from
the discharge motion before the discharge motion is offered, but
shall do so in the presence of the Clerk or an assistant of the
Clerk.
(c) Such motion, together with the signatures thereto,
shall be printed in the Journal as of the day upon which the
motion was filed with the Clerk.
(d) Only one discharge motion can be presented for each
bill or resolution.
Rule 8890. (Motion not to be repeated.) A motion to
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adjourn, a motion to postpone to a day certain, or a motion to
postpone indefinitely being decided in the negative, shall not
again be in order until after some motion, call, order, or
debate shall have taken place.
Rule 8991. (Motion to introduce, when.) No motion to
introduce or refer a bill or resolution of any type shall be in
order except as provided elsewhere in these Rules.
Rule 9092. (Motion to delete and insert, indivisible.) A
motion to delete and insert shall be deemed indivisible.
Rule 9193. (Amendments.) (a) Every amendment proposed must
be germane to the subject of the proposition or to the section
or paragraph to be amended.
(b) When an amendment is pending, it shall not be in order
to amend the amendment by directing an amendment to any other
part of the bill.
(c) An amendment may be amended, but an amendment to an
amendment may not be amended.
(d) If the presiding officer determines that an amendment
contains two or more distinct and separate subjects, such
amendment may be divided upon the demand of any one member. If
an amendment is divided, each branch of the divided amendment
shall be considered as though it was introduced as an original
amendment.
(e) A vote to table an amendment or an amendment to an
amendment shall not carry with it the measure sought to be
amended.
(f) Any paragraph, except one which contains the enacting,
amending, or repealing clause, or the title, once amended during
the same third consideration, other than by the passage of
Clerk's amendments, shall not be amended again. For the purpose
of this paragraph, appropriation line items shall be considered
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separate paragraphs.
(g) If an amendment previously was offered during a House
floor session and rejected or tabled by a floor vote, the
amendment, or a substantially identical amendment, shall not be
reintroduced on the floor for a period of ninety days, unless
approved by a two-thirds majority. The Speaker or presiding
officer shall determine whether an amendment is substantially
identical to an amendment that was rejected or tabled.
(h) As used in this rule, "Clerk's amendment" has the
meaning defined in Rule 7173.
Rule 9294. (Substitute as amendment.) Substitutes for bills
or resolutions for the purpose of amendments shall be treated as
original propositions, shall be offered in a number of copies or
electronically as determined by the Clerk, and shall retain the
same status as the original bill.
Rule 9395. (Amendments by committees.) (a) All amendments
made in committee shall carry the name of the author of the
amendment, and the report of any committee reporting a bill or
resolution to the House shall indicate clearly the name of the
author of the amendment which shall be entered in the Journal.
Amendments made by committees and adopted by the House shall be
subject to further amendment. The right to amend any bill or
resolution shall extend to any matters added to or stricken from
such bill or resolution by a committee.
(b) If the sponsor of a substantive amendment or a
substitute bill submits it to the chair of the committee and
provides it to the entire committee before midnight of the day
before it is to be considered in committee, it may be
considered. The chair may decline to consider any substantive
amendment or substitute bill received thereafter or may elect to
consider it on the next calendar day or later. The committee may
suspend the requirement by a two-thirds vote of all the members
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present. This rule does not apply to reports of conference
committees or Legislative Service Commission technical
amendments.
(c) The Speaker shall direct Legislative Information
Systems to develop a web site on which House members may release
proposed amendments and substitute bills to the public before
they are presented in committee.
Rule 9496. (Amendments to titles.) (a) Amendments to the
title of a House or Senate bill may be offered in committee or
on third consideration and shall be decided without debate,
provided that upon third consideration a motion to amend the
title may be made by a sponsor; but no amendments shall change
the subject dealt with in the original title. Amendments to the
title of a House or Senate bill offered on third consideration
may be made by electronic means when permitted by the Speaker or
presiding officer. Prior to passage of a bill, a former
Representative who no longer is a member of the General Assembly
may present a writing to the Clerk requesting deletion of the
former Representative's name from the title of the bill as
sponsor or co-sponsor. The Speaker shall present the request to
the House, and the Clerk shall spread the request upon the pages
of the Journal. When the House is agreed, the Clerk shall make
out the title accordingly, and certify to the passage of the
bill upon its carrier.
