SB41 • 2026

Designate Day of Tears

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Stephen A. Huffman
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Day of Tears

To enact section 5.57 of the Revised Code to designate January 22 as the "Day of Tears."

What This Bill Does

To enact section 5.57 of the Revised Code to designate January 22 as the "Day of Tears."

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.57 of the Revised Code to designate January 22 as the "Day of Tears."

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 41

2025-2026

Senators Huffman, Reynolds

Cosponsors: Senators Cirino,
Schaffer, Wilkin, Wilson, Koehler, Roegner, Lang

A
BILL

To
enact section
5.57

of the Revised Code
to
designate January 22 as the "Day of Tears."

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

Section
1.
That
section
5.57

of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.57.
(A)
The twenty-second day of January is designated as the "Day of
Tears," to observe the anniversary of the erroneous ruling by
the supreme court of the United States on January 22, 1973, that
abortion was a right secured by the Constitution of the United
States. The "Day of Tears" is designated to remember and
mourn the innocent, unborn children who have lost their lives due to
abortion.

(B)
Residents of this state are encouraged to lower their flags to
half-staff on the "Day of Tears."