---
type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; designate Little Bluestem as the official State Grass of Alabama."
description: "State & State Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Alabama SB 225 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State & State Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garlan Gudger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972b1cff-c9ab-4db9-8a36-99f559899211"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "eccee39952e38bdbd1ba8cceba0a2b474ade20153fe3824bb4fc7b82d62c53d3"
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 225 (2024rs) — State symbols; designate Little Bluestem as the official State Grass of Alabama.

State & State Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB225-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542687.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB225-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 401 on SB225 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 400 on SB225 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1033 on SB225 (2024 Regular Session) — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1034 on SB225 (2024 Regular Session) — **82–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garlan Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read Again a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1034
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 401 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T17:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-283 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/972b1cff-c9ab-4db9-8a36-99f559899211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).