Rule 1. (Convention: place and procedure.) Whenever the
two
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branches of the General Assembly convene for any purpose
required
| 9 |
by the Constitution or laws of the state,
such
convention
shall be | 10 |
held in the Hall of the House of
Representatives,
unless
| 11 |
otherwise ordered by a joint resolution
of the two branches, and
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the
President of the Senate shall
preside. During all such
| 13 |
conventions each
branch shall be held
to be in session as a
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separate branch of the
General
Assembly
and to be governed by its
| 15 |
own rules; and except in voting on
questions
unique to the
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convention,
where each member is
entitled to a separate vote,
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shall act as such and no
question
shall be considered as carried
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otherwise than by the concurrent
action of both branches;
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provided, that either branch may, by a
vote of a
majority of all
| 20 |
its members, dissolve from such
convention by withdrawing
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therefrom; and such convention may, by
the concurrent vote of the
| 22 |
two
branches, take a recess or
adjourn to a time certain, but such
| 23 |
recess or
adjournment of the
convention shall not be held to be an
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adjournment or recess
of
either branch nor to prevent either from
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proceeding with its
usual business
during such recess or | 26 |
adjournment of the
convention. | 27 |
Rule 3. (Joint select committees: creation.)
The
President
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may
initiate creation of a joint select committee of
the
Senate
| 33 |
and
House for the purpose of
considering a Senate
bill
or a
Senate | 34 |
joint or concurrent
resolution.
The
Speaker
may initiate creation
| 35 |
of a joint select
committee of
the
Senate
and
House for the | 36 |
purpose of
considering a House bill
or a
House joint or concurrent
| 37 |
resolution.
A bill or joint or
concurrent resolution shall not be | 38 |
referred to
a joint select
committee if its
main feature is the | 39 |
appropriation
of money or a
proposal to alter or modify
the | 40 |
state's existing tax
structure. | 41 |
To initiate creation of a joint select committee, the
| 42 |
President shall cause to be read before the
Senate or the
Speaker
| 43 |
shall cause to be read before the
House a message
creating the
| 44 |
joint select committee. After the message is read,
it shall lie
| 45 |
over one
calendar day before it is voted upon. If
the message is
| 46 |
approved, it shall be
transmitted to the
second
house. Upon
| 47 |
receipt, the
President or
Speaker shall cause the
message to be
| 48 |
read
before the second house. After the message
is read in the
| 49 |
second house, it
shall lie over one calendar day
before it is
| 50 |
voted upon. If the message is
approved in the
second house, the
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joint select committee thereupon is
created as
specified in the
| 52 |
message. The second house shall
notify the
first of its
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disposition of the message. The message
shall be
spread in full
| 54 |
upon the Senate
and House
Journals. | 55 |
The message shall specify the name of the joint select
| 62 |
committee, the equal number of members the joint select committee
| 63 |
is to have
from each house, the number of members of the
majority | 64 |
party and the number of members of the minority party the
joint | 65 |
select committee is to have from each house, the purpose the
joint | 66 |
select
committee is to fulfill, and any special rules
with
respect | 67 |
to
submission of its report.
The bill or joint or
concurrent
| 68 |
resolution shall
be attached to the message. | 69 |
Rule 4. (Joint select committees:
members and officers.)
A
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joint select committee shall have an equal number of members
from
| 78 |
the Senate and
House. The
President shall appoint, and
may remove
| 79 |
and replace, the
Senate members of a joint select
committee.
The
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Senate
Minority
Leader, in a manner to be
determined by the Senate
| 81 |
Minority Caucus, may recommend Senate
minority
party members
for a
| 82 |
joint select committee.
The
Speaker shall appoint, and may remove
| 83 |
and replace, the
House
members of a joint select committee.
The
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House Minority Leader,
in a manner to be
determined by the House
| 85 |
Minority Caucus, may
recommend
House minority party members
for a
| 86 |
joint select
committee.
The President and Speaker shall appoint
| 87 |
members
from their respective houses as necessary to fill
| 88 |
vacancies on
a
joint select committee. The appointment or removal
| 89 |
of a member
of a joint
select committee shall be entered upon the
| 90 |
journal of
the house from
which the member is appointed. | 91 |
If a joint select committee is created to consider a
Senate
| 92 |
bill or joint or
concurrent resolution
referred by the
Senate,
| 93 |
the first-named Senate member
is
chairman
and the first-named
| 94 |
House member is vice-chairman
of
the joint
select committee. If
a | 95 |
joint select committee is
created to
consider a House bill or | 96 |
joint
or concurrent
resolution referred by the
House,
the | 97 |
first-named House
member is
chairman and the first-named
Senate | 98 |
member is
vice-chairman
of the joint select committee. | 99 |
Rule 5. (Joint select committees: consideration
and report
| 103 |
by.)
