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SB111 • 2026

Designate Henrietta Lacks Day

Designate Henrietta Lacks Day

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hearcel F. Craig
Last action
Official status
As Passed by the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Henrietta Lacks Day

To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 4th as "Henrietta Lacks Day."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 4th as "Henrietta Lacks Day."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the Senate

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 4th as "Henrietta Lacks Day."

Current Bill Text

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As Passed by the Senate

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 111

2025-2026

Senators Craig, Johnson

Cosponsors: Senators Romanchuk,
DeMora, Antonio, Timken, Brenner, Cirino, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson,
Ingram, Landis, Lang, Liston, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Roegner,
Schaffer, Smith, Weinstein, Wilkin

A
BILL

To
enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code
to
designate October 4th as "Henrietta Lacks Day."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5.2322 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.2322.
The
fourth day of October is designated as "Henrietta Lacks Day."