The One Hundred Thirtieth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the

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state legislature, composed of the

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and the

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. It convened in

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on January 7, 2013 and adjourned December 30, 2014. This General Assembly coincided with the last two years of

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's first term as Ohio Governor. The apportionment of legislative districts was based on the

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and 2011 redistricting. Both the

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and

were retained by the

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Party summary

:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.''

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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*President Pro Tempore:

Chris Widener Christopher Widener (born August 22, 1963) was the President pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 10th Senate District, which includes Madison, Clark and Greene counties. Before the Senate, he served three terms non-consecutive ...

:Majority (Republican) leadership *Majority Floor Leader:

Tom Patton Thomas F. Patton (born November 3, 1953) is the state representative for the 7th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district consists of Berea, North Olmsted, North Royalton, Olmsted Falls, Strongsville ...

*Majority Whip:

Larry Obhof Larry J. Obhof (born November 26, 1977) is an American attorney and politician, who served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2020. He also served as the President of the Senate from 2017 to 2020. Early life and education Larry Obhof w ...

:Minority (Democratic) leadership *Senate Minority Leader: Eric Kearney *Assistant Minority Leader: Joe Schiavoni *Minority Whip:

Nina Turner Nina Hudson Turner ( Hudson; born December 7, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2008 until 2014. Turner was the Demo ...

*Assistant Minority Whip:

Edna Brown Edna Brown (April 7, 1940 – January 1, 2022) was an American politician, member of the Democratic Party and Minority Whip of the Ohio Senate, serving the 11th District from 2011 to 2018. She also served in the Ohio House of Representatives fr ...

House of Representatives

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: William G. Batchelder *Speaker Pro Tempore:

Matt Huffman Matt Huffman (born April 1, 1960) is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 12th district since 2017, and currently serving as the Ohio Senate Majority Leader as a Republican. The district includes Allen, C ...

:Majority (Republican) leadership *Majority Floor Leader: Barbara Sears *Assistant Majority Floor Leader:

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*Majority Whip:

Cheryl Grossman Cheryl Grossman (born October 15, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 23rd District from 2009 to 2016. She served as assistant majority whip in the 129th General Assembly. Career Grossma ...

*Assistant Majority Whip:

Jim Buchy James J. Buchy (born September 24, 1940) is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He served two stints in the House, first from 1983 to 2000, and again from 2011 to 2016. Life and career A graduate of Wittenberg Univer ...

:Minority (Democratic) leadership * House Minority Leader:

Armond Budish Armond D. Budish ( ; b. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 1953) is an American politician currently serving in his second term as Cuyahoga County Executive. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a four-term Ohio State Representative (8th dis ...

*Assistant Minority Leader:

Matt Szollosi Matthew A. "Matt" Szollosi (; born June 4, 1972) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Toledo and Lucas County. As of 2022, he is executive director of Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio, an organiz ...

*Minority Whip:

Tracy Maxwell Heard Tracy Maxwell Heard (born February 3, 1963) is the former Minority Leader of the Ohio House of Representatives, and previously served as the minority whip, assistant majority leader and as the majority leader. She is the first African-American wo ...

*Assistant Minority Whip:

Debbie Phillips Debbie Phillips (born October 12, 1969) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 92nd District until 2009, then the 94th District from 2012 onward after the districts were redrawn. She also served as a ...

Membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

:''Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chairperson and Ranking Member.''

Senate

:''Source:'' ''"State of Ohio 130th General Assembly Senate Standing Committees"'' (January 2014) *Agriculture— Chair:

Cliff Hite Cliff Hite (born September 4, 1954) is a Republican politician who formerly represented the 1st district of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2017. Before serving in the senate, he represented the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. He ...

, Ranking: Lou Gentile *Civil Justice— Chair: Bill Coley, Ranking: Michael J. Skindell *Commerce and Labor— Chair:

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, Ranking:

*Criminal Justice— Chair: John Eklund, Ranking: Eric Kearney *Education— Chair:

Peggy Lehner Marguerite B. Lehner (born August 5, 1950) is the current Mayor of Kettering, Ohio. Formerly, she also served in the Ohio Senate, Ohio House of Representatives, and on the Kettering City Council. Her Senate district was located entirely in Mon ...

, Ranking:

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...

*Energy and Natural Resources— Chair:

Troy Balderson William Troy Balderson (born January 16, 1962) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district since 2018. He served as an Ohio state senator representing the 20th district fro ...

