---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies and political subdivisions, use of national motto \"In God We Trust\", on public buildings and vehicles, In God We Trust Act"
description: "State agencies and political subdivisions, use of national motto \"In God We Trust\", on public buildings and vehicles, In God We Trust Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Alabama HB 228 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Standridge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e51ce06-6316-43a7-95c1-a2ad3d737768"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB228"
source_hash: "b89f85c49d97f3862441699bb96c0d2949916815eaabd39e1f3c604fa6bf4657"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 228 (2018rs) — State agencies and political subdivisions, use of national motto "In God We Trust", on public buildings and vehicles, In God We Trust Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB228-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB228-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Cosponsors Added — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 744 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 205 — **91–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Standridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 205 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 744 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-272. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:22 p.m. on March 13, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e51ce06-6316-43a7-95c1-a2ad3d737768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).