Ohio Code § 101.01
Ohio Code § 101.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 101.01.
(A) The first regular session of each general assembly shall convene on the first Monday
of January in the odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the first Monday
of January is a legal holiday, and in second regular session on the same date of the
following year. The second regular session of each general assembly shall be in 1 a continuum of the first regular session. At the second regular session, the general assembly shall consider matters held
over from the first regular session, revenue and appropriation bills, and other measures
agreed to by a majority of the members elected to either house or recommended by the
governor in a public proclamation or a message to the general assembly. (B) At one-thirty p.m. of the day specified for the beginning of the first regular session
of the general assembly, the president of the senate during the preceding biennium
or in the case of his absence or inability to act, the president pro tempore of the
senate during the preceding biennium shall take the chair and call the senate to order. He shall also call the senatorial districts in their numerical order, and as they
are called the persons claiming to be senators-elect therefrom shall present their
certificates and take the oath of office. If neither the president nor the president pro tempore designated in this division
is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the senators
and senators-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over
the organization of the senate. 1
Prior and current versions differ although no amendment to this language was indicated
in 1978 S 437; “be in” appeared as “be” in 1973 H 994.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 101.01
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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