A joint select committee
shall study and conduct
hearings | 104 |
with respect to, and
may amend or
substitute, the bill
or joint or | 105 |
concurrent
resolution. The joint
select committee
may report the | 106 |
bill or
joint or
concurrent
resolution.
Bills
or joint or | 107 |
concurrent
resolutions that are
reported
shall be
filed in
| 108 |
sextuplicate with the clerk of the house
where the
bill
or joint
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or concurrent resolution originated.
The original
bill
or joint or | 110 |
concurrent resolution
shall accompany the
report.
The
joint select | 111 |
committee shall indicate in
the
report the members who
voted "yes" | 112 |
and "no" on the
report. | 113 |
Rule 6. (Joint select committees: quorum; voting.)
A
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majority of the Senate
members and a majority of the
House
members
| 126 |
of a joint select
committee is a quorum. Each member of
a joint
| 127 |
select committee
has one vote. A joint select committee
may not
| 128 |
take any action
unless the action is agreed to by a
majority of
| 129 |
its
members on the part of the Senate and by a
majority
of its
| 130 |
members on the part of the House. However,
except for reporting a
| 131 |
bill or joint or concurrent resolution
with a recommendation that
| 132 |
it be indefinitely postponed or
passed or adopted, a
joint select | 133 |
committee, by vote
of a
majority of its
members on
the part of the | 134 |
Senate and a
majority
of its members on
the part
of the House, may | 135 |
choose to
take any
action upon
agreement, not
of
separate | 136 |
majorities, but
of a
majority of all the members
of the
whole | 137 |
joint select
committee. | 138 |
A proxy vote in a joint select committee is invalid. A
| 139 |
member of
a joint select committee who is present shall vote
| 140 |
unless excused by
the joint select committee. A member of a
joint
| 141 |
select committee is not
entitled to vote except while
actually
| 142 |
present in a meeting of
the joint select committee,
unless the
| 143 |
member has first actually been
present in the
meeting, and the
| 144 |
vote is continued
for members who, before the
vote, were actually
| 145 |
present in, but
at the time of the vote are
absent from, the
| 146 |
meeting.
Continuation of a vote may not extend
later than
| 147 |
midnight of the
day on which the vote was continued. | 148 |
Rule 7. (Joint select committees: subpoena power; power to
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administer oaths.) The chairman of a joint select committee, when
| 150 |
authorized by the joint select committee and by the President and
| 151 |
Speaker, may issue subpoenas and
subpoenas duces tecum in aid of
| 152 |
the joint select committee's
consideration of a bill or joint or
| 153 |
concurrent resolution
that has been
referred to the joint
select | 154 |
committee. Subpoenas may
require
witnesses in any part of
the
| 155 |
state to appear before the
joint
select committee at a time
and | 156 |
place
designated in the
subpoena to
testify. Subpoenas
duces tecum
| 157 |
may require
witnesses or other
persons in any part
of the state
to | 158 |
produce
books, papers,
records, and other
tangible evidence
before | 159 |
the
joint select
committee at a time
and place designated in the
| 160 |
subpoena duces
tecum. A subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum shall
be | 161 |
issued,
served, and returned, and
have consequences, as
provided | 162 |
in
sections 101.41 to 101.45 of
the
Revised Code. | 163 |
The chairman of a joint select committee, not later than two
| 170 |
days before a meeting of the joint select committee, shall give
| 171 |
due
notice of the meeting. The notice shall identify the joint
| 172 |
select committee, identify the chairman, state the time and
place | 173 |
at
which the meeting will be held, and set forth an agenda
| 174 |
showing
the bill or joint or concurrent resolution
that will
be | 175 |
considered at the meeting.
If an emergency
requires
consideration | 176 |
of a bill or
joint or concurrent
resolution
at a
meeting, and two | 177 |
days'
advance notice of
the meeting
therefore
is impractical, the | 178 |
chairman may schedule an
emergency
meeting
of the joint select | 179 |
committee by giving
twenty-four hours'
advance notice of the | 180 |
emergency meeting to the
news media that
have requested such | 181 |
notification and the bill or
joint or
concurrent resolution
then | 182 |
may be
considered at the emergency
meeting
as the emergency | 183 |
requires. | 184 |
The joint select committee shall keep minutes
of its
| 190 |
proceedings and
at each meeting except the
first shall approve
the
| 191 |
minutes taken at the previous meeting,
or, if the minutes
require
| 192 |
correction, shall correct and approve
the minutes. The
joint
| 193 |
select committee shall maintain a record of its
approved
minutes,
| 194 |
and promptly after approval shall file a copy
of its
minutes with
| 195 |
the Clerk
of the Senate and
Clerk of the
House. | 196 |
Rule 10. (Question when bill is vetoed.) When under Ohio
| 204 |
Constitution, Article II, Section 16, a
message
is transmitted
to
| 205 |
the house of origin by the
Governor, expressing
disapproval
of any
| 206 |
bill or item of an appropriation bill that
has been
passed by the
| 207 |
General Assembly, the
house of origin may
reconsider and repass
| 208 |
the bill or item. If
the house of origin
repasses the bill or
| 209 |
item, it shall send the bill or item,
together with the message of
| 210 |
the Governor expressing
disapproval, to the other house, which
| 211 |
then may reconsider and
repass the bill or item. A vetoed bill or
| 212 |
item shall be repassed
by not fewer
than three-fifths of the
| 213 |
members elected to each
house, and in
no case by a fewer number of
| 214 |
votes than was
constitutionally
required upon its original
| 215 |
passage. The
question
upon reconsidering a vetoed bill in
either
| 216 |
house shall
be presented as follows: "Shall the bill (or item or
| 217 |
items
of
an appropriation
bill) be passed notwithstanding the
| 218 |
objections
of the Governor?"
The vote shall be taken in either
| 219 |
house by
calling the
yeas and nays and shall be recorded in the
| 220 |
journal. | 221 |
Rule 15. (When notice of action on bills or resolutions
| 244 |
shall be given to the
other house.) When a bill or joint or
| 245 |
concurrent resolution has been
passed or adopted in either house,
| 246 |
notice shall be forthwith given to the
other house. When a bill
| 247 |
or joint or concurrent resolution that
has been passed or adopted
| 248 |
in one house is rejected or lost in
the other, or postponed
| 249 |
indefinitely, notice thereof shall forthwith be given
to the
other
| 250 |
house. | 251 |
Rule 16. (Procedure when a bill or resolution is
amended by
| 252 |
the other
house.) When a bill or joint or concurrent resolution
| 253 |
has passed or been
adopted in one
house, and been amended,
passed
| 254 |
or adopted, and returned by the other,
it
shall
lie over
one
| 255 |
calendar day, unless otherwise ordered by a
majority of the
| 256 |
members elected to the house to which it was returned.
The | 257 |
amendment shall be printed in the journal of the house to which it
| 258 |
was
returned.
The bill or
joint or concurrent resolution shall
be
| 259 |
placed on the calendar.
The calendar shall show on what page
of
| 260 |
the journal
the amendment has been printed. | 261 |
When taken up, the question shall be on the concurrence in
| 262 |
the amendment of
the other house and no motions shall be in order
| 263 |
except (1) a
motion to informally
pass or (2) if the rules of
the
| 264 |
member's house authorize such a motion, a
motion of a member
to
| 265 |
add or remove the member's name from the bill or joint
or
| 266 |
concurrent resolution. The same
number of votes shall be
required
| 267 |
to concur in the
amendment as was required to pass or
adopt the
| 268 |
bill or joint or concurrent
resolution in the house in
which
it
| 269 |
originated; if the question be upon concurrence in an
amendment to
| 270 |
a bill
which has passed the other house as an
emergency measure,
| 271 |
then a vote shall be taken first, upon
the
emergency features of | 272 |
the bill and second,
upon concurrence in the
amendment. The same
| 273 |
number of votes
shall be
required on each
vote as was required to | 274 |
pass the
bill
as an
emergency measure.
If such house refuses to | 275 |
concur in the
amendment to the bill or
joint or concurrent | 276 |
resolution, or if the
house
refuses to
agree to the emergency | 277 |
features of the bill,
notice shall be
forthwith sent to the other | 278 |
house where the
proceedings shall
be
either: | 279 |
A question in a committee of conference shall be
decided by
| 299 |
at least a majority of the members
on the part of the Senate and
a
| 300 |
majority of the members on the part of the House.
