Designate Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day

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Designate Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day

To enact section 5.213 of the Revised Code to designate February 20th as "Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day."

What This Bill Does

• To enact section 5.213 of the Revised Code to designate February 20th as "Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day."

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Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.213 of the Revised Code to designate February 20th as "Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day."

Current Bill Text

As Passed by the Senate

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 253

2025-2026

Senators Craig, Reynolds

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

A
BILL

To
enact section 5.213 of the Revised Code
to
designate February 20th as "Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of
Honor Recipient Day."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5.213 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.213.
The
twentieth day of February is designated as "Black Ohioan Civil
War Medal of Honor Recipient Day" to honor Black soldiers from
Ohio who received the congressional medal of honor for their actions
during the American civil war.