---
type: "Bill"
title: "Religious freedom provided for, right to worship, display of Ten Commandments on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend."
description: "Religious freedom provided for, right to worship, display of Ten Commandments on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Alabama SB 181 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dial"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87360043-c535-4cfc-861e-dc8f17472999"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB181"
source_hash: "87b99b3deb61abde042b8e1b4e3b6fa80fc3f45f6f67ec6492db1f7386653d11"
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 SB 181 (2018rs) — Religious freedom provided for, right to worship, display of Ten Commandments on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend.

## 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/SB181-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB181-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1015 — **66–19** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 524 — **23–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dial — 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 Senate committee on Constitution, Ethics and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Ethics and Elections Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 524 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1015 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-389. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87360043-c535-4cfc-861e-dc8f17472999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).