# Alabama HB160: Tuscaloosa County; overtime compensation, public safety employees, further provided Alabama HB160, Tuscaloosa County; overtime compensation, public safety employees, further provided, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ron Bolton (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-02-24 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB160-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB160 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Tuscaloosa County; overtime compensation, public safety employees, further provided - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-02-24, Enacted - Sponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Tuscaloosa County - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (132 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Municipal firefighters get overtime compensation choices: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, full-time, paid municipal fire protection employees in Tuscaloosa County can receive time-and-a-half overtime pay. They can instead choose 1.5 hours of compensatory leave for each qualifying overtime hour. Overtime applies after 24 hours in a tour of duty or 53 hours in a… - Tuscaloosa public safety director loses overtime eligibility: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Tuscaloosa's Executive Director of Public Safety is excluded from these overtime benefits. The person holding this job cannot receive overtime pay or compensatory leave under the law-enforcement and fire-protection provisions. - Police overtime choices and longer shifts: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Tuscaloosa County and city law-enforcement officers keep time-and-a-half overtime pay or their choice of time-and-a-half leave. This includes officers employed under L.E.A.A. or L.E.P.A. grants. The regular thresholds remain more than 8 hours daily or 40 hours in a calend… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 377 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 110 | pass | 16 | 0 | 83 | | 2026-01-22 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 58 | 0 | 39 | ## Actions (17) - 2026-02-24: Enacted (House) - 2026-02-17: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-02-12: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 377 (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-02-12: Enrolled (House) - 2026-02-10: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-22: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 110 (House) - 2026-01-22: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation (Senate) - 2026-01-22: 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 Tuscaloosa County Legislation (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/HB160-int.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB160-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/HB160-int.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB160-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-HB160-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).