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SB216 • 2026

Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Al Cutrona
Last action
Official status
As Passed by the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

To enact section 5534.921 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the "Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5534.921 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the "Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr.
  • Memorial Highway."

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Transportation Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the Senate

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5534.921 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the "Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway."

Current Bill Text

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As Passed by the Senate

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 216

2025-2026

Senator Cutrona

Cosponsors: Senators Schaffer,
Cirino, DeMora, Gavarone, Lang, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Roegner,
Romanchuk, Timken, Wilkin

A
BILL

To
enact section 5534.921 of the Revised Code to
designate
a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the "Clarence
"Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5534.921 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5534.921.
In
addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or
otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number
seven between Washington boulevard and Western reserve road, in
Mahoning county, shall be known as the "Clarence "Sonny"
Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway."

The
director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the
highway indicating its name.