# Alabama HB122: Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program; participating teacher with over 20 years of advanced contract criteria service may be offered contract for up to five years instead of required offer of five years Alabama HB122, Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program; participating teacher with over 20 years of advanced contract criteria service may be offered contract for up to five years instead of required offer of five years, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Terri Collins (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-03-26 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB122-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB122 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program; participating teacher with over 20 years of advanced contract criteria service may be offered contract for up to five years instead of required offer of five years - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-03-26, Enacted - Sponsor: Terri Collins (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (354 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Experienced teachers lose guaranteed five-year contract offers: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Alabama no longer requires five-year contract offers for qualifying teachers in its TEAMS salary program. This applies to teachers with more than 20 years of service meeting the program’s advanced-contract criteria. These teachers can still receive contracts lasting up to… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Terri Collins (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 788 | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 92 | 0 | 11 | | 2026-01-29 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 211 | pass | 96 | 0 | 5 | | 2026-01-29 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 210 | pass | 96 | 0 | 6 | ## Actions (21) - 2026-03-26: Enacted (House) - 2026-03-11: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-03-10: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 788 (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-03-10: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-03-10: Enrolled (House) - 2026-02-12: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-29: Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2026-01-29: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 210 (House) - 2026-01-29: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 211 (House) - 2026-01-29: Engrossed (House) - 2026-01-29: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-21: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2026-01-13: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy (House) - 2026-01-13: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (enacted) - SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026 (enacted) - SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption (enacted) - HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for (enacted) - SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial tr… (enacted) - SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular (enacted) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB122-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB67-2026rs) - [SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB154-2026rs) - [SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require in…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB165-2026rs) - [HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for vio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB317-2026rs) - [SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitatio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB272-2026rs) - [SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB190-2026rs) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB122-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).