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HB497 • 2026

Designate PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway

Designate PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Angela N. King
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway

To enact section 5534.855 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 49 in Darke county as the "PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5534.855 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 49 in Darke county as the "PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5534.855 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 49 in Darke county as the "PFC James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway."

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 497

2025-2026

Representative King

To
enact section 5534.855 of the Revised Code
to
designate a portion of State Route 49 in Darke county as the "PFC
James Vincent PottKotter Memorial Highway."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5534.855 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5534.855.
In
addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or
otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route
forty-nine, between Rossburg-Lightsville road and McFeeley-Petry
road, in Darke county, shall be known as the "PFC James Vincent
PottKotter Memorial Highway."

The
director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the
highway indicating its name.