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Rules and Reference Committee, Ohio State Senate
The Rules and Reference Committee is a standing committee of the Ohio State Senate. In 2015, this committee was created out of the Rules Committee and Reference Committee.
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
Function
| “ | The Rules and Reference Committee assigns bills to committees for deliberation and determines when bills will be scheduled for a vote by the full Senate.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Rules and Reference Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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Kirk Schuring (R, Vice Chair) left this committee on November 22, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Rules and Reference Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Rules and Reference Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (10) | 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.
| Rules and Reference Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Joseph Schiavoni | • Larry Obhof, Chair | |||
| • Edna Brown | • Bob Peterson, Vice chair | |||
| • Charleta B. Tavares | • Dave Burke | |||
| • Cecil Thomas | • Bill Coley | |||
| • John Eklund | ||||
| • Randy Gardner | ||||
| • Cliff Hite | ||||
| • Matt Huffman | ||||
| • Gayle L. Manning | ||||
| • Scott Oelslager | ||||
2015 legislative session
| Rules and Reference Committee Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Joe Schiavoni, Ranking Minority Member | • Keith Faber, Chair | |||
| • Edna Brown | • Chris Widener, Vice Chair | |||
| • Lou Gentile | • Dave Burke | |||
| • Charleta B. Tavares | • Bill Coley | |||
| • Cliff Hite | ||||
| • Jim Hughes, Ohio Senator | ||||
| • Gayle L. Manning | ||||
| • Larry Obhof | ||||
| • Scott Oelslager | ||||
| • Tom Patton | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ohio Legislature, "Rules of the Senate," accessed February 26, 2021(Rule 19)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ohio Legislature, "Rules of the Senate," accessed February 26, 2021(Rule 20)
- ↑ Ohio Legislature, "Rules of the Senate," accessed February 26, 2021(Rule 23)
- ↑ Ohio State Senate, "Rules and Reference Committee," accessed February 26, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
