Ohio Senate Committees

The Ohio Senate Committees are the legislative sub-organizations in the Ohio Senate that handle specific topics of legislation that come before the full Senate. Committee membership enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the matters under their jurisdiction. Currently, there is only one announced committee in the 131st Ohio General Assembly.

Rules

The Senate Rules Committee is tasked with determining what legislation will be moved to the floor of the Senate. It is generally made up of leadership in the Senate, and currently is chaired by Senate President Keith Faber.^[1]

Majority	Minority
Keith Faber, Chair Chris Widener Tom Patton Larry Obhof Scott Oelslager David Burke Bill Coley Jim Hughes	Joe Schiavoni, Ranking Member Charleta Tavares Edna Brown Lou Gentile

References

↑ "Ohio Senate Journal". Ohio Senate Journal. 2014-01-08. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Links

The Ohio Senate

Current members of the Ohio State Senate

131st General Assembly (2015–2016) President of the Senate: Keith Faber (R) President pro Tempore: Larry Obhof (R) Majority Leader: Tom Patton (R) Minority Leader: Joe Schiavoni (D)

Cliff Hite (R) Randy Gardner (R) Kevin Bacon (R) William Coley (R) Bill Beagle (R) Peggy Lehner (R) Shannon Jones (R) Bill Seitz (R) Cecil Thomas (D) Bob Hackett (R) Edna Brown (D) Keith Faber (R) Gayle Manning (R) Joe Uecker (R) Charleta Tavares (D) Jim Hughes (R) Bob Peterson (R) John Eklund (R) Kris Jordan (R) Troy Balderson (R) Sandra Williams (D) Larry Obhof (R) Mike Skindell (D) Tom Patton (R) Kenny Yuko (D) David Burke (R) Frank LaRose (R) Tom Sawyer (D) Scott Oelslager (R) Lou Gentile (D) Jay Hottinger (R) Capri Cafaro (D) Joe Schiavoni (D)

Republican (23) Democratic (10) Ohio House of Representatives Ohio Senate

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