LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A bill to honor Hillsdale County Deputy William Butler Junior was approved unanimously by the Michigan Senate on Wednesday.
The measure is sponsored by Senator Joseph Bellino.
The 51-year-old Butler was killed in the line of duty in June. He was fatally shot while assisting another officer during a traffic stop.
Butler was the first Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputy to be killed on duty since 1930.
Senate Bill 977 would designate a portion of M-34 from Pioneer Road to South Pittsford Road in Butler’s memory.
If the bills are signed into law, they would have no fiscal impact on state or local government. State law requires sufficient private contributions to completely cover the cost of erecting and maintaining markers indicating the name of a memorial highway.
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