Effective: November 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 240 – 124th General Assembly The flag of the state shall be burgee-shaped. It shall have three red and two white horizontal stripes that represent the roads and waterways of the state. The union of the flag shall be seventeen five-pointed stars, white in a blue triangular […]
Effective: September 30, 1963 Latest Legislation: House Bill 614 – 105th General Assembly The flag of the governor of this state will be of scarlet wool bunting, six feet eight inches hoist by ten feet six inches fly. In each of the four corners will be a white five-pointed star with one point upward. The […]
Effective: November 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 240 – 124th General Assembly (A) Display of the state flag at all state buildings and public institutions, such as public school buildings and state parks, is encouraged. If the state flag is displayed, it may be flown every day when weather permits and shall be flown […]
Effective: November 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 240 – 124th General Assembly “I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the buckeye state respect and loyalty” is hereby adopted as the official pledge to the state flag. The pledge shall not replace, preempt, or be recited before the pledge of […]
Effective: May 18, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 552 – 125th General Assembly The general assembly hereby establishes a recommended procedure for the folding of the state flag by two people. The procedure is as follows: With the flag unfolded, fold the flag in half lengthwise so that the points of the flag are aligned. […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 32 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The general assembly recommends the following ceremonial procedure for the retirement of the state flag, to be followed, voluntarily, with respect and dignity, by civilians and civilian groups or organizations. (B) The ceremony shall consist of three parts: a preamble, a […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The scarlet carnation is hereby adopted as the state flower as a token of love and reverence for the memory of William McKinley.
Effective: March 5, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 763 – 116th General Assembly The plant Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as the large white trillium, found in every Ohio county, is hereby adopted as the state wild flower.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The bird, cardinalis cardinalis, commonly known as the “cardinal,” is the official bird of the state.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 121st General Assembly The snake, Coluber constrictor constrictor, known as the black racer, is the official reptile of the state.
Effective: May 11, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 312 – 117th General Assembly The animal, Odocoileus virginianus, commonly known as the white-tailed deer, is the official animal of the state. Naming the white-tailed deer as the official animal of the state does not relieve the division of wildlife of its duty to manage the deer […]
Effective: June 18, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 393 – 128th General Assembly The salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, commonly known as the spotted salamander, is the official amphibian of the state.
Effective: June 18, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 393 – 128th General Assembly The frog, Rana catesbeiana, commonly known as the bullfrog, is the official frog of the state.
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 86 – 132nd General Assembly A shelter pet is hereby designated as the official pet of the state to raise public awareness of shelter animals.
Effective: November 20, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 213 – 121st General Assembly The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following device: a circular shield; in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound […]
Effective: October 2, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 65 – 100th General Assembly The tree, Aesculus globra, commonly known as the “Buckeye” is hereby adopted as the official tree of the state.
Effective: October 1, 1959 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 193 – 103rd General Assembly “With God, All Things Are Possible” shall be adopted as the official motto of the state.
Effective: August 24, 1965 Latest Legislation: House Bill 313 – 106th General Assembly The gem stone “Ohio Flint,” a crypto-crystalline variety of quartz, is hereby adopted as the official gem stone of the state.
Effective: September 19, 1985 Latest Legislation: House Bill 145 – 116th General Assembly Isotelus, a genus of extinct marine arthropod of the class Trilobita, that lived in the seas that covered Ohio during the Ordovician period, about four hundred forty million years ago, and represented by the largest known complete trilobite, collected at Huffman dam […]
Effective: March 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 16 – 124th General Assembly The Blaine Hill bridge in Belmont county, which was constructed in 1828 as part of the national road and is the oldest bridge in the state, is hereby designated the bicentennial bridge of the state.
