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HCR27 • 2026

Support use of state land for a new VA National cemetery

Support use of state land for a new VA National cemetery

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mark Johnson
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Support use of state land for a new VA National cemetery

To support the use of state owned land in Chillicothe for a new Veterans Administration National cemetery.

What This Bill Does

  • To support the use of state owned land in Chillicothe for a new Veterans Administration National cemetery.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To support the use of state owned land in Chillicothe for a new Veterans Administration National cemetery.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. C. R. No. 27

2025-2026

Representative
Johnson

A
c o n c u r r e n t R E S O L U T I O N

To
support the use of state owned land in Chillicothe for a new Veterans
Administration National cemetery.

BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE
SENATE CONCURRING):

WHEREAS,
In 1917, following the United States entry into World War I,
Chillicothe, Ohio, was selected as the site for training soldiers
from Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. The camp was
named Camp Sherman in honor of Civil War General William Tecumseh
Sherman who hailed from nearby Lancaster. It would become the third
largest training center in the United States with over 40,000
soldiers stationed there; and

WHEREAS,
Camp Sherman consisted of over 2,000 buildings, including the camp
hospital complex, which contained over 50 buildings with a capacity
of over 1,800 patients; and

WHEREAS,
Following the war, some buildings were transferred from the Army to
the Veterans Bureau, and Chillicothe became the site of the first
hospital operated by the Veterans Bureau; and

WHEREAS,
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs currently operates
the Chillicothe VA Medical Center; and

WHEREAS,
Land owned by the State of Ohio, to the
north
and to the
west
of the Veterans Administration facility in Chillicothe, promises to
be a suitable and appropriate location for a veterans cemetery; and

WHEREAS,
The National Cemetery Administration of the Department of Veterans
Affairs currently maintains and operates 156 national cemeteries; now
therefore be it

RESOLVED,
That we, the members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of
Ohio support the use of state-owned land in Chillicothe for a new
national cemetery site; and be it further

RESOLVED,
That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Governor, to the
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to the members of the
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials (ACCM) of the National
Cemetery Association, and to the news media of Ohio.