Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 101.01 (2026)

Regular session of the general assembly

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(A) The first regular session of each general assembly shall convene on the first Monday of January in the odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the first Monday of January is a legal holiday, and in second regular session on the same date of the following year. The second regular session of each general assembly shall be in a continuum of the first regular session. At the second regular session, the general assembly shall consider matters held over from the first regular session, revenue and appropriation bills, and other measures agreed to by a majority of the members elected to either house or recommended by the governor in a public proclamation or a message to the general assembly.

(B) At one-thirty p.m. of the day specified for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the president of the senate during the preceding biennium or in the case of his absence or inability to act, the president pro tempore of the senate during the preceding biennium shall take the chair and call the senate to order. He shall also call the senatorial districts in their numerical order, and as they are called the persons claiming to be senators-elect therefrom shall present their certificates and take the oath of office.

If neither the president nor the president pro tempore designated in this division is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the senators and senators-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the senate.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1992–2026 · leading case: State ex rel. Hodges v. Taft, 591 N.E.2d 1186 (Ohio 1992).
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State ex rel. Hodges v. Taft, 591 N.E.2d 1186 (Ohio 1992). · cites it 4× “; R.C. 101.01; R.C. 101.11. The “second regular session” convenes automatically on the same date of the following year.”
State v. Mallory, 2022 Ohio 3667 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 6× “110, Section 101.01, effective September 30, 2021.”
State v. Gray, 2022 Ohio 939 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “This version was in effect at the time of Gray’s sentencing and provides that (B) Each sentence to a prison term, other than a term of life imprisonment, for a felony of the first degree, for a felony of the second degree, for a felony sex offense, or for a felony of the third…”
State v. Wright, 2021 Ohio 3818 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, we vacate the postrelease control portion of the sentence and remand for a resentencing hearing limited to the proper imposition of discretionary postrelease control pursuant to R.”
In re C.D., 2024 Ohio 446 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “110, Section 101.01 (enacting R.C. Sections 2151.”
In re Avon Skilled Nursing & Rehab., 2019 Ohio 3790 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 6× “20), and it permits intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities ("ICF/IID"), in addition to nursing home and residential care facilities, to use one or more medical aides to administer prescription medications to its residents, subject to certain…”
In Re Contest of Election Held on Stark Cnty. Issue 6, 2012 Ohio 2091 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 2× “153, Section 101.01. 2 . Because the contestees did not specify any objection to the affidavits submitted by the contestors during the election-contest proceedings below, they waived any argument that the trial court’s admission of this evidence was erroneous because it…”
State v. Smith, 2022 Ohio 832 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “110, Section 101.01, provides in relevant part: (B) Each sentence to a prison term, other than a term of life imprisonment, for a felony of the first degree, for a felony of the second degree, for a felony sex offense, or for a felony of the third degree that is an offense of…”
Hicks for a Better Clermont v. Ohio Election Integrity Comm., 2026 Ohio 1155 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “96, Section 101.01. The current version of R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 101.01(A) — 1 case
State ex rel. Hodges v. Taft, 591 N.E.2d 1186 (Ohio 1992). “; R.C. 101.01; R.C. 101.11. The “second regular session” convenes automatically on the same date of the following year.”
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