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HB638 • 2026

Designate President Donald Trump Freedom Highway

Designate President Donald Trump Freedom Highway

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
D. J. Swearingen
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate President Donald Trump Freedom Highway

To enact section 5534.59 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-70 in Franklin County as the "President Donald Trump Freedom Highway."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5534.59 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-70 in Franklin County as the "President Donald Trump Freedom Highway."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5534.59 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-70 in Franklin County as the "President Donald Trump Freedom Highway."

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 638

2025-2026

Representatives Swearingen, LaRe

To
enact section 5534.59 of the Revised Code
to
designate a portion of I-70 in Franklin County as the "President
Donald Trump Freedom Highway."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5534.59 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5534.59.
In
addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or
otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of interstate route
number seventy from mile marker ninety-eight to mile marker one
hundred, in Franklin county, shall be known as the "President
Donald Trump Freedom Highway."

The
director of transportation shall construct suitable markers along the
highway indicating its name.