Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB297: Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses
Status: Signed into law, October 6, 2026
To amend section 307.66 of the Revised Code to increase the amount a county may provide to military and veterans organizations, and civic organizations, for Memorial Day expenses.
What the bill says
To amend section 307.66 of the Revised Code to increase the amount a county may provide to military and veterans organizations, and civic organizations, for Memorial Day expenses.
From the enrolled text, June 10, 2026:
To amend section 307.66 of the Revised Code to increase the amount a county may provide to military and veterans organizations, and civic organizations, for Memorial Day expenses. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Section 1. That section 307.66 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 307.66. The board of county commissioners, annually, shall appropriate, and advance upon application made no more than one hundred twenty days prior to memorial day, to each garrison or naval branch of the Army and Navy Union, U.S.A. and to each chartered post, garrison, or naval branch of any organization of veterans recognized and chartered by the congress, upon request of their officials, in the county, a sum of money not to exceed [DELETED: five hundred ] one thousand dollars to aid in defraying the expenses of memorial day. Each such organization applying for an advance of funds shall submit with its application a statement of expenses incurred up to the time the application for an advance is submitted. Each such organization receiving money from this appropriation shall file a sworn statement accounting for the complete expenditures of the funds with the board within sixty days after the memorial day for which the funds were provided. Any unexpended funds shall be returned to the …
Sponsors
- Kevin Ritter (R, 94) · primary sponsor
- Johnathan Newman (R, 80) · primary sponsor
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Tim Barhorst (R, 85)
- Adam Bird (R, 63)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22)
- Thaddeus Claggett (R, 68)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Kellie Deeter (R, 54)
- Michael Dovilla (R, 17)
Latest actions
- : Effective
- : Signed By The Governor
- : Sent To The Governor
- : Passed
- : Reported
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Informally passed
- : Reported - Amended
Votes
- Passed (June 10, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (May 21, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Passed (November 19, 2025): 89 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (November 5, 2025): 12 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Military and Veterans, State and Local Government, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB297?
- HB297 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses.
- What does HB297 do?
- In its own words: To amend section 307.66 of the Revised Code to increase the amount a county may provide to military and veterans organizations, and civic organizations, for Memorial Day expenses.
- What is the status of HB297?
- Signed into law as of October 6, 2026. Latest action: Effective (October 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB297?
- Kevin Ritter (R, 94), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB297?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb297
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