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H. B. No. 579 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 127th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2007-2008 |
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A BILL
To enact section 5.2241 of the Revised Code to
designate June 19 as "Juneteenth National Freedom
Day."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5.2241 of the Revised Code be enacted
to read as follows:
Sec. 5.2241. The nineteenth day of June is designated as
"Juneteenth National Freedom Day" to acknowledge the freedom,
history, and culture that June 19, 1865, the day on which the last
slaves in the United States were set free in Texas, has come to
symbolize.
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