---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways; name; portion of US-23; designate as the \"Sergeant Joe Johnson Memorial Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 11a."
description: "Highways; name; portion of US-23; designate as the \"Sergeant Joe Johnson Memorial Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 11a."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Michigan SB 34 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: name"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/304f14fa-371f-48d4-8cc4-e3b9b9586b65"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2017-SB-0034"
source_hash: "cc90a959db3e3d4601bfede615cccdb8b803ec0684cff7c1f7c71a032386e7df"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 34 (2017-2018) — Highways; name; portion of US-23; designate as the "Sergeant Joe Johnson Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2080) by adding sec. 11a.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBH-0034.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2017-SEBS-0034.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2017-PA-0019.htm)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2017-SIB-0034.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 68 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 49 Yeas 108 Nays 0 — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- 27 — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Zorn — cosponsor (person)
- Darwin Booher — cosponsor (person)
- David Knezek — cosponsor (person)
- David Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Goeff Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hoon-Yung Hopgood — cosponsor (person)
- Ian Conyers — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Ananich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Stamas — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Rebekah Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Bieda — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JIM ANANICH `introduction`
- **2017-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 68 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 3 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received on 03/09/2017 `introduction`
- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 49 Yeas 108 Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 3/27/2017 @ 12:41 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 3/30/2017 @ 9:48 AM `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 3/31/2017 @ 10:34 AM
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0019'17 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/304f14fa-371f-48d4-8cc4-e3b9b9586b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).