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OH HR206

Resolution

Status

Introduced

9/16/2015

Primary Sponsor

Emilia Strong Sykes

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Origin

House of Representatives

131st General Assembly (2015-2016)

AI Summary

  • Urges all governments that issue documents containing Confederate flag imagery to discontinue this practice immediately

  • Calls on governments flying Confederate flags or flags with Confederate imagery on public property to remove those flags

  • Urges states with official flags containing Confederate imagery to begin redesigning those flags immediately

  • Calls on South Carolina's General Assembly to direct removal of the Confederate flag from the State House, grounds, and all state property

  • Urges Ohio retailers to remove all Confederate flag merchandise from their inventories

Legislative Description

To urge the powers of the governments that continue to make issuances containing the confederate flag to discontinue this practice, to urge the powers of the governments that fly the confederate flag or any flag containing imagery of the confederate flag on public property to remove those flags in question, to urge the powers of governments that have official state flags that contain imagery derived from the confederate flag to commence in the process of redesigning the official state flag immediately, to urge South Carolina's General Assembly to direct removal of the confederate flag from state property, and to urge Ohio retailers to remove from inventory any confederate flag merchandise.

Last Action

Introduced and Referred to Committee: Government Accountability and Oversight

9/16/2015

Committee Referrals

Government Accountability and Oversight9/16/2015

Full Bill Text

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