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HB866 • 2026

Designate Devo Day

Designate Devo Day

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michele Grim
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Devo Day

To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the eighteenth day of April as "Devo Day."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the eighteenth day of April as "Devo Day."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the eighteenth day of April as "Devo Day."

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 866

2025-2026

Representatives Grim, Sims

To
enact section
5.2541

of the Revised Code
to
designate the eighteenth day of April as "Devo Day."

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

Section
1.
That
section
5.2541

of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.2541.
The
eighteenth day of April is designated as "Devo Day" in
honor of the new wave band Devo from Akron, which defined the new
wave sound and reflected the feelings of a generation. Devo's first
official performance was at Kent state university on April 18, 1973.