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SB244 • 2026

Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day

Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Kristina D. Roegner
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
As Enrolled
Effective date
2026-06-30

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day

To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate August 26th as "Abbey Gate Remembrance Day."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate August 26th as "Abbey Gate Remembrance Day."

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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AM1670-1

None

Filed

Plain English: AM_136_1670-1_LINE_COMMANDS Amendment No.

  • AM_136_1670-1_LINE_COMMANDS Amendment No.
  • am_136_1670-1 S.
  • B.
  • No.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 Ohio Legislature

    As Enrolled

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee

  4. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the Senate

  5. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the House Veterans and Military Development Committee

  6. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the House

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate August 26th as "Abbey Gate Remembrance Day."

Current Bill Text

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(136th General Assembly)

(Amended
Senate Bill Number 244)

AN ACT

To enact section 5.63 of the
Revised Code to designate August 26th as "Abbey Gate Remembrance
Day."

Be
it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

Section
1.
That
section 5.63 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.63.
The
twenty-sixth day of August is designated as "Abbey Gate
Remembrance Day" to honor hospital corpsman third class Maxton
W. Soviak, United States Navy, of Berlin Heights, Ohio; lance
corporal David L. Espinoza, United States Marine Corps, of Rio Bravo,
Texas; sergeant Nicole L. Gee, United States Marine Corps, of
Roseville, California; staff sergeant Darin T. Hoover, United States
Marine Corps, of Salt Lake City, Utah; staff sergeant Ryan C. Knauss,
United States Army, of Corryton, Tennessee; corporal Hunter Lopez,
United States Marine Corps, of Indio, California; lance corporal
Rylee J. McCollum, United States Marine Corps, of Jackson, Wyoming;
corporal Dylan R. Merola, United States Marine Corps, of Rancho
Cucamonga, California; lance corporal Kareem M. Nikoui, United States
Marine Corps, of Norco, California; sergeant Johanny Rosario
Pichardo, United States Marine Corps, of Lawrence, Massachusetts;
corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, United States Marine Corps, of
Logansport, Indiana; corporal Jared M. Schmitz, United States Marine
Corps, of Saint Charles, Missouri; and corporal Daegan W. Page,
United States Marine Corps, of Omaha, Nebraska: members of the United
States Armed Forces who tragically lost their lives during an attack
at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul,
Afghanistan, while supporting operation allies refuge in 2021.

Speaker
___________________ of the House of Representatives.

President
___________________ of the Senate.

Passed
________________________, 20____

Approved
________________________, 20____

Governor.

The section numbering of law
of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with
the Revised Code.

Director, Legislative
Service Commission.

Filed
in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the
____ day of ___________, A. D. 20____.

Secretary of State.

File
No. _________ Effective Date ___________________