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H. R. No. 10 As OfferedAs Offered 130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representative Huffman
A RESOLUTION | To adopt Rules of the House of Representatives for
the 130th General Assembly.
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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 129th130th General Assembly: |
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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OF THE 129th 130th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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TIME OF CONVENING; ORDER OF BUSINESS
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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
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: |
1. Reading and approving, with or without corrections, of the
Journal. |
2. Introduction of bills. |
3. Consideration of Senate amendments. |
4. Reports of conference committees. |
5. Reports of standing and select committees and bills for
second consideration. |
6. Motions and resolutions. |
7. Bills for third consideration. |
8. 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
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. |
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. In
case of any 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
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 chairmen thereto. TheExcept for the Rules and
Reference Committee, the Speaker shall appoint members to a
standing committee so that its membership is proportional to the
partisan composition of the House. The chairman and the
vice-chairman of the Finance and Appropriations 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. |
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
effect. The Speaker 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 notify the Minority Leader before terminating an
employee who is assigned to the minority caucus. |
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
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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 MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER
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Rule 17. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Majority Floor
Leader, in the absence of the Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore,
shall have all the rights, privileges, authority, duties, and
responsibilities of the Speaker. |
DUTIES OF ASSISTANT MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER
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Rule 18. (Duties.) Subject to Rule 12, the Assistant Majority
Floor Leader, in the absence of the Speaker, Speaker Pro Tempore,
and Majority Floor Leader, shall have all the rights, privileges,
authority, duties, and responsibilities of the Speaker. |
DUTIES OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
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Rule 19. (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. |
Rule 20. (Supervision of employees; maintenance of parking
facilities.) (a) Subject to the Speaker's authority under Rule 14,
and except for employees whose direction is delegated to the Clerk
under Rule 24, responsibility for seeing that employees of the
House satisfactorily perform their respective duties is delegated
to the Chief Administrative Officer. |
(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. |
Rule 21. (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 and papers ordered by the House as specified in Rule 25
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 22. (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 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. 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 chairman of a committee to
which a bill or resolution is referred, the bill or resolution
together with all official papers 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 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, shall be spread upon the Journal. |
(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 23. (May call the House to order.) If the Speaker,
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,
Majority Floor Leader, or the Assistant Majority Floor Leader
shall be present. No business may be conducted unless a member of
the majority party is present. |
Rule 24. (Composition of the Office of the Clerk.) (a) The
office of the Clerk shall be comprised of the Clerk, Deputy Clerk,
and employees of the House who are directly involved in the
legislative process. The Clerk and the Deputy Clerk shall be
members of different political parties. |
(b) In the absence of the Clerk, the Deputy Clerk shall
assume the responsibilities of the Clerk. |
Rule 25. (Printing of papers.) 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
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Rule 26. (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 109, 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. |
(b) The Speaker may also contract for security services for
the House. |
DEPUTY CLERK, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, OR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
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Rule 27. (Death or resignation of Clerk, Deputy Clerk, Chief
Administrative Officer, or Sergeant-at-Arms.) In the case of the
death or resignation of the Clerk, Deputy 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. |
Rule 28. (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 129th130th 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.) |
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Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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Commerce and, Labor, and Technology |
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Criminal Justice |
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Economic and Small Business Development and Regulatory Reform |
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Education |
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Finance and Appropriations |
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II. Higher Education Subcommittee |
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III. Transportation Subcommittee |
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IV. Health and Human Services Subcommittee |
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V. Agriculture and Natural Resources Development Subcommittee |
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Financial Institutions, Housing, and Urban Development |
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Health and Aging |
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Subcommittee on Retirement and Pensions |
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Insurance |
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Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation |
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Judiciary and Ethics |
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Local Government |
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Manufacturing and Workforce Development |
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Military and Veterans Affairs |
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Policy and Legislative Oversight |
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Public Utilities |
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Rules and Reference |
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State and Local Government and Elections |
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Shared Services and Government Efficiency Subcommittee on Redistricting |
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Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security |
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Veterans Affairs |
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Ways and Means |
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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 chairmen and members of all committees and
subcommittees shall be appointed by the Speaker. The chairman of
each standing subcommittee shall be under the direction of the
general chairman of the committee. |
(e) When the chairman of a standing committee or subcommittee
creates a special subcommittee of the standing committee or
subcommittee, the ranking minority member on the standing
committee or subcommittee 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 29. (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 30. (Membership on committees.) (a) The first-named
member of any committee or subcommittee shall be the chairman, and
the second-named member of any committee shall be the
vice-chairman. The chairman shall select a member of the minority
party to be secretary. The minority leader may designate a ranking
minority member on each committee. |
(b) In case death, disability, or resignation shall cause a
vacancy in the membership or chairmanship of any committee, the
