---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: memorial; portion of M-34; designate as the \"Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr. Memorial Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 115."
description: "Highways: memorial; portion of M-34; designate as the \"Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr. Memorial Highway\". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 115."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Michigan SB 70 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: memorial"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph N. Bellino Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ba176f-9cb9-48ef-b08b-6b3cf4afe0b9"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0070"
source_hash: "0fd9deebf38cd2a3a2ee74d0d8274d8900cd394b35bce753234243a4a00945c4"
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 70 (2025-2026) — Highways: memorial; portion of M-34; designate as the "Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr. Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 115.

## 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](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBH-0070.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2025-SEBS-0070.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2025-PA-0010.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2025-SIB-0070.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 191 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #178 Yeas 100 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 10 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph N. Bellino Jr. — primary (person)
- Jonathan Lindsey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOSEPH BELLINO `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
- **2025-06-12** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 6/11/2025 `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-17** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2025-07-01** PASSED ROLL CALL # 191 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2025-07-01** received on 07/01/2025 `introduction`
- **2025-07-01** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2025-07-01** referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-19** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-08-19** referred to second reading
- **2025-08-20** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** placed on third reading
- **2025-08-20** placed on immediate passage
- **2025-08-20** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-20** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #178 Yeas 100 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 10 `passage`
- **2025-08-20** inserted full title
- **2025-08-20** returned to Senate
- **2025-08-26** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2025-08-26** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-09-03** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 8/26/2025 11:48 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-03** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 8/26/2025 1:14 PM `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-03** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 8/26/2025 1:35 PM
- **2025-09-03** ASSIGNED PA 0010'25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ba176f-9cb9-48ef-b08b-6b3cf4afe0b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).