Correct the Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree

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Correct the Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree

To amend section 5.05 of the Revised Code to correct the latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

What This Bill Does

• To amend section 5.05 of the Revised Code to correct the latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

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Official Summary Text

To amend section 5.05 of the Revised Code to correct the latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

Current Bill Text

As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 418

2025-2026

Representatives Brennan, White, E.

Cosponsors: Representatives Dovilla,
Synenberg

To
amend section 5.05 of the Revised Code
to
correct the latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 5.05 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
5.05.
The
tree, Aesculus

globra

glabra
,
commonly known as the "Buckeye" is hereby adopted as the
official tree of the state.

Section
2.
That
existing section 5.05 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.