---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Rutherford B. Hayes Day"
description: "To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 4 as \"Rutherford B. Hayes Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Ohio SB 21 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew O. Brenner", "Bill Reineke"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-09-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb34adde-a7f1-4c71-a84f-e91c71eccdff"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/"
source_hash: "bf5a06027571f20cb5240aaa4811d66aaeed085623a082b610c10827e5b6a249"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
---

# Ohio SB 21 (136) — Designate Rutherford B. Hayes Day

To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 4 as "Rutherford B. Hayes Day."

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/04_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/02_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House General Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/03_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/01_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb21/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **7–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported — **12–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew O. Brenner — primary (person)
- Bill Reineke — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2025-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2025-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/4/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb34adde-a7f1-4c71-a84f-e91c71eccdff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).