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SB139 • 2026

Designate Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day

Designate Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Catherine D. Ingram
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day

To enact section 5.295 of the Revised Code to designate May 13 as "Judge Nathaniel R.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5.295 of the Revised Code to designate May 13 as "Judge Nathaniel R.
  • Jones Day."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.295 of the Revised Code to designate May 13 as "Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day."

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 139

2025-2026

Senator Ingram

Cosponsors: Senators Lang, DeMora,
Craig, Smith

A
BILL

To
enact section 5.295 of the Revised Code
to
designate May 13 as "Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5.295 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.295.
The
thirteenth day of May is designated as "Judge Nathaniel R. Jones
Day" in honor of the attorney, judge, and professor of law who
was born on that day in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1928, and who committed
his life to the advancement of civil rights.