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AlabamaHB1532026 Regular SessionHouse

Class 8 municipalities; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out of county personnel board

Sponsored By: Danny Garrett (Republican)

Enacted

Counties & Municipalities

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Required job protections for municipal workers

A municipality that leaves its county personnel board must create its own civil service system. It must protect existing county-system appointees' rights they have earned or are earning, except as otherwise provided by law. The municipality cannot engage in discrimination prohibited by state or federal law. It must adopt a policy banning favoritism or discrimination in hiring, promotion, demotion, and dismissal. That policy must cover political or religious views or affiliations, race, gender, and other reasons barred by law.

Some Alabama cities can leave personnel boards

The law lets qualifying Class 8 municipalities leave their county personnel board by passing an ordinance. They must span two counties and have at least 25,000 residents according to the last decennial census. They must also have been under a county personnel board on January 1, 2023. Leaving takes effect six months after the ordinance takes effect. Municipalities must wait at least 10 years after leaving before passing an ordinance to rejoin. Rejoining takes effect six months after that ordinance takes effect; copies of both types of ordinances must reach the board. The law takes effect immediately and replaces the earlier opt-out law, Section 11-43-5.2. It applies retroactively to confirm prior municipal opt-outs and civil service systems created under Act 2023-460.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Danny Garrett

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 264 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/10/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 324

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/10/2026

Third Reading in Second House

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 1/20/2026

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 103 • No: 0

House vote • 1/20/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 60

Yes: 97 • No: 0 • Other: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    2/24/2026House

  2. Signature Requested

    2/17/2026Senate

  3. Delivered to Governor

    2/17/2026House

  4. Ready to Enroll

    2/12/2026House

  5. Enrolled

    2/12/2026House

  6. Third Reading in Second House

    2/10/2026Senate

  7. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 324

    2/10/2026Senate

  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    1/29/2026Senate

  9. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    1/28/2026Senate

  10. Third Reading in House of Origin

    1/20/2026House

  11. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 60

    1/20/2026House

  12. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government

    1/20/2026Senate

  13. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    1/20/2026Senate

  14. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    1/14/2026House

  15. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    1/14/2026House

  16. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government

    1/13/2026House

  17. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    1/13/2026House

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