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Senate panel hears multiple road‑naming bills honoring local public servants and veterans
Summary
The Transportation Committee held first hearings on several bills designating stretches of state roads as memorial highways to honor individuals including Marshall Holcomb, Master Sergeant Norman M. Kilbarger and Deputy Daniel Kim. Sponsoring lawmakers recounted service records and family requests.
The Ohio Senate Transportation Committee considered several memorial-highway bills during its session, hearing sponsor testimony recounting the service and sacrifice of the individuals who would be honored.
Representatives Holmes and Ritter presented a first hearing on a proposal to designate a portion of road as the Trimble Marshall Teddy Ray Holcomb Memorial Highway, describing Holcomb’s October 27, 1976, actions in Trimble Village Park and the wounds he sustained while assisting another officer. The sponsor told the committee the designation was requested by the family of Officer Ronnie Brown, who performed first aid after the attack.
The committee later heard testimony associated with House Bill 316 (a separate road‑naming item on the agenda) from Representative LaRae’s aide, who recommended designating a portion of Chillicothe–Lancaster Road as the Master Sergeant Norman Michael Kilbarger Memorial Highway. The aide summarized Kilbarger’s 21 years of U.S. Army service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and recounted citations including Bronze and Silver Stars for actions in Korea.
Representative McLean appeared for a first hearing on House Bill 275 to name a section of Route 53 for Wyandotte County Deputy Daniel Kim, who died following a traffic crash on Dec. 15, 2022. McLean described Kim’s local ties, law-enforcement career and the community procession that followed his death.
Chairman Patton and other members praised the bills as fitting tributes. The committee took no final votes on the memorial‑naming bills at the hearing; sponsors said family requests and local support motivated filing the measures.
