HB 37 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Designate Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway

Summary

To enact section 5534.443 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 56 in Pickaway County as the "Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway."

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the House · 1 edit · Mar 4, 2026

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a single-column layout to a multi-column layout, which is a common formatting change in legislative markup. The substantive content of the bill, including the designation of State Route 56 in Pickaway County as the 'Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway' and the authority for the director of transportation to erect markers, remains unchanged. No policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made.

TECHNICAL

Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026

How they voted

94–0

Passed

Total votes 94

Mar 5, 2026

D Democratic33

33 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican61

61 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Mar 11, 2026

Introduced

upper

Mar 5, 2026

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (94-0)

house

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors