Thomas E. Niehaus (R)
President
State Senator Thomas E. Niehaus has represented the 14th Senate District of Ohio, including Adams, Brown, Clermont, Scioto and a portion of Lawrence County since 2005. In January of 2011, his colleagues unanimously elected him to serve as the President of the Ohio Senate for the 129th General Assembly.
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Senator Snapshot
| Hometown: New Richmond |
| Party: Republican |
| Elected Experience: State Senator since 2005; State Representative, 2001-2004 |
| Current Term: Expires December 2012; Not eligible to run for another four-year term |
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Statehouse 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-8082 Contact Me |
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Joint Legislative Ethics Committee Legislative Service Commission (Vice Chair) Rules and Reference (Chair) |
| Primary Sponsor | SB 134 | SB 340 | SB 341 | SB 342 | SB 343 | SB 345 |
| Primary Sponsor | SCR 8 | SCR 22 | SR 3 | SR 28 | SR 35 | SR 36 | SR 40 | SR 45 |
| SR 56 | SR 59 | SR 64 | SR 66 | SR 72 | SR 77 | SR 92 | SR 111 |
| SR 112 | SR 127 | SR 129 | SR 130 | SR 138 | SR 140 | SR 150 | SR 153 |
| SR 185 | SR 188 | SR 189 | SR 191 | SR 203 | SR 206 | ||
| Cosponsor | HCR 13 | HCR 14 | HCR 24 | SCR 2 | SCR 4 | SCR 7 | SCR 14 | SCR 16 |
| SCR 19 | SCR 23 | SCR 26 | SCR 29 | SJR 1 | SR 19 | SR 20 | SR 24 |
| SR 29 | SR 69 | SR 78 | SR 110 | ||||
| 05.03.2012 | |
| DOCUMENT: An Open Letter from Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus | |
| Please take a moment to view this short letter from Senate President Niehaus about House Bill 125 | |
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| 04.17.2012 | |
| DOCUMENT: Strang Testimony HB125 | |
| This is not a release. | |
| Read the document here | |
| 04.17.2012 | |
| DOCUMENT: Bopp Testimony HB125 | |
| This is not a release. | |
| Read the document here | |
| 02.10.2012 | |
| Video: Senator Niehaus on HB194 Repeal | |
| Please use this link to watch a short video message from Senate President Niehaus about the repeal of HB194: http://www.ohiochannel.org/SenatorNiehausMsg
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| 09.26.2011 | |
| President Niehaus updates Senate committee assignments | |
| Columbus - Senate President Tom Niehaus today announced several changes to the committee assignments for the remainder of the 129th General Assembly, including joining the Judiciary-Civil Justice and Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committees into a single entity. | |
| Read more... Senate Standing Committees - Sept. 2011 | |
| 06.16.2011 | |
| Speaker Batchelder, Leader Cafaro kick-off redistricting task force | |
| Columbus - During the inaugural meeting of the Legislative Task Force on Redistricting, Reapportionment, and Demographic Research today, House Speaker William G. Batchelder (R-Medina) and Senate President Tom Niehaus announced that Speaker Batchelder and Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard) will serve as co-chairs of the Task Force. | |
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| 05.24.2011 | |
| Senate takes action to improve integrity of Ohio elections | |
| Columbus - The Ohio Senate took action today to improve the integrity and accountability of Ohio's election system with the passage of a landmark voting reform bill. "It's time that Ohioans had a presidential election in this state that doesn't turn into a partisan shouting match over the voting process," said Senate President Tom Niehaus. "We're about to become the center of the political universe again, and we're taking this action well in advance of the 2012 election to ensure that Ohio's system is fair, honest and completely accessible to qualified voters. These commonsense reforms are essential to restoring public confidence in the legitimacy of our elections." | |
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| 04.19.2011 | |
| Statement on Governor Kasich's first 100 days | |
| Columbus - Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus issued the following statement today regarding Governor John Kasich's first 100 days in office: "Ohioans have made it clear that they want us to focus on creating and saving jobs, while getting the cost of government under control. That has been the driving force of our agenda in these first 100 days, and we continue to work every day with Governor Kasich and his administration to build on those priorities. I'm proud of the leadership role the Senate played in the successful passage of the Governor's innovative JobsOhio program. We were able to deliver the bill with overwhelming bipartisan support from 31 of our 33 members. We also crossed party lines to win approval for new tax incentives that kept thousands of jobs from leaving Ohio, as well as legislation designed to break through Ohio's job-killing regulatory barriers. | |
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| 04.12.2011 | |
| Job creation, government reform among major accomplishments in Senate's first 100 days | |
| Columbus - The Ohio Senate completed the first 100 days of its current legislative session today, marking one of the most ambitious and productive periods in the chamber's history. "I'm incredibly proud of the work we've done so far this year, much of it with overwhelming bipartisan support," said Senate President Tom Niehaus. "We've accomplished more in the first 100 days of 2011 than previous assemblies have achieved in a year, and it's been focused almost exclusively on job creation and government reform." | |
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| 03.23.2011 | |
| Senate approves job-sustaining transportation infrastructure investment to advance economic recovery | |
| Columbus - The Ohio Senate took decisive action today to advance the state's economic recovery through a plan to invest in its job-sustaining transportation system. | |
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| 03.08.2011 | |
| Statement from Senate President Tom Niehaus regarding the State of the State Address | |
| Columbus - Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus issued the following statement today regarding Governor John Kasich's State of the State address: "My colleagues in the Senate and I look forward to working with the governor, as we already have, to move his agenda. I'm proud of the fact that two months into the year we've already given bipartisan approval to a job creation plan and a regulatory reform initiative. We've also passed landmark and long-overdue reforms of Ohio's labor laws. That's major progress, but we have a lot more heavy lifting to do. | |
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| 02.23.2011 | |
| Statement by Senate President Niehaus regarding Senate Bill 5 - collective bargaining reform | |
| Columbus - Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus issued the following statement today regarding Senate Bill 5, which addresses the issue of collective bargaining reform: "We introduced this legislation to give state and local governments some much-needed flexibility to manage their limited resources. Collective bargaining reform is one part of a larger effort to lower the tax burden on Ohioans by reducing the cost and size of government. These reforms are essential to our long-term financial stability and economic recovery. | |
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| 02.23.2011 | |
| Ohio Senate passes legislation aimed at saving jobs, improving government efficiency | |
| Columbus - The Ohio Senate approved several major pieces of legislation today designed to boost Ohio's economic competitiveness and improve the efficiency and accountability of state government services. "The action taken today by the Senate demonstrates our firm resolve to getting Ohio's economy back on the right track," said Senate President Tom Niehaus. "We're giving the state more tools to save jobs and keep employers in Ohio, and we've taken steps to help our small businesses cut through the bureaucratic red tape so they can prosper and grow. These important reforms are part of a broader effort to streamline government so we can reduce our tax burden and get more Ohioans back to work." | |
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| 01.26.2011 | |
| President Niehaus announces Senate committee assignments for 129th General Assembly | |
| Columbus - Senate President Tom Niehaus today announced his committee assignments for the 129th General Assembly, which include the creation of a standalone Financial Institutions Committee and combining the Agriculture Committee with the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. | |
| Read more... 129th General Assembly committee membership | |