Speaker shall appoint another member or chairman. |
(c) The Speaker, the 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. |
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
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Rule 31. (Duties.) (a) The duties of the committee chairman
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 chairman of a committee shall not require any person
testifying before the committee to provide a written copy of the
person's testimony. |
Rule 32. (Presentation of Senate Bills.) When a standing
committee recommends a Senate Bill for passage, the chairman 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 33. (Subpoena power.) (a)(1) The chairman 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 chairman 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 Revised
Code, the chairman 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
chairman 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
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Rule 33A. (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 34. (Schedule of committee meetings.) The Speaker, after
consultation with the chairmen 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 on the House
bulletin board and in the printed Calendar, and each committee
shall meet at the hour provided by the schedule, unless otherwise
ordered by the chairman of said committee or by the Speaker. |
Rule 35. (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. |
Rule 36. (Notice of meetings; none during daily session of
House.) (a) The chairman of a standing committee, subcommittee,
select committee, or joint committee, not later than five days
before a meeting of the committee, subcommittee, select committee,
or joint committee, shall give due notice of the meeting. The
notice shall identify the committee; identify the chairman; 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 chairman 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 37. (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 chairman of
the committee for a minimum of one public hearing. |
(b) The sponsor of a bill or resolution shall appear at least
once before the committee that is considering the bill or
resolution unless excused by the chairman 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 38. (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 39. (Synopsis of substitute bill required.) Whenever a
substitute bill is accepted by a committee or subcommittee for
consideration, 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. The
staff of the Legislative Service Commission shall make these
synopses available to the committee before the committee or
subcommittee votes on the bill, unless the committee or
subcommittee orders otherwise. |
Rule 40. (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 chairman, 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 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 41. (Voting; consecutive absences; incurrences of
expense.) (a) No proxy vote shall be valid. Nor shall any member
vote except while sitting in committee in actual session, unless
the member shall have first been present and recorded as such
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 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 chairman 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 42. (Amendments.) Any paragraph, except one which
contains the enacting, amending, or repealing clause, or the
title, once amended during any meeting of a committee, other than
by passage of a corrective or omnibus amendment, shall not be
amended again. For the purpose of this rule, appropriation items
shall be considered separate paragraphs and the chairman shall
determine what are corrective and omnibus amendments. This rule
does not prohibit the acceptance of substitute bills. |
COMMITTEE RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Rule 43. (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 44. (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 chairman 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 45. (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 and Appropriations
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 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 chairman 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 46. (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. 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. |
DUTIES AND DECORUM OF MEMBERS
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Rule 48. (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 49. (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 the well of the House. |
Rule 50. (How long member may speak.) No member shall speak
upon any single question, bill, or resolution more than a total of
twenty minutes on any one legislative day. |
Rule 51. (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 be 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 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; 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 52. (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 dispensed
with. |
Rule 53. (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 54. (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 55. (Member may read from books, etc.) Any member, while
discussing a question, may read from books, papers, physical or
electronic documents, or any matter pertinent to the subject under
consideration, without asking leave. |
Rule 56. (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. |
Rule 57. (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. |
(b) A request to be excused from voting shall be accompanied
by a brief written statement of the reasons for making such
request, which shall be acted upon by the House without debate. |
Rule 58. (Yeas and nays, how demanded.) (a) Any member may
make a motion to call the yeas and nays upon any question, before
the House votes upon a question, when such motion is supported,
specifically, by at least one additional member; and 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 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 clerkClerk 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 59. (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 60. (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 58, no
member may explain the member's vote, either orally or in writing. |
INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURE ON MEASURES
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Rule 61. (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 to beor 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 62. (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 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 63. (Report back by Rules and Reference Committee.) All
bills which are not returned to the author in accordance with Rule
62, 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 65. (Bills carrying appropriations.) All bills carrying
an appropriation shall be referred to the Finance and
Appropriations Committee for consideration and report before being
considered the third time. |
Rule 66. (Third consideration.) When a bill is ordered to 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. |
Rule 66A. (Conference committee reports carrying
appropriations.) All conference committee reports carrying an
appropriation shall lie over twoone calendar daysday before
being considered, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the
House. |
Rule 67. (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 68. (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 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 71. |
Rule 69. (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 70. (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. |
(2) Whenever an item of a bill making an appropriation of
money has been disapproved and returned to the House by the
Governor, the question may be put as to whether the item shall
pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. 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 71. (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) All amendments offered to any bill or resolution from the
floor of the House shall be written and submitted to the Clerk. |
(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, and then
proceed under Rule 48, 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 72. (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 73. (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 74. (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 75. (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 76. (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 upon the back thereof. |
Rule 77. (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 to beor 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 ofUpon 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 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. |
Rule 78. (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: |
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.
