of the vote. A former Speaker, Householder became a freshman legislator along with former President of the Ohio Senate Keith Faber. On January 7, 2019, a bipartisan majority of legislators elected him to serve again as speaker of the Ohio House. Library programming controversy In May 2019, Householder criticized the Ohio Library Council and the Newark Library in Licking County for providing an event for teens in the LGBTQ community at the taxpayers' expense. In response, the Newark Ohio Pride Coalition issued a formal statement noting that their organization paid for the event with a non-governmental grant. Later that evening, the Newark Library canceled the event. The Newark Ohio Pride Coalition found a new location for it. After his arrest for racketeering in 2020, the event organizers publicly asked Householder to reflect upon his own advice about being a good steward of public money. Arrest On July 21, 2020, the FBI arrested Householder and four others in connection with a $60 million bribery case involving the financial rescue of First Energy's two nuclear plants in Ohio, Davis–Besse and Perry. U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers called it "likely the largest bribery scheme ever perpetrated against the state of Ohio". During a July 21 press briefing, DeVillers said that money from First Energy was filtered through a fake nonprofit organization to pay for bribes and evade campaign finance laws. Following DeVillers's press conference, Republican Governor Mike DeWine asked Householder to resign. Later that day, Householder released a statement to the press saying he would not resign. On July 30, 2020, the Ohio House of Representatives voted unanimously to remove Householder as Ohio House Speaker . On June 16, 2021 the House voted to expel Householder by a bipartisan vote of 75–21. Personal life References External links Ohio State Representative Larry Householder official site |- |- |- |- 1959 births 21st-century American politicians County auditors in the United States County commissioners in Ohio Living people Ohio University alumni People expelled from United States state legislatures People from Perry County, Ohio Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives