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SB247 • 2026

Designate the buckeye as the state candy

Designate the buckeye as the state candy

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
William P. DeMora
Last action
Official status
As Passed by the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate the buckeye as the state candy

To amend section 5.05 and to enact section 5.083 of the Revised Code to designate the buckeye as the state candy of Ohio, and to correct the Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

What This Bill Does

  • To amend section 5.05 and to enact section 5.083 of the Revised Code to designate the buckeye as the state candy of Ohio, and to correct the Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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AM1244

None

Filed

Plain English: AM_136_1244_LINE_COMMANDS Amendment No.

  • AM_136_1244_LINE_COMMANDS Amendment No.
  • am_136_1244 S.
  • B.
  • No.

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 amend section 5.05 and to enact section 5.083 of the Revised Code to designate the buckeye as the state candy of Ohio, and to correct the Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

Current Bill Text

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Am. S. B. No. 247 RS

As Passed by the Senate

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
Am. S. B. No. 247

2025-2026

Senator DeMora

Cosponsors: Senators Timken,
Blessing, Blackshear, Smith, Liston, Weinstein, Wilkin, Brenner,
Johnson, Antonio, Craig, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram, Manning,
Patton, Reynolds, Roegner, Schaffer, Wilson

To

amend
section 5.05 and to
enact
section 5.083 of the Revised Code
to
designate the buckeye as the state candy of Ohio, and to correct the
Latin name of the Buckeye, the state tree.

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

Section
1.
That

section
5.05 be amended and
section
5.083 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.05.
The
tree, Aesculus

globra

glabra
,
commonly known as the "Buckeye" is hereby adopted as the
official tree of the state.

Sec.
5.083.
The
confection consisting of peanut butter fudge and chocolate, known as
the buckeye, is hereby adopted as the official candy of the state.

Section
2.
That
existing section 5.05 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.