As Introduced
135th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 712
2023-2024
Representative Forhan
Cosponsor: Representative Fischer
A BILL
To require a memorial to John Bingham, principal 1
framer of the Fourteenth Amendment, to be 2
erected on the Statehouse grounds. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in 4
section 105.41 of the Revised Code or in any rule or procedure 5
adopted by the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, the 6
Board shall designate a prominent place on the lawn or other 7
outside grounds of Capitol Square for the erection of a 8
permanent memorial to John Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 9
1900), a congressional representative from Ohio who was the 10
principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United 11
States Constitution. The Ohio Arts Council and the Board shall 12
work together to invite, accept, and evaluate proposals for the 13
concept, design, and erection of such a memorial and shall 14
jointly select from among the proposals the memorial to be 15
designed and erected at the place designated by the Board for 16
that purpose. Site preparation, utility placement, planning, 17
designing, and erecting the memorial shall be paid for with 18
public funds. 19