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A Guidebook for Ohio Legislators

A Guidebook for Ohio Legislators - Fifteenth Edition 2017-2018

Chapters of the Guidebook

Chapter 1: The Constitutional Framework of Ohio State Government
Chapter 2: The Legislative Branch
Chapter 3: Legislative Benefits, Privileges, and Restrictions of Office
Chapter 4: Organizing the General Assembly
Chapter 5: Enacting Legislation
Chapter 6: Tools for Understanding a Bill
Chapter 7: Legislative Oversight
Chapter 8: The Ohio Budget Process
Chapter 9: Staff Services Available to the General Assembly
Chapter 10: Legislators and the Media
Chapter 11: The Executive Branch
Chapter 12: The Judicial Branch
Chapter 13: Statehood to Statehouse

Appendix

Legislative Glossary
Appendix A: Selected Sections of the Ohio Constitution
Appendix B: Procedures for Contested Elections
Appendix C: Statutory and Common Law
Appendix D: Information Sources
Appendix E: Ohio General Assembly Demographics
Appendix F: Parliamentary Procedure Guides