Ohio State Representative Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) spent late Thursday night and early Friday morning on the House floor in Columbus offering two amendments.

The amendments would have prohibited the sale, display, possession or distribution of Confederate memorabilia at county and independent fairs. The motions came during a floor debate on House Bill 665, which made several other changes to laws on local and county fairs. The amendments were rejected.

In recent days and weeks, NASCAR, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines announced similar bans and removal of Confederate memorabilia.

This comes as protests and demonstrations continue across the country and in The Valley, raising awareness against police brutality, social injustices and racial discrimination.

The second of the two amendments proposed would have cut state funding to county and independent fairs that did allow the sale of Confederate memorabilia. That amendment was also tabled.