, Ranking: Lou Gentile *Finance— Chair: Scott Oelslager, Ranking:

**Education— Chair: Randy Gardner, Ranking:

**General Government— Chair: Bob Peterson, Ranking: Eric Kearney **Medicaid— Chair: David Burke, Ranking:

Capri Cafaro Capri Silvestri Cafaro (born November 21, 1977) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 32nd District from 2007 to 2016. From the Mahoning Valley, Cafaro served three terms as an Ohio State Senator (2007-2016), includ ...

*Insurance and Financial Institutions— Chair: Jim Hughes, Ranking:

*Medicaid, Health and Human Services— Chair:

Shannon Jones Shannon Jones is an American politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican, she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and a member of the Ohio Senate (representing the 7th District) from 2009 to 2016. She is cur ...

, Ranking:

*Public Safety, Local Government and Veterans Affairs— Chair:

Frank LaRose Frank LaRose (born April 18, 1979) is an American politician. He has served as Secretary of State of Ohio since 2019, after serving two terms as a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate from Ohio's 27th Senate district which includes Wayne ...

, Ranking: Michael J. Skindell *Public Utilities— Chair: Bill Seitz, Ranking: Eric Kearney *Reference— Chair:

Kris Jordan Kristopher W. Jordan (February 10, 1977 – February 25, 2023) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2019 until his death (after a previous term from 2009 to 2010), and th ...

, Ranking: Joe Schiavoni *Rules— Chair:

, Ranking: Joe Schiavoni *State Government Oversight and Reform— Chair: David Burke, Ranking: Shirley Smith *Transportation— Chair: Gayle Manning, Ranking:

*Ways and Means— Chair: Tim Schaffer, Ranking: Charleta Tavares **Tax Reform— Chair: Bob Peterson, Ranking: Charleta Tavares *Workforce and Economic Development— Chair: Bill Beagle, Ranking: Charleta Tavares

House of Representatives

:''Source:'' ''"Standing Committees Of The Ohio House Of Representatives 130th General Assembly"'' (August 2014) *Agriculture and Natural Resources— Chair: Dave Hall, Ranking: Jack Cera *Commerce, Labor, and Technology— Chair: Ron Young, Ranking:

Bob Hagan Robert F. Hagan (born March 31, 1949) is an American politician and member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party who held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 58th District from 2007 to 2014. He represented the ...

*Economic Development and Regulatory Reform— Chair:

Nan Baker Nan Baker (born December 3, 1954) is a Republican politician. Formerly, she represented the 16th district as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016. Life and career Baker was a member of the Westlake City Council, and sh ...

, Ranking: Denise Driehaus *Education— Chair: Gerald Stebelton, Ranking:

Teresa Fedor Teresa Fedor (born May 26, 1956) is an American politician from Ohio. She was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 11th district from 2019 until her resignation in 2022. A member of the Ohio General Assembly since 2001, Fedor previously ...

*Finance and Appropriations— Chair:

Ron Amstutz Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...

, Ranking:

Vernon Sykes Vernon Sykes (born October 2, 1951) is an American politician serving as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate. The district included Akron, Ohio, Akron, Barberton, Ohio, Barberton, Green, Ohio, Green, Portage Lakes, Ohio, Por ...

**Agriculture and Development— Chair: Timothy Derickson, Ranking: Michael Ashford **Health and Human Services— Chair:

Anne Gonzales Anne Gonzales (born August 12, 1963) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Nineteenth District between 2011 and 2019. She is a realtor and an Executive Director for Vision Professionals Board. Career Gonzale ...

, Ranking: Michael Foley **Higher Education— Chair:

Cliff Rosenberger Cliff Rosenberger (born April 23, 1981) is a former American politician who was a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving the 91st District from 2011 until 2018. He was Speaker of the House from 2015 until 2018. It was an ...

, Ranking: Dan Ramos **Primary and Secondary Education— Chair: Bill Hayes, Ranking: Matt Lundy **Transportation— Chair: Ross McGregor, Ranking:

Alicia Reece Alicia Michelle Reece (born April 25, 1971) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician currently serving as a Hamilton County, Ohio, Hamilton County Commissioner. She formerly served as a member of the Ohio House of Representat ...

*Financial Institutions, Housing, and Urban Development— Chair:

Richard Adams Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books ''Watership Down'', ''Maia'', ''Shardik'' and ''The Plague Dogs''. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army ...

