Representative
Jim Hoops
| Seat | House District 81 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Vern Riffe Center |
| Mailing address | 77 S. High St. 13th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 |
| Capitol phone | 614-466-3760 |
| Write to | rep81@ohiohouse.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 17, 2018 |
Committees 4
- House Development Committee Chair standing
- House Commerce and Labor Committee standing
- House Community Revitalization Committee standing
- House Finance Committee standing
Bills, 136th General Assembly 42 as principal author · 111 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 311Designate EMS week in OhioEnacted100
- HR 455Honoring Car 1 on its One Hundredth Anniversary.Adopted100
- HR 446Honoring the Archbold Fire Department on its Sesquicentennial.Adopted100
- HR 393Honoring Gwen Huddle as a 2026 OATCCC Division III State Indoor Track and Field Champion.Adopted100
- HR 395Honoring Tyler Barnes as a 2026 Division III State Wrestling Champion.Adopted100
- HR 396Honoring Hunter Spangler as a 2026 OATCCC Indoor High School State Champion.Adopted100
- HR 371Honoring the Pulaski Garden Club on its Centennial.Adopted100
- HR 359Honoring the Napoleon High School girls bowling team on securing the 2026 Division II State Championship.Adopted100
- HR 369In memory of L. Helen Rankin.Adopted100
- HB 186Regards school district property taxes, school funding formulaEnacted100
- HR 351Honoring Kali Spengler on winning the 2026 Division II State Diving Championship.Adopted100
- HCR 13Urge Congress to designate Buckeye Trail a National Scenic TrailAdopted100
- HR 311Honoring the Liberty Center High School football team on securing the 2025 Division V State Championship.Adopted100
- HR 263Honoring Wendy Zhan on her retirement as the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.Adopted100
- HR 234In memory of Jack Cera.Adopted100
All 42 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 10, HB 14, HB 171, HB 227, HB 229, HB 23, HB 246, HB 247, HB 268, HB 292, HB 297, HB 309 and 99 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 136th General Assembly, 2025–26
69th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 17 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 4 / 4 / 2 |
| … became law | 2 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. House majority average | 26 ÷ 21.20 = 1.23 |
| Most-authored topics | Schools (K–12) (2), Transportation & vehicles (2), State government & agencies (1) |
House rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Sean Brennan DHouse 14 53
- Josh Williams RHouse 44 51
- Kellie Deeter RHouse 54 46
- Monica Blasdel RHouse 79 44
- Gary Click RHouse 88 43
- Johnathan Newman RHouse 80 43
- Ty Mathews RHouse 83 43
- Mike Dovilla RHouse 17 42
- Adam Mathews RHouse 56 39
- Bernie Willis RHouse 74 39
“Written together” = 136th General Assembly bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 81
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- Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams
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Copied from https://www.ohiohouse.gov/members/james-m-hoops on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Ohio House of Representatives.