To amend section 101.28 of the Revised Code to require joint conventions of the General Assembly held for the purpose of hearing the Governor's annual message on the condition of the state to be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives.

Section 1. That section 101.28 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 101.28.  (A) Joint conventions of the two houses of the general assembly shall be held in the hall of the house of representatives, unless otherwise ordered by joint resolution. During No joint resolution shall be adopted authorizing a joint convention to be held at a location other than the hall of the house of representatives, for the purpose of hearing the governor's annual message on the condition of the state, pursuant to Section 7 of Article III, Ohio Constitution.

(B) During a joint convention, each house shall be deemed in session as a separate branch of the general assembly. Except in voting in elections where each member is entitled to a separate vote, each house shall act separately and no question shall be carried otherwise than by concurrent action of both houses. Either house, by vote of a majority of its members, may dissolve such convention by an order withdrawing therefrom. A joint convention, by the concurrent vote of the two houses, may recess or adjourn to a time certain; but such recess or adjournment of the convention shall not be an adjournment or recess of either house, or prevent such house from proceeding with its business during such recess or adjournment.

Section 2. That existing section 101.28 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.