(b) Immediately after the House has voted to concur in
Senate amendments to a bill or resolution, and immediately after
the House has voted to accept a conference committee report, a
Representative may remove the Representative's name from the
bill or resolution by rising and stating this desire to the
Speaker or presiding officer. The Clerk shall thereupon remove
the Representative's name from the bill or resolution. Prior to
the vote on concurrence in Senate amendments to a bill or
resolution, and prior to the vote on a conference committee
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report, a former Representative who no longer is a member of the
General Assembly may present a writing to the Clerk requesting
deletion of the former Representative's name from the title of
the bill as sponsor or co-sponsor. The Speaker shall present the
request to the House, and the Clerk shall spread the request
upon the pages of the Journal. When the House is agreed, the
Clerk shall make out the title of the bill or resolution
accordingly.
(c) Amendments to the title of a resolution, other than one
having a congratulatory, commendatory, or other similar purpose,
may be offered on the floor and may be made by electronic means
when permitted by the Speaker or presiding officer. No amendment
to the title of a resolution shall change the subject dealt with
in the original title.
RECONSIDERATION
Rule 9597. (Motion to reconsider.) (a) Any motion to
reconsider the vote on a bill or resolution must be made by a
member who voted with the prevailing side of the question. To be
in order, such motion must be made not later than the second
legislative day following that on which the vote was taken. The
question of reconsideration, if left pending, shall be brought
to a vote upon motion of the first-named House sponsor of the
motion to reconsider and approval of the House.
(b)(1) In the case of a motion to reconsider the vote on a
bill or resolution which failed of passage or adoption, the
motion must be supported by five members, or a sufficient number
of members who either voted on the prevailing side or who did
not previously vote on the question, to achieve a constitutional
majority, whichever is less.
(2) In the case of a motion to reconsider the vote on a
bill or resolution which passed or was adopted, the motion must
be supported only by members who voted with the prevailing side,
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and the motion must be supported by five members, or a
sufficient number of members whose change of position would
result in the failure to achieve a constitutional majority,
whichever is less.
(3) Reconsideration of a vote on a motion shall be
initiated only by a member voting with the prevailing side and
to be in order, such motion must be made while the bill or
resolution to which the motion is directed is still being
considered.
(c) The motion to reconsider shall take precedence over all
other questions except a motion to adjourn or to recess, and
debate shall be limited to the reason that the matter is to be
reconsidered.
(d) The question of reconsideration, having once been
decided, shall not be again taken up for consideration, nor
shall the bill, resolution, or motion, having once been
reconsidered, be again taken up for consideration.
Rule 9698. (Vote necessary on reconsideration.) The vote on
any question may be reconsidered by a majority of the members
voting, a quorum being present.
Rule 9799. (Effect of defeat of motion.) When the vote on a
bill or resolution is lost, and the vote is reconsidered, the
measure shall not be committed thereafter to any other than a
standing committee.
Rule 98100. (Procedure on motion.) Upon the adoption of a
motion to reconsider, the Clerk immediately shall inform the
House whether or not such bill or resolution is in the
possession of the House. If the Clerk reports in the negative,
the Clerk shall effect the return of such bill or resolution.
When the measure is in the possession of the House, it shall be
placed on the Calendar under the appropriate order of business.
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Rule 99101. (Reconsideration of amendments after adoption
of measure.) When it is desired to reconsider the vote on an
amendment after the vote has been taken on the adoption of a
main motion, it is necessary to reconsider the vote both on the
main question and on the amendment. If it is desired to
reconsider an amendment to an amendment after the latter has
been adopted, both must be reconsidered in order to reach the
amendment it is desired to reconsider. When it is thus necessary
to reconsider two or three votes, one motion may be made to
cover them all, but debate is limited to the question first
voted upon.