However,
except
| 301 |
for the question of agreeing to the
committee's report,
the
| 302 |
committee, by vote of a majority of its members on
the part
of the
| 303 |
Senate and a majority of its members on the part of
the
House, may
| 304 |
choose to decide a question, not by
separate
majorities, but by a
| 305 |
majority of all the members of the whole
committee. | 306 |
In the
case of emergency bills, or bills to which an
| 341 |
emergency clause was attached
by the committee of conference, the
| 342 |
report shall receive two votes of
two-thirds of the members
| 343 |
elected to each house.
The question on the first such vote shall
| 344 |
be: "Shall the
emergency clause of the bill stand as part of the
| 345 |
report?" The
question on the second such vote shall be: "Shall
| 346 |
the report
of the committee of conference be agreed to as an
| 347 |
emergency
measure?" | 348 |
Rule 23. (By and to whom delivered.) All messages sent
from
| 359 |
one house to the
other shall be carried by an officer or
employee
| 360 |
of the sending house, who
shall take a receipt for the
same from
| 361 |
the message clerk of the receiving
house to whom
the
officer or
| 362 |
employee delivers the message. The message
clerk
shall deliver
the | 363 |
message without delay to the clerk of the
receiving
house
and
take | 364 |
a receipt therefor from the receiving
clerk or one of
the
| 365 |
receiving clerk's assistants authorized by
the
receiving clerk to
| 366 |
receipt for messages. The receiving
clerk shall deliver
each
| 367 |
message to the presiding officer of the
receiving house, who
| 368 |
shall,
in the proper order of business, and
within a reasonable
| 369 |
time, lay it before
the house. | 370 |
Rule 26. (Manner of engrossment when bill or resolution
| 383 |
amended by the
other house.) When
a bill or joint or concurrent
| 384 |
resolution has passed
or been adopted in one house, and been
| 385 |
amended in the other, the bill
or joint or concurrent resolution,
| 386 |
as amended, shall be fully
engrossed, and both returned, with the
| 387 |
engrossed bill or joint or
concurrent resolution received from
the
| 388 |
other house, to the house in which
it originated. In such
| 389 |
engrossments, amendments shall be engrossed in
printing.
Whenever
| 390 |
a bill or joint or concurrent resolution is passed or
adopted in
| 391 |
one
house
and sent to the other and a substitute
therefor is
| 392 |
agreed to by such house, in
the communications
between the
houses,
| 393 |
such substitutes shall be
designated and
treated as an
amendment
| 394 |
to the original bill or resolution. | 395 |
Rule 27. (Who shall sign bills and joint resolutions;
| 397 |
procedure when bill
vetoed by
Governor.) All
bills and joint
| 398 |
resolutions that have passed or been adopted in both
houses shall
| 399 |
be first signed by the presiding officer of the House
of
| 400 |
Representatives, and then by the presiding officer of the
Senate,
| 401 |
the
latter delivering the same to the Clerk of the Senate, who
| 402 |
shall deliver each
bill so passed to the Governor, taking a
| 403 |
receipt therefor, and each
joint
resolution to the Secretary of
| 404 |
State, taking a
receipt therefor.
When any bill is vetoed by
the
| 405 |
Governor and subsequently
enacted
into law over such veto,
in
| 406 |
accordance with Ohio
Constitution, Article II, Section 16,
the
| 407 |
enrolled copy shall be
endorsed with the record of the
proceedings
| 408 |
in each house subsequent to the
veto attested by the
presiding
| 409 |
officer of the House and the presiding
officer of the
Senate, and
| 410 |
the presiding officer of the second house
shall file
it with the
| 411 |
Secretary of State. | 412 |
Rule
29. (Letters and simple resolutions.) When a member
of | 420 |
the House of
Representatives and a member of the Senate
jointly
| 421 |
request
on behalf of the
House and Senate letters or
simple
| 422 |
resolutions conveying
messages of
commendation,
congratulation,
| 423 |
recognition, or
condolence to persons or
organizations named in
| 424 |
such request, the
Speaker of
the House
shall sign on behalf of the
| 425 |
House and the
President of the
Senate
shall sign on behalf of the
| 426 |
Senate. | 427 |