129th Ohio General Assembly

The One Hundred Twenty-ninth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It met in Columbus, Ohio from January 3, 2011 until December 20, 2012. While Ted Strickland was Ohio Governor for the first week of the biennium, John Kasich was sworn in during the second week. The apportionment of districts was based on the 2000 United States census. This was the last time the 2000 census was used by the General Assembly to determine the apportionment of legislative districts. While the Ohio Senate was retained by the Ohio Republican Party, they won control of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Ohio Democratic Party.

Major legislation

Enacted

February 18, 2011: JobsOhio: Privatization of Development Department

March 30, 2011: Ohio Biennium Transportation Budget 2012–2013

March 31, 2011: Collective Bargaining Reform for Public Employees

Party summary

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Senate President: Tom Niehaus

President Pro Tempore: Keith Faber

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority Floor Leader: Jimmy Stewart

Majority Whip: Shannon Jones

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Senate Minority Leader: Capri Cafaro

Assistant Minority Leader: Shirley Smith

Minority Whip: Edna Brown

Assistant Minority Whip: Jason Wilson

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: William G. Batchelder

Speaker Pro Tempore: Lou Blessing

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority Floor Leader: Matt Huffman

Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Barbara Sears

Majority Whip: John Adams

Assistant Majority Whip: Cheryl Grossman

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House Minority Leader: Armond Budish

Assistant Minority Leader: Matt Szollosi

Minority Whip: Tracy Maxwell Heard

Assistant Minority Whip: Debbie Phillips

Membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

List of Ohio state legislatures

References

External links

Ohio House of Representatives official website

Project Vote Smart – State House of Ohio

Map of Ohio House Districts

Ohio District Maps 2002–2012

2006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State

Ohio legislative sessions

2011 in Ohio

2012 in Ohio

2011 U.S. legislative sessions

2012 U.S. legislative sessions