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Committee backs renaming section of M‑22 to honor Company K, First Michigan Sharpshooters
Summary
The House Transportation Infrastructure Committee voted 15‑0 to report House Bill 50 78, which would rename a portion of M‑22 in Leelanau County as the Company K Indian Veterans First Michigan Sharpshooters Civil War Memorial Highway. Representative John Roth testified on the unit’s Civil War service and asked for committee support.
Representative John Roth urged the committee to approve House Bill 50 78 to rename a stretch of M‑22 for Company K, a Civil War unit he described as composed “almost entirely of Anishinaabe men, primarily Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi.” He recounted the unit’s formation in 1863, training, service with the Army of the Potomac and actions at battles including Spotsylvania and the siege of Petersburg.
The bill sponsor asked the committee to “support, to rename part of M 22 in Leelanau County, Company K Indian Veterans First Michigan Sharpshooters Civil War Memorial Highway.” A support card was read into the record as neutral on the bill. Representative Preston moved to report the bill with recommendation; the clerk called the roll and the chair announced the bill was reported with recommendation by the committee.
Committee members offered brief thanks and recognition for the unit’s service; there was no extended debate. The committee’s action was procedural: the motion to report the bill passed and the committee forwarded the measure with its recommendation.
