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SB401 • 2026

Designate General William Tecumseh Sherman Day

Designate General William Tecumseh Sherman Day

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
William P. DeMora
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Designate General William Tecumseh Sherman Day

To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate February 8th as "General William Tecumseh Sherman Day."

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate February 8th as "General William Tecumseh Sherman Day."

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code to designate February 8th as "General William Tecumseh Sherman Day."

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 401

2025-2026

Senator DeMora

To
enact section 5.63 of the Revised Code
to
designate February 8th as "General William Tecumseh Sherman
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
eighth day of February is designated as "General William
Tecumseh Sherman Day" in recognition of William Tecumseh
Sherman, the civil war general who was born in Lancaster, Ohio on
that day in 1820.