# Alabama HB157: County officials, uniform increases such as cost-of-living, newly elected or appointed officials, included in initial compensation under Omnibus Pay Act Alabama HB157, County officials, uniform increases such as cost-of-living, newly elected or appointed officials, included in initial compensation under Omnibus Pay Act, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Paul W. Lee (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-14 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB157-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB157 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: County officials, uniform increases such as cost-of-living, newly elected or appointed officials, included in initial compensation under Omnibus Pay Act - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-05-14, Enacted - Sponsor: Paul W. Lee (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Counties & Municipalities - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (233 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New county officials keep prior pay: benefit, medium. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, for Alabama officials covered by the Omnibus Pay Act. Officials elected or appointed after that date get the previous officeholder’s pay, including uniform raises, as their starting pay. They remain entitled to uniform raises, subject to the limits for raises gran… - Local raises can pause county officials’ raises: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Legislature retains authority to raise covered Alabama county officials’ pay through local laws. A local-law pay increase blocks uniform raises until pay calculated under the uniform-raise rules equals or exceeds that local-law increase. A local law can provide a differe… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Paul W. Lee (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-06 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 985 | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 102 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 281 | pass | 97 | 0 | 5 | ## Actions (16) - 2025-05-14: Enacted (House) - 2025-05-06: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 985 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-05-06: Enrolled (House) - 2025-05-06: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-03-18: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-27: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 281 (House) - 2025-02-20: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-02-19: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Fiscal Responsibility (House) - 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB157-int.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB157-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted) - SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted) - SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted) - HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted) - HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted) - HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB157-int.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB157-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs) - [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs) - [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs) - [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs) - [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs) - [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs) - [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-HB157-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).