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House committee votes 12-0 to send bill designating March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day to Rules
Summary
The House Government Oversight Committee heard sponsor testimony and voted unanimously to favorably report House Bill 166, which would establish March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day in Ohio, to the Rules and Reference Committee.
The House Government Oversight Committee on April 9 voted 12-0 to favorably report House Bill 166 to the House Rules and Reference Committee, sending the measure to the next stage for consideration. HB 166 would designate March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day in Ohio, the date the sponsors said commemorates Tubman’s death in 1913.
Sponsor testimony described Tubman’s life, escapes from slavery and later service during and after the Civil War as reasons for the…
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