, Ranking:

Kevin Boyce Kevin L. Boyce (born October 5, 1971) is an Americans, American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. He currently serves as President of the Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin County Board of Commissioners. Formerly ...

*Health and Aging— Chair: Lynn Wachtmann, Ranking:

Nickie Antonio Nickie J. Antonio (born June 2, 1955) is an American politician from Ohio. A Democrat, she serves in the Ohio Senate representing the 23rd district, which is located in the western portion of Cuyahoga County and contains the western third of Cle ...

**Opiate Addiction Treatment and Reform— Chair: ''vacant'', Ranking: ''vacant'' *Higher Education Reform Study Committee— Chair:

, Ranking: Dan Ramos *Insurance— Chair:

Bob Hackett Bob Hackett (born August 3, 1949) is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 10th district since 2016. Career Hackett, a graduate of Columbia University where he played on the Columbia Lions football team, served two terms as a ...

, Ranking: John Patrick Carney *Judiciary— Chair: Jim Butler, Ranking:

Michael Stinziano Michael Stinziano Jr. (born November 23, 1979) is an American politician serving as the auditor of Franklin County, Ohio. He took office on March 11, 2019, after winning the election in November 2018. Stinziano previously a member of the Columbu ...

*Manufacturing and Workforce Development— Chair: Kirk Schuring, Ranking: Roland Winburn *Military and Veterans Affairs— Chair: Terry Johnson, Ranking: Connie Pillich *Policy and Legislative Oversight— Chair:

Mike Dovilla Michael D. Dovilla (born March 13, 1975) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the Seventh District from 2013 to 2016. Prior to redistricting, he was first elected to represent the Eighteenth District in 2010. H ...

, Ranking:

Ron Gerberry Ron Gerberry is a former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 59th district. Gerberry was first appointed to the House to represent the 65th district in 1982, to fill the term of Tom Car ...

*Public Utilities— Chair: Peter Stautberg, Ranking: Sandra Williams *Rules and Reference— Chair:

, Ranking:

*State and Local Government— Chair: ''vacant'', Ranking:

Kathleen Clyde Kathleen Clyde (born May 18, 1979) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 75th District from 2011 to 2018. Early life and career Clyde is originally from Garrettsville, Ohio. She was the valedictorian of her ...

**Shared Services and Government Efficiency— Chair:

Ron Maag Ron Maag (born in 1945) is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving in the House from 2009 to 2016. Career After graduation from the University of Cincinnati, Maag went on to work for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ...

, Ranking: Stephen Slesnick *Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security— Chair: Rex Damschroder, Ranking:

Dale Mallory Dale Mallory (born November 2, 1964) is an American politician and former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 32nd District from 2007 to 2014. Career Mallory formerly served ...

*Unemployment Compensation Debt Study Committee— Chair: Barbara Sears, Ranking: ''vacant'' *Ways and Means— Chair:

Jeffrey McClain Jeff McClain (born February 2, 1958) is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 87th District from 2009 to 2016. Career McClain was the Wyandot County auditor for over 26 years. Ohio House of Represe ...

, Ranking:

Tom Letson Tom Letson (born September 29, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 64th District from 2007 to 2014. Life and career Letson was born in Columbus, but shortly after his bir ...

Joint committees

*Correctional Institution Inspection Committee— Chair: Sen. Shirley Smith (D) *Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review— Chair: Sen. Bob Peterson (R), Vice-Chair: Rep. Ross McGregor (R) *Joint Legislative Ethics Committee— Chair: Sen.

(R), Vice-Chair: Rep. William G. Batchelder (R) *Legislative Service Commission— Chair: Sen.

(R), Vice-Chair: Rep. William G. Batchelder (R) *State Controlling Board

Administrative officers

Senate

*Chief of Staff: Jason Mauk *Minority Chief of Staff: Ernie Davis *Senate Clerk: Vincent Keeran *Sergeant-at-Arms: Ken Mumper

House of Representatives

*Chief of Staff: Chad Hawley *Chief Administrative Officer: Kim Flasher *Minority Chief of Staff: Keary McCarthy *Clerk of the House of Representatives: Brad Young *Sergeant-at-Arms: Richard Collins

References

External links

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Ohio Senate
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Ohio House of Representatives
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Membership list and district maps

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Party summary

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Leadership

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House of Representatives

Membership

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House of Representatives

Changes in membership

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Committees

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Joint committees

Administrative officers

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See also

References

External links

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