Rule 100102. (Effect of tabling motion.) If a motion to
reconsider be laid on the table, it does not carry the bill or
resolution with it, and if a motion to reconsider is coupled
with a motion to lay on the table, the motion to lay on the
table shall be disposed of first; if decided in the negative,
the motion to reconsider shall immediately recur.
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Rule 101103. (How and when previous question put.) The
previous question shall be in this form: "Shall the debate now
close?" It shall be put after the motion is submitted to the
presiding officer in writing and when the member submitting the
motion is recognized, and supported by four or more members. The
motion shall be sustained by a majority vote, and when put, and
until decided, it shall preclude further debate on all
amendments and motions, except one motion to adjourn, or one
motion to lay on the table. If the previous question is demanded
when an amendment to a bill or resolution is under
consideration, the previous question shall apply only to the
debate on the amendment.
Rule 102104. (No debate or appeal.) All incidental
questions, or questions of order, arising after a motion is made
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for the previous question and pending such motion, shall be
decided without debate, and shall not be subject to appeal.
Rule 103105. (Action after previous question order.) On a
motion for the previous question, and prior to voting on the
same, a call of the House shall be in order; but after the
demand for the previous question shall have been sustained, no
call shall be in order; and the House shall be brought at once
to a vote upon the question immediately pending.
Rule 104106. (Action when not ordered.) If a motion for the
previous question be not sustained, the subject under
consideration shall be proceeded with the same as if the motion
had not been made.
Rule 105. Reserved.
Rule 106. Reserved.
Rule 107. Reserved.
Rule 108. Reserved.
PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Rule 109107. (Persons admitted to Hall of House.) No person
shall be admitted to the Hall of the House except the Governor,
members and employees of the two houses, persons charged with
any message or document affecting the business of the House, the
authorized representatives of the press, radio, and television,
and those invited by a member with the approval of the Speaker
or presiding officer or by the order of the House. No former
member who is currently a legislative agent registered with the
Office of the Legislative Inspector General shall have access to
the floor without prior approval of the Speaker or presiding
officer.
Rule 110108. (Use of Hall not to be granted.) The use of
the Hall of the House shall not at any time, except by
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resolution, be granted for any other than legislative purposes.
No committee shall use the Hall of the House for hearings,
except upon permission previously granted by the House upon
motion.
Rule 111109. (Representatives of the press, how admitted.)
(a) Representatives of the press who are members of the
Legislative Correspondents' Association are entitled to the
privilege of the floor of the House, but shall notify the
Speaker or presiding officer prior to exercising the privilege.
The Speaker or presiding officer, or, when the House is not in
session, the Clerk, has authority to grant immediate access to
the floor of the House to visiting members of the media.
(b) Representatives of the press desiring the privilege of
the floor of the House who are not members of the Legislative
Correspondents' Association shall make application to the
Speaker, and make application with the Legislative
Correspondents' Association, and shall state, in writing, for
what paper or papers, legislative information services, or
magazines, or any affiliate of any of the foregoing they are
employed; and further shall state that they are not engaged in
the promotion of legislation or the prosecution of claims
pending before the General Assembly, and will not become so
engaged while allowed the privileges of the floor; and that they
are not in any sense the agents or representatives of persons or
corporations having legislation before the General Assembly, and
will not become either while retaining their privileges.
Visiting newswriters and editors and visiting magazine
writers and editors may be allowed, temporarily, the privileges
herein mentioned, but they must conform to the restrictions
prescribed.
(c) The application required by division (b) of this rule
shall be authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to
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the executive committee of the Legislative Correspondents'
Association, in the case of newspaper, legislative information
service, and magazine representatives and in the case of
representatives of any affiliate of any of the foregoing. It
shall be the duty of the executive committee of the Legislative
Correspondents' Association to see that the privileges of the
floor shall be granted only to representatives of press
associations serving daily newspaper clients, representatives of
daily Columbus newspapers, and bona fide telegraphic
correspondents of reputable standing in their profession, who
represent daily newspapers, or representatives of daily
newspapers, or representatives of daily legislative information
services, or representatives of magazines, or representatives of
any affiliate of any of the foregoing, of known standing and
integrity, organized for that one purpose and not controlled by
or connected with any association, firm, corporation, or
individual representing any trade, profession, or other
commercial enterprise, and which have been in continuous and
bona fide operation for such a period of years immediately prior
to the date of making application for floor privileges as will
have made possible the establishment of a reputation for honesty
and integrity; and it shall be the duty of the executive
committee of the Legislative Correspondents' Association, at its
discretion, to report violations of the privileges herein
granted to the Speaker. Persons whose chief attention is not
given to newspaper correspondence, legislative information
service, or magazine correspondence shall not be entitled to the
privileges of the floor.