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(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 79. (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. |
Rule 80. (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 81. (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 82. (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: |
4. To proceed to the orders of the day. |
6. To call for the previous question. |
7. To postpone to a day certain. |
8. To commit or to refer. |
10. To postpone indefinitely. |
Rule 83. (No debate permitted.) The following questions shall
be decided without debate: |
4. The previous question. |
5. To take from the table. |
6. To go into committee of the whole on the orders of the
day. |
7. All questions relating to the priority of business. |
8. The question of consideration. |
9. The suspension of rules. |
Rule 84. (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 85. (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 a motion to
refer to the committee of the whole, 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 86. (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 87. (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 member
initiating the discharge motion personally shall circulate the
motion and witness the signature of each member who signs the
motion. |
(c) The Clerk shall verify each signature on the motion. 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 88. (Motion not to be repeated.) A motion to 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 89. (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 90. (Motion to delete and insert, indivisible.) A motion
to delete and insert shall be deemed indivisible. |
Rule 91. (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 separate
paragraphs. |
(g) As used in this rule, "Clerk's amendment" has the meaning
defined in Rule 71. |
Rule 92. (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 to
beor electronically as determined by the Clerk, and shall retain
the same status as the original bill. |
Rule 93. (Amendments by committees.) 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. |
Rule 94. (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. |
(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. |
(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. |
Rule 95. (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, 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 96. (Vote necessary on reconsideration.) The vote on any
question may be reconsidered by a majority of the members voting,
a quorum being present. |
Rule 97. (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 98. (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. |
Rule 99. (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 100. (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. |
Rule 101. (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 102. (No debate or appeal.) All incidental questions, or
questions of order, arising after a motion is made for the
previous question and pending such motion, shall be decided
without debate, and shall not be subject to appeal. |
Rule 103. (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 104. (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. (Motion takes precedence.) When the House is ready
to proceed to the orders of the day, a motion to go into the
committee of the whole on the orders of the day has precedence
over all other motions, except to adjourn, to take a recess, or
for the previous question. |
Rule 105A. (Reference to committee of the whole.) When a bill
has been referred to the committee of the whole, the House shall
determine on what day it shall be considered by the committee of
the whole. |
Rule 106. (Procedure of committee of the whole.) The entire
membership of the House constitutes the committee of the whole.
When the House meets as the committee of the whole, the Speaker
may appoint in the Speaker's place a chairman who shall preside
and vote as other members. In the committee of the whole, bills
shall be read by the chairman or Clerk, and shall be considered
section-by-section, unless it is directed otherwise by the
committee, leaving the title to be considered last. |
Rule 107. (Amendments to be noted.) The body of the bill may
not be defaced or interlined, but amendments shall be noted by the
chairman or Clerk as they are agreed to by the committee of the
whole and shall be so reported to the House. |
Rule 108. (Consideration of amendments.) When the House
convenes again, following a meeting of committee of the whole, the
amendments offered to the bill shall be taken up immediately for
consideration, unless otherwise ordered by the House, and shall be
again subject to discussion and amendment before the question of
adoption may be put. |
Rule 109. (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 paper 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 110. (Use of Hall not to be granted.) The use of the
Hall of the House shall not at any time, except by 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 111. (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
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 under
conditions prescribed by the chairman of the committee. |
Rule 112. (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 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 120, no video taping 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 taping or filming of committee hearings of the
House shall be carried on without the prior notification of and
under conditions prescribed by the chairman of the committee. |
(e) Audio taping by representatives of the press and of radio
and television stations and broadcasting networks accredited
pursuant to Rules 111 and 112, shall be permitted during committee
hearings upon prior notification of the committee chairman 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 Speaker,
and under such conditions as the Speaker and committee chairman
may establish. |
Rule 113. (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. |
Rule 114. (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 115. (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 115A. (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 130th131st General Assembly are
adopted. |
Rule 116. (Parliamentary guide.) Hughes' American
Parliamentary Guide, 1931-1932, Revised New Edition, as amplified
or clarified in Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure (2010),
shall govern in all cases not provided for in the foregoing rules. |
Rule 117. (Reintroduction of bill prohibited.) 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. |
Rule 118. (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 119. (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 120. (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
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, unless two-thirds of the House adopt a resolution
granting permission for such a use of the video. |
Rule 121. (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 36. |
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 122. (LSC analyses and fiscal notes to be made available
at third consideration.) The bill analysis and the fiscal note
prepared by the staff of the Legislative Service Commission, that
has been 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 123. (Communications devices prohibited on House floor.)
Except for uses authorized under Rule 112, no telephones or other
electronic communication devices (except for those used by the
House in conducting its business) may be used on the floor of the
House of Representatives during session for communication with
persons inside or outside the Hall of the House, unless authorized
by the Speaker. |
Rule 124. (Legal counsel.) If the House requires the services
of legal counsel, the Speaker shall determine whether the House
shall be represented by the Attorney General or by special
counsel. |
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