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HB4046 • 2026

Highways: memorial; portion of highway US-31; designate as the "Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 11d.

Highways: memorial; portion of highway US-31; designate as the "Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 11d.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
John Roth (District 104), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Tullio Liberati (District 2), Alabas Farhat (District 3), Kara Hope (District 74), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Natalie Price (District 6), Matt Bierlein (District 97), Tom Kunse (District 100), Ken Borton (District 105), Julie Rogers (District 41), Will Snyder (District 87), Mike Mueller (District 72), Alicia St. Germaine (District 62), Mike Hoadley (District 99), William Bruck (District 30), Jay DeBoyer (District 63), Erin Byrnes (District 15)
Last action
2025-08-19
Official status
assigned PA 8'25 with immediate effect
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the highway will be marked or maintained, nor does it specify any costs associated with the memorial designation.

Designate a Section of US-31 as Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway

This law designates a section of highway US-31 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, between Three Mile Road and Bunker Hill Road as the 'Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway'.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates a specific part of highway US-31 as a memorial.
  • Names this section after Trooper James E. Boland.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers and residents in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  • The Michigan Department of Transportation.

Terms To Know

Highway
A major road that connects cities or towns.
Memorial Highway
A highway named to honor a person or event.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify how the memorial will be marked or maintained.
  • It is unclear if there are any costs associated with this designation.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 834

    presented to the Governor 08/14/2025 01:30 PM

  2. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 835

    approved by the Governor 08/15/2025 10:02 AM

  3. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 835

    filed with Secretary of State 08/15/2025 11:02 AM

  4. 2025-08-19 HJ 72 Pg. 835

    assigned PA 8'25 with immediate effect

  5. 2025-08-13 SJ 69 Pg. 844

    PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 205 YEAS 33 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 4 NOT VOTING 0

  6. 2025-08-13 SJ 69 Pg. 844

    INSERTED FULL TITLE

  7. 2025-08-13 HJ 70 Pg. 827

    returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title

  8. 2025-08-13 HJ 70 Pg. 827

    full title agreed to

  9. 2025-08-13 HJ 70 Pg. 827

    bill ordered enrolled

  10. 2025-06-17 SJ 56 Pg. 722

    REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)

  11. 2025-06-17 SJ 56 Pg. 722

    PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING

  12. 2025-06-12 SJ 55 Pg. 707

    REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 6/11/2025

  13. 2025-06-12 SJ 55 Pg. 707

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

  14. 2025-06-03 SJ 50 Pg. 638

    REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

  15. 2025-03-13 SJ 24 Pg. 200

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  16. 2025-03-13 SJ 24 Pg. 200

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

  17. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 215

    read a second time

  18. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 215

    placed on third reading

  19. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 216

    placed on immediate passage

  20. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 216

    read a third time

  21. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 216

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #19 Yeas 108 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 2

  22. 2025-03-11 HJ 25 Pg. 216

    transmitted

  23. 2025-02-25 HJ 20 Pg. 147

    reported with recommendation without amendment

  24. 2025-02-25 HJ 20 Pg. 147

    referred to second reading

  25. 2025-02-04 HJ 11 Pg. 89

    bill electronically reproduced 01/30/2025

  26. 2025-01-30 HJ 10 Pg. 86

    introduced by Representative Rep. John Roth

  27. 2025-01-30 HJ 10 Pg. 86

    read a first time

  28. 2025-01-30 HJ 10 Pg. 86

    referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Official Summary Text

Highways: memorial; portion of highway US-31; designate as the "Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway". Amends 2001 PA 142 (MCL 250.1001 - 250.2092) by adding sec. 11d.

Current Bill Text

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Act No. 8
Public Acts of 2025
Approved by the Governor
August 15, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
August 15, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 2025
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
Introduced by Reps. Roth, Schmaltz, Frisbie, Cavitt, Liberati, Farhat, Hope, Steckloff, Price,
Bierlein, Kunse, Borton, Rogers, Snyder, Mueller, St. Germaine, Hoadley, Bruck, DeBoyer
and Byrnes
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4046
AN ACT to amend 2001 PA 142, entitled “An act to consolidate prior acts naming certain Michigan highways;
to provide for the naming of certain highways; to prescribe certain duties of the state transportation department;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts and certain resolutions,” (MCL 250.1001 to 250.2092) by adding section 11d.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 11d. The portion of highway US-31 in Grand Traverse County between Three Mile Road and Bunker Hill
Road shall be known as the “Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway”.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________

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Governor