SB 216 Ohio Senate · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

Summary

To enact section 5534.921 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the "Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway."

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 10, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the Senate · 2 edits · Feb 11, 2026

MINOR

The bill underwent formatting and structural changes as it moved from introduction to Senate passage, primarily involving line breaks and spacing adjustments. No substantive policy changes were made to the memorial highway designation itself. The bill's core purpose remains unchanged - designating a portion of State Route 7 in Mahoning County as the Clarence 'Sonny' Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

TECHNICAL

Formatting changes including line breaks, spacing, and capitalization adjustments throughout the document structure

Cosponsor information was added listing Senators Schaffer, Cirino, DeMora, Gavarone, Lang, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Roegner, Romanchuk, Timken, and Wilkin

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

32–0

Passed

Total votes 32

Feb 12, 2026

D Democratic8

8 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican24

24 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (32-0)

senate

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors