Republican State Senator Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) named to key Senate committee

Republican State Senator Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) has been named to serve on the Senate’s influential Standing Committee on Rules and Reference. The Rules and Reference Committee plays a key role in setting the legislative agenda for the Ohio Senate. The committee is tasked with assigning legislation to the Senate’s various subject matter committees. Once a bill is favorably reported by a subject matter committee, the Rules and Reference Committee then determines if and when the bill is brought up for consideration by the full Senate. This week, the Senate also announced a new plan to expand televised coverage of Senate standing committees. The Ohio Channel, a service of Ohio’s public broadcasting stations, currently provides coverage of the Senate’s full legislative sessions.