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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; to authorize the department to distribute funds appropriated for that purpose to any government or private entity to accomplish the design, construction, and installation of a replica of the Saturn 1B Rocket or similar structure at the northernmost Interstate 65 rest stop in the state, if the original rocket located at the Interstate 65 Ardmore Welcome Center in Elkmont, Alabama is beyond restoration or repair; and to allocate funding under the department's Planning Program."
description: "Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, required to provide for repair or replica of Saturn 1B rocket"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Alabama SB 313 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Butler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T19:35:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856d6658-7e61-45c8-9915-b1a21a498a3d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "32f72a903ee9cf61fcd1ccaf61b4e1f81c382f33d24ca244eec0d5cca63e1750"
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 313 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; to authorize the department to distribute funds appropriated for that purpose to any government or private entity to accomplish the design, construction, and installation of a replica of the Saturn 1B Rocket or similar structure at the northernmost Interstate 65 rest stop in the state, if the original rocket located at the Interstate 65 Ardmore Welcome Center in Elkmont, Alabama is beyond restoration or repair; and to allocate funding under the department's Planning Program.
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, required to provide for repair or replica of Saturn 1B rocket
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB313-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1279218.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8QE5FF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/8QE5FF-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB313-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 1008 on SB313 (2023 Regular Session) — **350** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1102 on SB313 (2023 Regular Session) — **1010** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1231 on SB313 (2023 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1101 on SB313 (2023 Regular Session) — **1020** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tom Butler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07T19:35:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-415 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/856d6658-7e61-45c8-9915-b1a21a498a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).