Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives
135th Ohio General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	4 terms (8 years total)
History
New session started	January 3, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Jason Stephens (R) since January 3, 2023
Speaker pro tempore	Scott Oelslager (R) since January 3, 2023
Majority Leader	Bill Seitz (R) since June 7, 2017
Minority Leader	Allison Russo (D) since January 26, 2022
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Majority   Republican (67) Minority   Democratic (32)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article II, Ohio Constitution
Salary	$68,674/year
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022 (99 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024 (99 seats)
Redistricting	Ohio Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Ohio Statehouse Columbus, Ohio
Website
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.

The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. In 1816, the capital was moved to Columbus, where it is located today.^[1]

Members are limited to four successive two-year elected terms (terms are considered successive if they are separated by less than four years).^[2] Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term does not count against the term limit. There are 99 members in the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election.