As Passed by the Senate

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Am. H. B. No. 492

Representative Gonzales 

Cosponsors: Representatives Conditt, Grossman, Celebrezze, Patmon, Fende, Ruhl, Stebelton, Adams, R., Hill, Gerberry, Wachtmann, Derickson, Antonio, Barnes, Boyd, Carney, Duffey, Gardner, Garland, Goodwin, Hackett, Hottinger, Johnson, Ramos, Schuring, Sears, Slaby, M., Smith, Yuko, Anielski, Ashford, Baker, Beck, Bubp, Buchy, Celeste, Damschroder, DeVitis, Dovilla, Driehaus, Fedor, Hagan, C., Hagan, R., Hall, Hayes, Huffman, Kozlowski, Letson, Luckie, Lundy, Lynch, Mallory, Milkovich, Newbold, O'Brien, Pelanda, Scherer, Sprague, Stautberg, Uecker, Winburn, Young Speaker Batchelder 

Senators Beagle, Brown, Gentile, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Tavares, Wagoner 

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A BILL

To enact sections 5.2283 and 5.2284 of the Revised

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Code to designate May as "Melanoma and Skin Cancer

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Detection and Prevention Month" and to designate

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April 27 as "Emma 'Grandma' Gatewood Day."

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

Section 1. That sections 5.2283 and 5.2284 of the Revised	5
Code be enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 5.2283. The month of May is designated as "Melanoma and	7
Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month."	8

Sec. 5.2284. The twenty-seventh day of April is designated as	10
"Emma 'Grandma' Gatewood Day," in honor of the legendary hiker who	11
was a founder of the buckeye trail, which was declared the	12
official hiking trail of the state on that day in 1967.	13