Bill Commons

OH HCR 3

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To delegate to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives authority to designate groups of members to prepare arguments for and against amendments to the Ohio Constitution proposed by the General Assembly; a person or persons to prepare an argument for any law, section, or item submitted to the electors by referendum petition; and a person or persons to prepare an argument against any constitutional amendment or law proposed by initiative petition.

Ohio · 2025-2026 Regular Session (136th General Assembly) · lower

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Did OH HCR 3 pass?

Not yet law. OH HCR 3 has passed both chambers but has not been enacted. Latest recorded action (2025-01-29): Adopted

What is OH HCR 3 about?

To delegate to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives authority to designate groups of members to prepare arguments for and against amendments to the Ohio Constitution proposed by the General Assembly; a person or persons to prepare an argument for any law, section, or item submitted to the electors by referendum petition; and a person or persons to prepare an argument against any constitutional amendment or law proposed by initiative petition.

Who sponsors OH HCR 3?

Matt Huffman is the primary sponsor of OH HCR 3, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

To delegate to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives authority to designate groups of members to prepare arguments for and against amendments to the Ohio Constitution proposed by the General Assembly; a person or persons to prepare an argument for any law, section, or item submitted to the electors by referendum petition; and a person or persons to prepare an argument against any constitutional amendment or law proposed by initiative petition.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-01-29 — Adopted
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Matt Huffmanprimary
  • Rob McColleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-01-29

    Adopted

    passage

  2. 2025-01-22

    Adopted

    passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Adopted

    2025-01-23 · fail · 95-1

    Member-level votes (96)
    • Munira Abdullahi: yes
    • Cindy Abrams: yes
    • Rachel B. Baker: yes
    • Adam C. Bird: yes
    • Sean P. Brennan: yes
    • Juanita O. Brent: yes
    • Darnell T. Brewer: yes
    • Karen Brownlee: yes
    • Jamie Callender: yes
    • Thaddeus J. Claggett: yes
    • Gary Click: yes
    • Christine Cockley: yes
    • Meredith Craig: yes
    • Rodney Creech: yes
    • Jack K. Daniels: yes
    • Levi Dean: yes
    • Kellie Deeter: yes
    • Steve Demetriou: yes
    • Sedrick Denson: yes
    • Michael D. Dovilla: yes
    • Ron Ferguson: yes
    • Tex Fischer: yes
    • Sarah Fowler Arthur: yes
    • Haraz N. Ghanbari: yes
    • Chris Glassburn: yes
    • Michele Grim: yes
    • Jennifer Gross: yes
    • Derrick Hall: yes
    • Thomas Hall: yes
    • Mark Hiner: yes
    • Adam Holmes: yes
    • James M. Hoops: yes
    • Matt Huffman: yes
    • Latyna M. Humphrey: yes
    • Dani Isaacsohn: yes
    • Dontavius L. Jarrells: yes
    • Marilyn John: yes
    • Mark Johnson: yes
    • Don Jones: yes
    • Angela N. King: yes
    • Matthew Kishman: yes
    • Roy Klopfenstein: yes
    • Brian Lampton: yes
    • Jeff LaRe: yes
    • Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe: yes
    • Beth Lear: yes
    • Crystal Lett: yes
    • Brian Lorenz: yes
    • Gayle Manning: yes
    • Adam Mathews: yes
    • Ty D. Mathews: yes
    • Riordan T. McClain: yes
    • Lauren McNally: yes
    • Joseph A. Miller, III: yes
    • Kevin D. Miller: yes
    • Melanie Miller: yes
    • Ismail Mohamed: yes
    • Diane Mullins: yes
    • Johnathan Newman: yes
    • Mike Odioso: yes
    • Bob Peterson: yes
    • Beryl Brown Piccolantonio: yes
    • Justin Pizzulli: yes
    • Phil Plummer: yes
    • Sharon A. Ray: yes
    • Tracy M. Richardson: yes
    • Kevin Ritter: yes
    • Monica Robb Blasdel: yes
    • Phillip M. Robinson, Jr.: yes
    • Bill Roemer: yes
    • Elgin Rogers, Jr.: yes
    • C. Allison Russo: yes
    • Jodi Salvo: yes
    • Nick Santucci: yes
    • Jean Schmidt: yes
    • Mark Sigrist: yes
    • Veronica R. Sims: yes
    • Anita Somani: yes
    • Jason Stephens: yes
    • Brian Stewart: yes
    • D. J. Swearingen: yes
    • Bride Rose Sweeney: yes
    • Eric Synenberg: yes
    • Michelle Teska: yes
    • Cecil Thomas: yes
    • David Thomas: yes
    • Jim Thomas: yes
    • Desiree Tims: yes
    • Daniel P. Troy: yes
    • Andrea White: yes
    • Erika White: yes
    • Josh Williams: yes
    • Bernard Willis: yes
    • Heidi Workman: yes
    • Tom Young: yes
    • Tristan Rader: no

Related bills

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https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hcr3/

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