---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Guard, Space Force, Space National Guard, bill operative only if federal government creates Space National Guard, Secs. 31-2-1, 31-2-3, 31-2-55, 31-2-57, 31-3-1 am'd."
description: "National Guard, Space Force, Space National Guard, bill operative only if federal government creates Space National Guard, Secs. 31-2-1, 31-2-3, 31-2-55, 31-2-57, 31-3-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Alabama SB 28 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["National Guard"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67400453-69ff-41d4-a726-154af2a85a63"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB28"
source_hash: "db764eb38062de5ec853b4cb07ccec61dab814713ddc274f6f826154b523e506"
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 28 (2022rs) — National Guard, Space Force, Space National Guard, bill operative only if federal government creates Space National Guard, Secs. 31-2-1, 31-2-3, 31-2-55, 31-2-57, 31-3-1 am'd.

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB28-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB28-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 238 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 314 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 238 `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 314 `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-88. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67400453-69ff-41d4-a726-154af2a85a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).