23 Facts About Bill Seitz

William J Seitz III was born on October 29,1954 and is the state representative for the 30th district of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Formerly, Seitz represented the same seat from 2001 to 2007.

Bill Seitz served in the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016.

Bill Seitz has served as Majority Leader since 2017 serving under five different speakers and two interim speakers.

Bill Seitz became a partner of the firm in 1986 a position he held until becoming Of Counsel in 2013.

Bill Seitz started his public career as a member of the Cincinnati Board of Education, eventually becoming Vice President of the board and served on the St Antoninus Parish Education Commission.

Bill Seitz later was twice elected as a Green Township Trustee, becoming Chairman on one occasion.

Bill Seitz served as President of the Hamilton County Township Association.

In 2000, with incumbent State Representative Cheryl Winkler unable to run again due to term limits, Bill Seitz was nominated to succeed her.

Bill Seitz handily won election in 2000, and was reelected in 2002,2004, and 2006.

In 2004, Bill Seitz was mentioned as a potential successor to Lou Blessing Jr.

Bill Seitz served as Majority Whip in the 127th General Assembly.

When Senator Patty Clancy announced that she would resign her seat midway through 2007, Bill Seitz was mentioned as the front-runner for the appointment to replace her.

Bill Seitz has called the move unacceptable and disagrees with the decision.

Bill Seitz later struck back with a memo stating that Faber had falsely accused him of doing so, stating that both Niehaus and Faber had acted disingenuously.

Bill Seitz is currently on the board of directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a nonprofit partnership of conservative legislators and private sector lobbyists that craft model legislation for those legislators to sponsor.

In 2016, Bill Seitz was term-limited in the Ohio Senate and announced he would seek his former seat in the House.

Bill Seitz proposed the bill after two separate judges extended voting hours at two different polling centers, one due to technical glitches which delayed voting, and another because of a fatal car accident on an interstate which delayed traffic to the vote center.

Bill Seitz claimed the bond was necessary because "activist judges" could always find a reason to keep vote centers open.

In 2021, Bill Seitz defended a heavily gerrymandered redistricting map that gave Republicans an advantage in 12 of Ohio's 15 districts.

Days later, Bill Seitz apologized for the remarks, calling them "irresponsible".

Ohio Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, in a statement, said he expects Bill Seitz to be "more thoughtful" and "more respectful" in the future.

Nickie Antonio, Teresa Fedor and Michele Lepore-Hagan and Kathleen Clyde told Republican House Speaker Clifford Rosenberger that Bill Seitz should resign, a move Bill Seitz called "politically motivated".