{"id":843,"date":"2024-10-15T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=843"},"modified":"2025-01-02T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T12:35:45","slug":"6-7-structure-of-the-ohio-state-legislature","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/6-7-structure-of-the-ohio-state-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"6.7 Structure of the Ohio State Legislature"},"content":{"raw":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">The Ohio State Legislature, also known as the General Assembly, consists of two chambers: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"> House of Representatives and the Senate. 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The Republican Party currently holds supermajorities in both the House and Senate, which allows them to pass certain legislation or override a governor\u2019s veto without needing support from the opposing party.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW195067521 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span>","rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">The Ohio State Legislature, also known as the General Assembly, consists of two chambers: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"> House of Representatives and the Senate. Each chamber has a presiding officer who leads and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">maintains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"> order during legislative sessions. The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives, while the President of the Senate leads the Senate. Although these leaders are elected by all members of their respective chambers, they are typically selected by the majority party<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">s caucus, meaning the party with the most seats usually <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\">determines<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW195067521 BCX0\"> the presiding officer. The Republican Party currently holds supermajorities in both the House and Senate, which allows them to pass certain legislation or override a governor\u2019s veto without needing support from the opposing party.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW195067521 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-843","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":44,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/843\/revisions\/2012"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/44"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/843\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}