---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable"
description: "Government Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Alabama HB 2 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Standridge"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60fea605-bb2d-4697-aa8e-994c1ec76ea8"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "30a4d251d400e460558beae1f7a034bd9e30f68bf30a1cb06c94ef774175327d"
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 2 (2026rs) — Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable

Government Administration

## 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/2026RS/HB2-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB2-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 535** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XDPUG7Z-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB2-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Standridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1009 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 1008
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 536 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 535
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** State Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (State Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (State Government)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60fea605-bb2d-4697-aa8e-994c1ec76ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).