Speaker Householder Announces House Committee Changes
COLUMBUS – Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) announced the following changes to House Standing and Special Committees:
House Standing Committees:
Aging and Long-Term Care:
Appoint: Representative D.J. Swearingen (R-Port Clinton) as Vice-Chair
Appoint: Representative Cindy Abrams (R- Harrison)
Remove: Representative Bill Reineke (R-Fremont)
Agriculture and Rural Development:
Appoint: Representative Brian Baldridge (R-Winchester)
Remove: Representative Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati)
Civil Justice:
Appoint: Representative Derek Merrin (R-Sylvania)
Remove: Representative Laura Lanese (R-Grove City)
Commerce and Labor:
Appoint: Representative Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison)
Remove: Representative Anthony DeVitis (R-Green)
Economic and Workforce Development:
Appoint: Representative Jason C. Stephens (R- Kitts Hill)
Remove: Representative Anthony DeVitis (R-Green)
Federalism:
Appoint: Representative Craig Riedel (R-Defiance)
Appoint: Representative Candice Keller (R-Middletown)
Remove: Representative Doug Green (R- Mt.Orab)
Finance:
Appoint: Representative Haraz Ghanbari (R-Perrysburg)
Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education
Appoint: Representative Haraz Ghanbari (R-Perrysburg)
Financial Institutions:
Appoint: Representative Derek Merrin (R-Sylvania)
Appoint: Representative Catherine Ingram (D-Cincinnati)
Health
Appoint: Representative Adam Holmes (R-Nashport)
Remove: Representative Mark Romanchuk (R-Mansfield)
Higher Education:
Appoint: Representative Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison)
Primary and Secondary Education:
Appoint: Representative Don Jones (R-Freeport) as Chair
Appoint: Representative Susan Manchester (R- Waynesfield) as Vice-Chair
Appoint: Representative Bill Roemer (R-Richfield)
Appoint: Representative Jason C. Stephens (R-Kitts Hill)
Public Utilities:
Appoint: Representative Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison)
State and Local Government
Appoint: Representative Jason C. Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) as Vice-Chair
Appoint: Representative D.J. Swearingen (R-Port Clinton)
Remove: Representative Timothy Ginter (R-Salem)
Ways and Means:
Appoint: Representative Jason C. Stephens (R-Kitts Hill)
Remove: Representative Bill Reineke (R-Fremont)
Remove: Representative Rick Carfagna (R-Westerville)
House Special Committees:
Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Legislative Task Force:
Appoint: Representative Scott Lipps (R-Franklin)
Appoint: Representative Timothy Ginter (R-Salem)
Appoint: Representative Randi Clites (D- Ravenna)
Appoint: Chad Hawley (Public Member)
Appoint: Christopher Gerdes (Public Member)
Appoint: Lauryn Tubesing (Public Member)
Study Committee on Dropout Prevention and Recovery Schools:
Appoint: Representative Gayle Manning (R-North Ridgeville)
Legislative Committee on Public Health Futures:
Appoint: Representative Scott Lipps (R-Franklin)
Appoint: Representative Beth Liston (D-Dublin)
Appoint: Amy Bush Stevens (Public Member)
Appoint: Veronica Sims (Public Member)
Commission on Infant Mortality:
Appoint: Erika Clark Jones (Public Member)
Report Card Study Committee
Appoint: Representative Lisa Sobecki (D-Toledo)