United States Senator Mike DeWine supports Jarod's Law - click here
On Monday December 19th, 2005, two years after Jarod’s death, Governor Bob Taft made Jarod’s Law a reality by signing it into Ohio law.
The importance and significance of Jarod’s Law has been recognized by all involved, resulting in overwhelming bipartisan support, an expedient review processes, and a majority approval in both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate. A status achieved by less than 21 percent of all introduced legislation.
In recognition of the importance of Jarod’s Law, Ohio’s Governor Bob Taft visited Lebanon on Monday, December 19th, 2005, and in a public signing ceremony, made Jarod’s Law a reality by signing it into Ohio Law.
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Afterwards the Jarod's Law signing ceremony, a candlelight vigil was held in the rotunda of the Warren County Administration building in which people shared remembrances, thoughts, funny stories, and prayers of such a special person who has touched and changed so many lives forever. See Vigil photo's here
Now signed, Jarod’s Law will be a silent but powerful force to protect our children. In reality, we probably won’t be able to identify specific cases of how Jarod’s Law prevented injuries or fatalities. However without Jarod’s Law it will be all too simple to identify other preventable injuries or fatalities of Ohio school children.
Although the emotional pain of losing Jarod is significant and life long, it would be even worse if we heard of another preventable injury or death in our schools, and we had chosen to do nothing as a result of Jarod’s death.
Thank You – The Bennetts