---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flags, prohibits state agencies or institutions from purchasing American flag or Alabama State flag manufactured outside the United States"
description: "Flags, prohibits state agencies or institutions from purchasing American flag or Alabama State flag manufactured outside the United States"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Alabama SB 77 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flags"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec31a3a-12f4-48be-a9ce-97da20118e0e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB77"
source_hash: "ba517369cc058301a925215c134d2b397db20caa446b21f835f11bad96b14599"
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 77 (2022rs) — Flags, prohibits state agencies or institutions from purchasing American flag or Alabama State flag manufactured outside the United States

## 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/SB77-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB77-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 406 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 39 — **28–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 39 `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 406 `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-113. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec31a3a-12f4-48be-a9ce-97da20118e0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).