What Ohio House of Representatives does

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Ohio General Assembly, a state legislative body established in 1803 when Ohio was admitted to the Union. It comprises 99 elected state representatives serving as part-time citizen legislators, each representing one of 99 House districts covering all 88 Ohio counties. The House convenes at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus (77 S. High St), with members also maintaining district offices in their constituencies. The 136th General Assembly is the current session, with no limit on session days allowing immediate response to emergencies.

The House operates a citizen-facing legislative information portal — including the My Ohio Legislature bill tracking and alert system, a searchable legislation database, an Acts database, session agendas and video archive, official journals, committee information pages, and a member directory. Parallel news feeds for Democratic and Republican caucuses serve as communication channels. The underlying technology is a unified website model with internal government API endpoints for legislative data (bill text, calendars, committee information), but no public-facing developer API, no third-party integrations, and no AI capabilities.

The House is a public government institution funded through state tax revenues and legislative appropriations, with no products or services sold to the public. Its primary revenue-adjacent function is authorizing biennial appropriations — most recently the capital budget SB 450 (~$4B) and the operating appropriations H.B. 96. It serves Ohio's approximately 11.8 million residents through constituent services, bill introduction and passage, fiscal appropriations, and oversight of state agencies including the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

Name

Ohio House of Representatives

Legal name

Ohio House of Representatives

Website

https://ohiohouse.gov

Company type

Public

Founded year

1803

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Ohio General Assembly, comprising 99 elected state representatives who serve Ohio's 11.8 million residents by passing state laws, appropriating funds, and providing constituent services from the Columbus Statehouse.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

State Legislature

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (921120), Legislative Bodies (92112)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

Keywords

• State legislative services
• Public lawmaking
• Constituent representation
• Government appropriations
• Legislative transparency

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. State Government Appropriations: The Ohio House operates as part of state government funded through legislative appropriations from the state budget. The House passes bills including the biennial operating appropriations (H.B. 96) and capital budget (SB 450 with nearly $4B).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Ohio General Assembly, composed of 99 elected state representatives who draft, debate, and vote on state legislation; appropriate state funds through the biennial operating and capital budgets (H.B. 96, SB 450); and provide constituent services as liaisons between Ohio citizens and state/federal agencies. It also operates a public-facing legislative information portal (My Ohio Legislature) for bill tracking, session video archives, witness testimony submission, and member directories.

Product overview

The Ohio House of Representatives operates a citizen-facing legislative information portal that serves as the primary digital interface between the public and the state legislature. The platform provides a unified suite of services organized around core legislative functions: tracking legislation through 'My Ohio Legislature' (a bill tracking and alert system), searching legislation through a comprehensive database, viewing enacted acts, accessing session schedules and video archives, reading official journals, exploring committee structures, and browsing member directories with individual representative pages. The site also hosts parallel news feeds for Democratic and Republican caucuses. The architecture follows a single unified website model rather than modular products, with no separate API, AI capabilities, or third-party integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• My Ohio Legislature Portal
• Legislative Search
• Acts Database A database of enacted House Bills from the 136th General Assembly, with links to bill text PDFs and titles for each act.
• Session Agenda and Schedule Weekly session schedules and agendas showing when the House convenes, typically Tuesday through Thursday during legislative sessions.
• Video Archive Archived video recordings of House sessions and proceedings for public access.
• Journals Official written records of House proceedings and legislative actions.
• Committee Information System Information on standing committees, conference committees, select committees, and joint legislative committees including membership, schedules, and witness information forms.
• Member Directory A comprehensive directory of all 99 House members with contact information, district maps, committee assignments, and individual member pages with news and legislation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly $4 billion in biennial capital budget appropriations for state infrastructure
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Joint Committee on Agency Rule ReviewcoreOthersJoint legislative committee reviewing state agency rules and regulations for compliance and appropriateness
• Ohio SenatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBicameral partner in the Ohio General Assembly. Both chambers must pass legislation before it can be sent to the Governor. Bills like SB 56 (marijuana laws) and SB 450 (capital budget) are Senate bills that passed the House.
• Governor Mike DeWinecoreOthersFinal approver of legislation. The Governor can sign bills into law or veto them (as done with HB 472 and HB 173 in June 2026).
• Select Committee on Data CentersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint House-Senate committee investigating data center electricity costs and rate class issues. House members include Rep. Glassburn (D-North Olmstead).
• Ohio Department of MedicaidminorOthersState agency implementing prior authorization requirements changes announced July 1, 2026. Rep. Justin Pizzulli announced Medicaid changes.
• Ohio Public Universities and CollegesminorOthersRecipients of over $234 million in capital budget funding through SB 450, including University of Toledo ($18.1 million).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pennsylvania House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Pennsylvania General Assembly with 203 members representing single-member districts across the state. Operates with the same fundamental model of state legislation, constituent services, and bicameral coordination as the Ohio House.
• Ohio Senate: Bicameral partner in the Ohio General Assembly; the upper chamber passes legislation jointly with the House (e.g., SB 450 capital budget, SB 56 marijuana laws). Operates the same legislative information system and serves the same 11.8M Ohio residents through 33 districts.
• Illinois House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Illinois General Assembly with 118 members. Comparable lower-chamber state legislature with similar legislative processes, committee structures, and biennial appropriations authority.
• Georgia House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Georgia General Assembly with 180 members serving two-year terms. Comparable in performing state-level legislative functions including appropriations, constituent services, and committee oversight for a large state population.
• Michigan House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Michigan Legislature with 110 members serving two-year terms in single-member districts. Comparable in scale, structure, and Midwestern state-level legislative function to the Ohio House.
• Kentucky House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Kentucky General Assembly with 100 members. Comparable regional state legislature using single-member districts and two-year terms with similar legislative and appropriations functions.
• Wisconsin State Assembly: Lower chamber of the Wisconsin Legislature with 99 members serving two-year terms - structurally the closest peer to the Ohio House by member count and district-based representation model.
• Indiana House of Representatives: Lower chamber of the Indiana General Assembly with 100 members serving two-year terms. Neighboring Midwestern state legislature with analogous powers to pass state laws and appropriate funds.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. House of Representatives: Federal lower chamber with 435 members serving two-year terms in single-member districts. Operates the same fundamental model of constituent representation, bill drafting, committee review, and floor voting at a larger national scale.

Others

• Ohio Legislative Service Commission: Non-partisan Ohio General Assembly support agency providing bill drafting, research, fiscal analysis, and training to members of the Ohio House and Senate. Directly adjacent as the institutional backbone enabling House legislative operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/OHHouseDems
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OhioHouseGOPCaucus/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/ohiohousedems
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ohio-house-of-reps

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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