(d)(1) No still photographing during the sessions of the
House shall be permitted without notification of the Speaker and
the Legislative Correspondents' Association prior to session.
(2) No still photographing during committee hearings of the
House shall be carried on without prior notification of and
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under conditions prescribed by the chair of the committee.
Rule 112110. (Representatives of radio and television
stations and broadcasting networks, how admitted.) (a)
Representatives of radio and television stations and
broadcasting networks who are members of the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Association are entitled to the
privilege of the floor of the House, but shall notify the
Speaker prior to exercising the privilege. The Speaker or
presiding officer, or, when the House is not in session, the
Clerk, has authority to grant immediate access to the floor of
the House to visiting members of the media.
(b) Representatives of radio and television stations and
broadcasting networks desiring the privilege of the floor of the
House who are not members of the Radio and Television
Correspondents' Association shall make application to the
Speaker, and make application with the Radio and Television
Correspondents' Association, and shall state, in writing, by
what stations or broadcasting network they are employed; and
further shall state that they are not engaged in the promotion
of legislation or the prosecution of claims pending before the
General Assembly, and will not become so engaged while allowed
the privileges of the floor; and that they are not, in any
sense, the agents or representatives of persons or corporations
having legislation before the General Assembly, and will not
become either while retaining their privileges. Visiting
correspondents and editors may be allowed, temporarily, the
privileges herein mentioned, but they must conform to the
restrictions prescribed.
(c) The application required by division (b) of this rule
shall be authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to
the officers of the Radio and Television Correspondents'
Association of Ohio. It shall be the duty of the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Association to see that the
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privileges of the floor shall be granted only to the
representatives of stations and broadcasting networks serving
radio and television stations or networks serving such radio and
television stations as have been duly licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission. It shall be the duty of the officers
of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association, at
their discretion, to report violations of the privileges herein
granted to the Speaker. Persons whose chief attention is not
given to radio and television broadcasting shall not be entitled
to the privileges of the floor.
(d)(1) Except as provided in Rule 120119, no video
recording or filming of sessions of the House shall be carried
on without the notification of the Speaker and the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Association, and then only under the
conditions authorized by the Speaker.
(2) No video recording or filming of committee hearings of
the House shall be carried on without the prior notification of
and under conditions prescribed by the chair of the committee.
(3) Except as provided in the Rules of the House of
Representatives, no live video streaming of sessions of the
House or committee hearings of the House shall be carried on.
(e) Audio recording by representatives of the press and of
radio and television stations and broadcasting networks
accredited pursuant to Rules 111 109 and 112110, shall be
permitted during committee hearings upon prior notification of
the committee chair and during House floor sessions upon prior
notification of the Speaker or presiding officer.
(f) Live broadcast coverage of floor sessions may be
conducted with prior notification of the Speaker or presiding
officer, and under such conditions as the Speaker or presiding
officer may establish. Live broadcast coverage of committee
hearings may be conducted with prior notification of the
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Speaker, and under such conditions as the Speaker and committee
chair may establish.
Rule 113111. (Privileges of the House, how revoked.) Upon
complaint in writing, made by any member of the House, addressed
to the Speaker, that any person has abused the privileges
granted the person, such complaint shall be referred to the
standing Committee on Rules and Reference for investigation, and
such committee shall notify the person so charged of the time
and place for hearing; and if such accusation be sustained, such
person or persons shall be barred from the privileges granted.
