As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session H. B. No. 175

2025-2026

Representatives Klopfenstein, Hoops

Cosponsors: Representatives Williams, Rogers, White, E., Grim

To enact section 5534.853 of the Revised Code to designate the portion of U.S. Route 24 in Ohio as the "Heartland Highway."

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

Section 1. That section 5534.853 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5534.853. In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the westbound and eastbound lanes of United States route number twenty-four between the Indiana border and the Michigan border, through the counties of Paulding, Defiance, Henry, and Lucas, shall be known as the "Heartland Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.