Speaker Cupp: Still no plans to hold vote to expel Rep. Householder

It has been 240 days since former House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested for his alleged involvement in a bribery and money-laundering scheme.

Yet the Perry County Republican remains in office as a state representative. And it does not appear his status as an active legislator will change any time soon.

Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives met privately on Tuesday evening to discuss a possible vote to expel Householder from the state legislature while his trial remains pending. Householder has pleaded not guilty.

A lawmaker can be expelled from the chamber with a two-thirds vote.

Current Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima, declined to offer any details of the caucus conversation from the night before. Cupp said he had no update to share about Householder’s future in the chamber, just as the House leader had no update last week, the week before that, the week before that or the week before that.

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