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The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. [1][2][3]
The General Assembly shall have the power and the immediate duty to pass laws to provide for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices, of whatever nature and whether filled by election or appointment, the incumbents of which may become unavailable for carrying on the powers and duties of such offices and to pass such other laws as may be necessary and proper ...
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The Ohio State Senate is the upper housein Ohio's legislature. Members of the Ohio Senate are limited to two consecutive four-year elected terms. Service to fill out another member's uncompleted term does not count against the state's term limits. There are 33 members elected from individual districts. As of the 2020 Census, Ohio state senators rep...
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower houseof Ohio's legislature. The House first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded constitution of that year. There are 99 members of the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election. As of the 2020 Census, Ohio sta...
Article II of the Ohio Constitutionestablishes when the General Assembly is to meet. Section 8 of Article II states that the regular session is to convene on the first Monday in January of each year, or the following day if that Monday is a legal holiday. Section 8 also contains rules for convening special sessions of the General Assembly. It empow...
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The map below shows this district's current boundaries, not those adopted for the 2024 election cycle.
Article II, Section 1. |. In whom power vested. The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a general assembly consisting of a senate and house of representatives but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the general assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls on a ...
Jun 30, 2022 · In Ohio, separation of powers is implied from the structure of the state's constitution. It confers three powers of government – legislative, executive and judicial – upon three separate and distinct entities – the General Assembly, the Governor and the Judiciary — in Articles II, III and IV respectively.
Jun 9, 2017 · The General Assembly held most of the power, including unlimited terms in office, broad appointment power (including all judges except justices of the peace), and the ability to create new counties. Although the constitution prohibited slavery, delegates rejected African American suffrage by one vote; only white men who paid taxes could cast ballots.
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ballot by the General Assembly. Following that convention, which was held in Columbus and Cincinnati in 1850 and 1851, the voters adopted a new constitution on June 17, 1851. The Constitution of 1851 diminished the authority of the General Assembly, although the legislature remained the most powerful branch of state government.
