SB237 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

Senate Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2023

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tom Butler Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2023
Title: To amend Sections 41-9-233 and 41-9-235, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017; to require a controlling governmental entity that replaces a memorial building to maintain the original name or erect a marker memorializing the name; to provide that a petition for waiver is deemed denied if the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection fails to act on an application for waiver within 90 days; to revise penalties for violations; to authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action; and to require the Alabama State Council on the Arts to oversee the design, construction, and installation of a replica Saturn 1B Rocket at the most northern I-65 rest stop in the state.
Description: Under existing law, the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 prohibits architecturally significant buildings, memorial buildings, memorial streets, and monuments that are located on public property, and have been so situated for 40 or more years, from being relocated, removed, altered, renamed, or otherwise disturbed unless the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection grants a waiver, and provides penalties for violations.
This bill would require a controlling governmental entity that replaces a memorial building to maintain the original name or erect a marker memorializing the name.
This bill would provide that a petition for waiver is deemed denied if the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection fails to act on an application for waiver within 90 days.
This bill would revise the penalties for violations and would authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action.
This bill would also require the Alabama State Council on the Arts to oversee the design, construction, and installation of a replica of the Saturn 1B Rocket, previously located at the I-65 SB237 INTRODUCED Ardmore Welcome Center in Elkmont, Alabama, at the most northern I-65 rest stop in the state.