HCR 36 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Convene in joint session of Senate and House

Summary
Authorizing a joint convention of the Ohio General Assembly for the purpose of receiving a message from the Governor and calling for a committee to wait upon the Governor in anticipation of his State of the State Address.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2026 Last action Feb 23, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Adopted by the Senate As Enrolled · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was restructured from a Senate-adopted format to an enrolled version with a more formal title and reorganized clauses. The substantive content remains largely the same, authorizing a joint legislative convention to welcome the Governor and receive his State of the State address on March 11, 2026, but the text was reorganized for clarity and proper legislative formatting.
TECHNICAL

Title format changed from 'As Adopted by the Senate' to '(136th General Assembly) (House Concurrent Resolution Number 36)'

Resolved clauses were reordered and renumbered for proper legislative structure

Added signature lines for Speaker of the House and President of the Senate

Page numbering and formatting markers were removed in favor of clean enrolled text

Floor votes · House Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Feb 19, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-0)
house
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors