SB 247

As Passed by the Senate
136th General Assembly
    Regular Session  Am. S. B. No. 247
       2025-2026
  Senator DeMora
 Cosponsors: Senators Timken, Blessing, Blackshear, Smith, Liston, Weinstein,
  Wilkin, Brenner, Johnson, Antonio, Craig, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram,
  Manning, Patton, Reynolds, Roegner, Schaffer, Wilson
  To amend section 5.05 and to enact section 5.083 of  1
  the Revised Code to designate the buckeye as the  2
  state candy of Ohio, and to correct the Latin  3
  name of the Buckeye, the state tree.  4
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
      Section 1. That section 5.05 be amended and section 5.083  5
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:  6
      Sec. 5.05. The tree, Aesculus globra glabra, commonly  7
known as the "Buckeye" is hereby adopted as the official tree of  8
the state.  9
      Sec. 5.083. The confection consisting of peanut butter  10
fudge and chocolate, known as the buckeye, is hereby adopted as  11
the official candy of the state.  12
      Section 2. That existing section 5.05 of the Revised Code  13
is hereby repealed.  14