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Senate Judiciary Committee, Ohio State Senate
The Judiciary Committee is a standing committee of the Ohio State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Ohio State Senate are appointed by the President of the Senate. The rules do not give a specific date to which committees are assigned, but committee appointments occur after the organization of the Senate.[1] The President shall appoint members, a chair, and a vice-chair of each standing committee as well as a ranking minority member.[2] The Minority Leader can recommend a ranking minority member for each committee.[1] The President can be substituted as a voting member on any standing committee. The Minority Leader is an ex officio nonvoting member of each committee and can be substituted as a voting member on any committee.[2] A majority of members in a committee is considered quorum.[3]
See rules: Rules of the Senate
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Cecil Thomas | • Kevin Bacon, Chair | |||
| • Sean O'Brien | • Matt Dolan, Vice chair | |||
| • Michael Skindell | • Bill Coley | |||
| • John Eklund | ||||
| • Matt Huffman | ||||
| • Peggy Lehner | ||||
| • Scott Oelslager | ||||
2011
- Timothy Grendell (R) Chair
- Larry Obhof Jr. (R) Vice Chair
- Nina Turner (D) Ranking Minority Member
- Eric Kearney (D)
- Frank LaRose (R)
- Peggy Lehner (R)
- Scott Oelslager (R)
- Joe Schiavoni (D)
- Mark Wagoner (R)
2009
- Kevin Coughlin (R)
- Keith Faber (R)
- David Goodman (R)
- Timothy Grendell (R)
- Jim Hughes (R)
- Joseph Schiavoni (D)
- Shirley Smith (D)
- Bill Seitz (R)
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Footnotes
