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Ohio House authorizes back pay for organizing staff from December 2024 to January 2025

Original title: Relative to employment and compensation of employees of the House of Representatives preparatory to and during House organization.

Last action · January 6, 2025: AdoptedSponsor: Gayle Manning

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What This Bill Does

The Ohio House of Representatives authorizes its Chief Administrative Officer to pay House staff working on pre-organization tasks between December 30, 2024, and January 6, 2025, at their previous 135th General Assembly salary rates.

Why it matters

Ensures uninterrupted compensation for legislative employees performing preparatory duties prior to the formal convening of the 136th General Assembly.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

House of Representatives employees

House staff who worked on pre-organization tasks between December 30, 2024, and January 6, 2025, are authorized to receive compensation matching their previous salary rates.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is authorized to pay the House employees?
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to make the payments.
What pay rate will the employees receive?
Employees will receive the same salary that was paid to them during the 135th General Assembly.

What else do you want to know?

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Where This Stands

Current status: signed.

Procedural history

1 action
  1. Jan 6, 2025HouseFloor
    Adopted

Version history & redline

2 versions on file
Comparing As Offered → As Adopted by the House
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removed: hr4_00_IN added: hr4_01_AH As removed: Offered added: Adopted by the House 136th General Assembly Regular Session H. R. No. 4 2025-2026 Representative Manning A R E S O L U T I O N Relative […]
Redline computed from the official version text (record lane).View this version →

Voting Record

Motion succeededHouse1/6/2025Ohio LegislatureOfficial roll call ↗

Adopted

Total

96

Yes
96
No
0
Present
0
Not voting
0
Abstain
0

How they voted (66)

42 more members
Jodi SalvoParty not recordedyes
Roy KlopfensteinParty not recordedyes
Mark SigristParty not recordedyes
Crystal LettParty not recordedyes
Jennifer GrossParty not recordedyes
Terrence UpchurchParty not recordedyes
Tristan RaderParty not recordedyes
Bill RoemerParty not recordedyes
Diane MullinsParty not recordedyes
Andrea WhiteParty not recordedyes
David ThomasParty not recordedyes
Elgin RogersParty not recordedyes
Tim BarhorstParty not recordedyes
Gayle ManningParty not recordedyes
Tom YoungParty not recordedyes
Kellie DeeterParty not recordedyes
Cecil ThomasParty not recordedyes
Scott OelslagerParty not recordedyes
Heidi WorkmanParty not recordedyes
Brian LorenzParty not recordedyes
Johnathan NewmanParty not recordedyes
Gary ClickParty not recordedyes
Chris GlassburnParty not recordedyes
Justin PizzulliParty not recordedyes
Adam HolmesParty not recordedyes
Jason StephensParty not recordedyes
Anita SomaniParty not recordedyes
Jeff LaReParty not recordedyes
Lauren McNallyParty not recordedyes
Jamie CallenderParty not recordedyes
Jim ThomasParty not recordedyes
D.J. SwearingenParty not recordedyes
Brian LamptonParty not recordedyes
Eric SynenbergParty not recordedyes
Brian StewartParty not recordedyes
Beth LearParty not recordedyes
Meredith CraigParty not recordedyes
Matt HuffmanParty not recordedyes
Rodney CreechParty not recordedyes
Nick SantucciParty not recordedyes
Desireè TimsParty not recordedyes
Marilyn JohnParty not recordedyes

Lobbying Activity

No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.

Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Sponsors

Connected Entities

House of Representatives, General Assembly, Chief Administrative Officer
OrganizationHouse of Representatives“Body adopting the resolution”Map →
OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Reference to the 135th and 136th General Assemblies”Map →
PersonChief Administrative Officer“Authorized to pay House employees preparatory to House organization”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.legislature.ohio.gov

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  • Controversy0
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