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Alabama Legislature · HB2 · Enacted

Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable

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Officially: “Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable Read the full text

2026 regular session

What it does

This act is the Gulf of America Act. This act: (1) renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for all purposes within the state; (2) requires all state and local entities and their employees to refer to the body of water as the Gulf of America, reflect the new name in all newly created maps, documents, educational materials, websites, official communications, and other resources, and make reasonable efforts to update all pre-existing resources where practicable if not an operational or fi
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Where it is

Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 13, 2026
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Standridge

Recorded votes

Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-01 · yeas 26, nays 5, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-01 · yeas 26, nays 6, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-19 · yeas 26, nays 7, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 74, nays 30, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 74, nays 28, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 74, nays 30, abstains 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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