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SB95 • 2026

Designate Chief of Police James G. Jackson Memorial Highway

Designate Chief of Police James G. Jackson Memorial Highway

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michele Reynolds
Last action
Official status
As Reported by the House Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designate Chief of Police James G. Jackson Memorial Highway

To enact section 5534.428 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-71 in Columbus as the "Chief of Police James G.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 5534.428 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-71 in Columbus as the "Chief of Police James G.
  • Jackson Memorial Highway."

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Transportation Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the Senate

  4. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the House Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5534.428 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-71 in Columbus as the "Chief of Police James G. Jackson Memorial Highway."

Current Bill Text

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As Reported by the House Transportation Committee

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 95

2025-2026

Senators Reynolds, Craig

Cosponsors: Senators Antonio,
Brenner, Cirino, DeMora, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram, Johnson,
Lang, Liston, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Roegner, Romanchuk, Schaffer,
Smith, Timken, Weinstein, Wilkin

Representatives Willis, Robb Blasdel,
Rogers

A
BILL

To
enact section 5534.428 of the Revised Code
to
designate a portion of I-71 in Columbus as the "Chief of Police
James G. Jackson Memorial Highway."

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

Section
1.
That
section 5534.428 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5534.428.
In
addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or
otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of interstate route
number seventy-one between interstate route number six hundred
seventy and east Hudson street, in the municipal corporation of
Columbus, shall be known as the "Chief of Police James G.
Jackson Memorial Highway."

The
director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the
highway indicating its name.