A bill brought forth by state Rep. David Standridge, R-Hayden, to endorse President Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico, failed Tuesday in the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government.

The bill failed with a tie of four yays and four nays.

Under HB247, all state and local entities and their employees would have been required to use the term Gulf of America “in all newly created maps, documents, educational materials, websites, official communications, and other resources.”

Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, on Tuesday was the latest of several Democratic lawmakers to question the bill’s necessity.

“Why?” Coleman-Madison asked Standridge.

“We’re changing history and trying to not give credit to a population of people.”

Standridge said he authored the bill in support of Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf and to maintain consistency in federal and state materials.

“I think it’s just an appropriate name for a resource that we use more than any other country,” he said previously.

Sen. Merika Coleman, D-Montgomery, also pressed Standridge on how much it would cost Alabama taxpayers for the state to update these materials.

Standridge said the number was “unknown” but referenced a portion of the bill which states agencies and employees would not be required to update their materials if it would impose “an operational or financial burden.”