RULES OF THE HOUSE
Rule 114112. (How amended.) The rules of the House may be
amended. A member who desires to amend the rules shall prepare a
resolution that sets forth the proposed amendment and file it
with the Clerk in a number of copies to be determined by the
Clerk. The Speaker or presiding officer shall announce the
resolution at the next session of the House at which bills are
given third consideration, and shall refer the resolution to the
Committee on Rules and Reference. A majority of all members
elected shall be required for the adoption of the resolution.
Rule 115113. (How suspended.) Any rule, or portion thereof,
except Rule 2, and as otherwise noted, may be suspended by a
two-thirds vote of all the members present.
Rule 115A114. (When effective.) These rules take effect
upon adoption by the House and remain in effect until the rules
of the House of Representatives for the 136th 137th General
Assembly are adopted.
Rule 116115. (Parliamentary guide.) Mason's Manual of
Legislative Procedure (2020), as amplified or clarified in
Hughes' American Parliamentary Guide, 1931-1932, Revised New
Edition, shall govern in all cases not provided for in the
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foregoing rules, or the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
MISCELLANEOUS
Rule 117116. (Reintroduction prohibited.)
(a) If a House bill or resolution is defeated or
indefinitely postponed in the House it shall not be reintroduced
during either annual session of the same General Assembly.
(b) If a House bill or resolution previously was offered
during a House floor session and rejected or tabled by a floor
vote, the bill or resolution, or a substantially identical bill
or resolution, shall not be reintroduced on the floor for a
period of ninety days, unless approved by two-thirds majority.
The Speaker or presiding officer shall determine whether a bill
or resolution is substantially identical to a bill or resolution
that was rejected or tabled.
Rule 118117. (Reintroduction of bill permitted.) A bill
which has been passed by the House and defeated or indefinitely
postponed by the Senate, may be introduced during the subsequent
calendar year of the same General Assembly provided it shall be
in the identical language as that passed by the House. Upon
motion made and approved by two-thirds majority, the bill shall
be considered on three successive dates and voted upon by the
House without reference to committee.
Rule 119118. (Index to bill authorized.) Any bill which,
when introduced, consists of ten typewritten pages or more, may
be accompanied by a printed index showing the contents of such
bill.
Rule 120119. (Proceedings of the House public; exception.)
"The proceedings of the House of Representatives shall be
public, except in cases which, in the opinion of two-thirds of
those present, require secrecy." (Article II, Section 13, Ohio
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Constitution.)
Except in cases where secrecy has been approved, all
proceedings of the House of Representatives while in voting
session shall be broadcast by Ohio Government
Telecommunications, and shall be archived. The use of any
session or committee video in political or commercial activities
is prohibited in all circumstances.
Rule 121120. (Committee meetings public.) Each committee
and subcommittee shall give notice of each of its regular and
special meetings in accordance with division (C) of section
101.15 of the Revised Code as amplified in Rule 3639.
Each regular and special meeting of each committee and
subcommittee shall be a public meeting that is open to the
public at all times in accordance with division (B) of section
101.15 of the Revised Code. Each committee and subcommittee
shall prepare, file, and maintain; approve or correct and
approve; and make available, minutes of each of its regular and
special meetings in accordance with division (B) of section
101.15 of the Revised Code.
Rule 122121. (LSC analyses and fiscal notes to be made
available at third consideration.) The bill analysis prepared by
the staff of the Legislative Service Commission that has been
made available to the members of the House and the fiscal note,
if a fiscal note has been prepared by the staff of the
Legislative Service Commission and made available to the members
of the House, shall be made available to the public by the
Speaker or presiding officer when the bill to which the analysis
or fiscal note pertains receives third consideration in the
House.
Rule 123122. (Use of personal electronic devices on House
floor.)
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(a) Personal electronic devices may be used on the floor of
the House of Representatives during session to advance
legislative business, so long as that use complies with the
Joint Legislative Code of Ethics, avoids the appearance of
impropriety, is respectful of the solemnity of the institution
of the House, and does not disrupt the proceedings.
(b) The Speaker, the Clerk, the Sergeant-at-arms, or their
designees may take action to ensure that the use of personal
electronic devices on the House floor complies with this rule.
Rule 124. Reserved.
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