The One Hundred Twenty-ninth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It met in Columbus, Ohio from January 3, 2011 until December 20, 2012. While Ted Strickland was Ohio Governor for the first week of the biennium, John Kasich was sworn in during the second week. The apportionment of districts was based on the 2000 United States census. This was the last time the 2000 census was used by the General Assembly to determine the apportionment of legislative districts. While the Ohio Senate was retained by the Ohio Republican Party, they won control of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Ohio Democratic Party. Major legislation Enacted February 18, 2011: JobsOhio: Privatization of Development Department March 30, 2011: Ohio Biennium Transportation Budget 2012–2013 March 31, 2011: Collective Bargaining Reform for Public Employees Party summary Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below. Senate House of Representatives Leadership Senate Senate President: Tom Niehaus President Pro Tempore: Keith Faber Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Floor Leader: Jimmy Stewart Majority Whip: Shannon Jones Minority (Democratic) leadership Senate Minority Leader: Capri Cafaro Assistant Minority Leader: Shirley Smith Minority Whip: Edna Brown Assistant Minority Whip: Jason Wilson House of Representatives Speaker of the House: William G. Batchelder Speaker Pro Tempore: Lou Blessing Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Floor Leader: Matt Huffman Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Barbara Sears Majority Whip: John Adams Assistant Majority Whip: Cheryl Grossman Minority (Democratic) leadership House Minority Leader: Armond Budish Assistant Minority Leader: Matt Szollosi Minority Whip: Tracy Maxwell Heard Assistant Minority Whip: Debbie Phillips Membership Senate House of Representatives Changes in membership Senate House of Representatives See also List of Ohio state legislatures References External links Ohio House of Representatives official website Project Vote Smart – State House of Ohio Map of Ohio House Districts Ohio District Maps 2002–2012 2006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State Ohio legislative sessions 2011 in Ohio 2012 in Ohio 2011 U.S. legislative sessions 2012 U.S. legislative sessions