Effective: September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation: House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) Legislative document includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) A working paper, work product, correspondence, preliminary draft, note, proposed bill or resolution, proposed amendment to a bill or resolution, analysis, opinion, memorandum, or other document in whatever form or format prepared by legislative staff for a member of the general assembly or for general assembly staff;
(b) Any document or material in whatever form or format provided by a member of the general assembly or general assembly staff to legislative staff that requests, or that provides information or materials to assist in, the preparation of any of the items described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section;
(c) Any summary of a bill or resolution or of an amendment to a bill or resolution in whatever form or format that is prepared by or in the possession of a member of the general assembly or general assembly staff, if the summary is prepared before the bill, resolution, or amendment is filed for introduction or presented at a committee hearing or floor session, as applicable.
(2) Legislative staff means the staff of the legislative service commission, legislative budget office of the legislative service commission, or any other legislative agency included in the legislative service commission budget group.
(3) General assembly staff means an officer or employee of either house of the general assembly who acts on behalf of a member of the general assembly or on behalf of a committee or either house of the general assembly.
(B) Legislative staff shall maintain a confidential relationship with each member of the general assembly, and with each member of the general assembly staff, with respect to communications between the member of the general assembly or general assembly staff and legislative staff. Except as otherwise provided in this division and division (C) of this section, a legislative document arising out of this confidential relationship is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. When it is in the public interest and with the consent of the commission, the director of the commission may release to the public any legislative document in the possession of the commission staff arising out of a confidential relationship with a former member of the general assembly or former member of the general assembly staff who is not available to make the legislative document a public record as provided in division (C) of this section because of death or disability, whom the director is unable to contact for that purpose, or who fails to respond to the director after the director has made a reasonable number of attempts to make such contact.
(C)(1) A legislative document is a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code if it is an analysis, synopsis, fiscal note, or local impact statement prepared by legislative staff that is required to be prepared by law, or by a rule of either house of the general assembly, for the benefit of the members of either or both of those houses or any legislative committee and if it has been presented to those members.
(2) A legislative document is a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code if a member of the general assembly for whom legislative staff prepared the legislative document does any of the following:
(a) Files it for introduction with the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives, if it is a bill or resolution;
(b) Presents it at a committee hearing or floor session, if it is an amendment to a bill or resolution or is a substitute bill or resolution;
(c) Releases it, or authorizes general assembly staff or legislative staff to release it, to the public.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 101 | General Assembly
Section 101.01 | Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Section 101.02 | Election of Officers of the Senate.
Section 101.12 | Presiding Officer Designated by Party Caucus.
Section 101.13 | Election of Officers of the House.
Section 101.15 | Public Committee Meetings.
Section 101.21 | Majority Required to Tenth Voting.
Section 101.22 | Evidence of Membership.
Section 101.24 | Powers of Each House Compelling Attendance.
Section 101.25 | Resignation of Member.
Section 101.26 | Members Ineligible to Certain Appointments and Employment.
Section 101.27 | Compensation of Members.
Section 101.271 | Medical Insurance for Members of General Assembly.
Section 101.272 | House Reimbursement Fund - Senate Reimbursement Fund.
Section 101.28 | Joint Conventions.
Section 101.29 | Legislative Employees.
Section 101.30 | Maintenance of Confidential Relationship Between Legislative Staff and General Assembly Members and Staff.
Section 101.301 | Attorney-Client Testimonial Privilege Applies to Caucuses.
Section 101.31 | Duties of Certain Officers.
Section 101.311 | Sergeant at Arms of House and Assistants.
Section 101.312 | Authority of Senate Sergeant of Arms or Assistant Senate Sergeant of Arms.
Section 101.32 | Control of Assistants - Dismissal.
Section 101.33 | Temporary Officials.
Section 101.34 | Joint Legislative Ethics Committee - Fund.
Section 101.35 | Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review.
Section 101.351 | Goal of Rule Watch System.
Section 101.354 | Agency Inventories of Regulatory Restrictions and Report.
Section 101.355 | Regulatory Restriction Database and Website.
Section 101.36 | General Assembly Authority to Rescind Department of Health Orders or Rules.
Section 101.38 | Cystic Fibrosis Legislative Task Force.
Section 101.41 | Chairman of Committee Authorized to Subpoena Witnesses.
Section 101.43 | Punishment for Disobeying Subpoena or Refusing to Answer.
Section 101.45 | Fees of Sheriffs and Witnesses.
Section 101.46 | Chairman or Member of Committee May Administer Oaths.
Section 101.47 | Deposition on Complaint.
Section 101.51 | Printing of Legislative Document Definitions.
Section 101.52 | Responsibility for Printing.
Section 101.521 | Internal Printing.
Section 101.522 | Contracts With Private Printers.
Section 101.524 | Director of Administrative Services to Let Contract for Printing.
Section 101.53 | Format for Printing Bills.
Section 101.531 | Printing Pamphlet Laws and Session Laws Line Numbering.
Section 101.54 | Journals of General Assembly.
Section 101.541 | Appendix to House and Senate Journals.
Section 101.542 | Index of Journals and Appendix.
Section 101.543 | Printing and Binding of Daily and Final Journals.
Section 101.60 | General Assembly Identification Cards.
Section 101.62 | Expiration Date for Occupational Licensing Boards.
Section 101.63 | Review Hearings Regarding Occupational Licensing Boards.
Section 101.64 | Testimony From Common Sense Initiative Office.
Section 101.65 | Report of Findings and Recommendations.
Section 101.68 | Availability of Agency Reports.
Section 101.69 | Senate Miscellaneous Sales Fund - House Miscellaneous Sales Fund.
Section 101.691 | Excess or Surplus State Supplies Disposal by Director of Administrative Services.
Section 101.70 | Legislative Lobbying Definitions.
Section 101.71 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 101.711 | Contracts With Legislative Agents.
Section 101.72 | Contents of Initial Registration Statement.
Section 101.721 | Disqualification as Legislative Agent for Certain Offenses.
Section 101.73 | Statements of Expenditures.
Section 101.74 | Statement of Financial Transactions.
Section 101.75 | Filing Complaint With Joint Legislative Ethics Committee.
Section 101.76 | Efforts Excepted From Coverage.
Section 101.77 | Prohibition Against Contingent Fees.
Section 101.79 | Investigation of Violations.
Section 101.81 | Contempt of the General Assembly.
Section 101.82 | Sunset Review Committee Definitions.
Section 101.83 | Expiration Date of Agencies - Renewal.
Section 101.84 | Sunset Review Committee.
Section 101.85 | Schedule for Review of Agencies.
Section 101.86 | Evaluating Usefulness, Performance, and Effectiveness of Agency.
Section 101.87 | Report of Committee's Findings and Recommendations; Cooperation by Other Agencies.
Section 101.90 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Definitions.
Section 101.91 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Registration and Filing Requirements.
Section 101.92 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Registration Statements - Fee - Review.
Section 101.921 | Disqualification as Retirement System Lobbyist for Certain Offenses.
Section 101.96 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Scope of Regulations.
Section 101.97 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Conflicts of Interest.