# Alabama HB186: Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 Alabama HB186, Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Rex Reynolds (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-06 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB186-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB186 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Enacted - Sponsor: Rex Reynolds (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Appropriations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (598 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 122 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Dan Grimes receives wrongful-incarceration award funding: benefit, high. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides a one-time $50,000 payment for Dan Grimes's wrongful-incarceration compensation award. The payment funds the award from the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration. It is not a benefit available to the public. - Two recipients receive wrongful incarceration awards: benefit, high. For fiscal year 2026, the law funds two awards from the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration. Beniah Dandridge receives a one-time $50,000 award. Bridget Lee receives a one-time $18,768 award. These payments are for the named recipients, not a generally available benefit. - Longer Medicaid coverage after childbirth: benefit, high. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $4 million for a Medicaid pilot extending postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months. Coverage is for people eligible through the pilot, not an automatic promise to every new mother. Medicaid must review costs, use of postpartum services, and health outcome… - Medicaid drug access and payment rules: benefit, medium. Alabama Medicaid can require prior approval for antipsychotic drugs only to manage use outside FDA-approved purposes. It must make every effort to provide medicines prescribed for FDA-approved uses for mental illness and HIV/AIDS. Medicaid cannot pay for a generic drug that costs more than its bran… - Court budget funds higher juror pay: benefit, medium. The Unified Judicial System receives about $226.75 million for the year ending September 30, 2026. This includes about $184.39 million from the State General Fund and $42.36 million from other funds. Named amounts include $3.795 million for higher juror pay, $94,317 for Access to Justice, and $60,0… - Health coverage funding for eligible children: benefit, medium. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $456.177861 million for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. This includes $85.464751 million from the State General Fund and $370.713110 million from other funds. The money supports coverage for eligible children; the law does not change who qualifies. Pu… - Funding Alabama roads, airports, and debt: benefit, medium. For fiscal year 2026, transportation funding includes $265 million for Rebuild Alabama, $70 million for aviation, and $11 million for industrial access. It also includes $800,000 for the Electronic Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program; funding sources include $550 million from the Public Roa… - Accountancy applicants can receive fee refunds: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law appropriates $2.3 million from the State Board of Public Accountancy Fund. It also authorizes any additional money needed for qualifying license-application fee refunds. Refunds apply when the Board rejects an application or the applicant requests wit… - Funding for crime victim compensation: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $1.7 million from a State General Fund transfer for crime victim compensation. It also provides $2.675 million from the Crime Victims Compensation Commission Fund. Victims must qualify under Alabama's existing compensation laws. The law does not set individual… - Continued Medicaid care and equipment support: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama Medicaid must make every effort to keep adult prosthetic and orthotic program funding level. Medicaid must also continue funding and supporting the PACE program under written agreements. The law states no funding amount for either direction and does not promise a speci… - Cullman care receives low-income support: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law gives Good Samaritan Cullman $250,000 for care for people who cannot afford it. The provision does not set an individual benefit amount or a household eligibility formula. - Seniors get help finding available benefits: benefit, low. SenioRx continues prescription medicine assistance and adds comprehensive benefits screening and application help. An Area Agency on Aging provides the added help. The Department of Senior Services must designate that agency as an Aging and Disability Resource Center. The law does not change benefi… - State employee insurance contribution rate set: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the state employee insurance contribution rate is $1,025 monthly for each full-time employee. This is not the employee’s out-of-pocket premium. Up to $2.5 million in extra State General Fund money supports increased employer contributions. General Fund payrolls, including the… - Support for ALS and dialysis patients: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $750,000 to the ALS Association for care, treatment, and regional multidisciplinary clinics. It also provides $225,000 to the Kidney Foundation for dialysis patient transportation. The law does not set per-person assistance amounts, application rules, or guara… - Funding for renters facing eviction: benefit, low. The law provides $650,000 through Alabama’s Department of Mental Health for the Anti-Eviction Defense Program. The funding covers October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The provision does not set eligibility rules, specific services, or individual benefit amounts. - Application fee refunds for contractors: benefit, low. The law funds refunds of general contractor license application fees for fiscal year 2026. Refunds cover applications rejected by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors or withdrawn at the applicant’s request. The law provides whatever funding is needed but does not state the refund amou… - Alabama Women's Commission receives annual funding: benefit, low. The law provides $65,561 for the Alabama Women's Commission for the year ending September 30, 2026. The provision does not specify a service change, individual eligibility rule, or direct household payment. - Anniston Army Depot receives state support: benefit, low. The law provides $75,000 for Anniston Army Depot for the year ending September 30, 2026. The provision does not specify a project, household service, or direct payment. - Child protection and coordination receive funding: benefit, low. The law provides about $14.92 million for child abuse prevention and related social services through September 30, 2026. This includes $566,931 from a General Fund transfer and about $14.35 million from the Child Abuse Prevention Operating Fund. Within the total, $60,000 supports the Human Traffick… - Conservation lands and natural heritage receive funding: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the Forever Wild Land Trust's capital program receives $15.464265 million. That appropriation follows Section 219.07 of Alabama's Constitution. The law also provides $3 million from the Forever Wild Trust Fund Stewardship Fund for the Alabama Natural Heritage Program. These fu… - Corrections programs receive operating fund support: benefit, low. The law provides $14.1 million for the Department of Corrections' Community Corrections Program. It also provides $1.25 million for LEOTech within its Institutional Services Corrections Program. The provisions do not describe individual services or payments. Corrections asset-sale receipts deposite… - County jails receive prisoner meal funding: benefit, low. The law provides $15.3 million for meals for people held in county jails in fiscal year 2026. The money covers feeding expenses under Alabama Code Sections 14-6-42 and 14-6-47. It supports jail operations rather than direct household payments. - Courts receive money for legal expenses: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $5.5 million for specified court-assessed costs. It also provides $264,500 for legal costs approved by the Attorney General. Another $15,630 covers reasonable attorney expenses for people under death sentences in state collateral proceedings. A court must find… - Crime victim organizations receive state funding: benefit, low. The law provides $200,000 to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission for SAFE processing expenses. The provision does not define SAFE. For the year ending September 30, 2026, Victims of Crime and Leniency receives $100,000. The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence receives $475,000… - Disaster readiness and relief receive funding: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the State Property Floodplain Management Program receives $1.2 million. The Alabama Disaster Relief Fund receives $500,000. DeKalb County's Emergency Management Agency receives $400,000, and the Gap-Filling Weather Data Fund receives $300,000. These provisions fund public prog… - Disaster response receives state matching funds: benefit, low. The law provides about $5.76 million for Alabama's FEMA administrative costs and grant matches in fiscal year 2026. Funding requires a presidential declaration of a man-made, technological, biological, or natural disaster area. FEMA must also require Alabama to provide a state grant match. The appr… - Environmental programs receive dedicated fund support: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the Environmental Management Department's Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Program receives $375,000. The department also receives $3.505 million from the Alabama Recycling Fund, subject to Alabama Code sections 22-27-17 and 22-27-18. The law authorizes spending $36.8 mil… - Extra balance can fund Capitol security: benefit, low. The law sets aside $1 million for Capitol security through September 30, 2026. Release requires a State General Fund beginning balance above $333.607538 million, excluding reversions and adjustments. Unanticipated, unappropriated money must remain after the first $37.5 million allocation. This secu… - Five waterways groups share state funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law divides $325,000 equally among five waterways groups. Each receives $65,000: the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association, Tri-Rivers Water Development Association, and Tennessee River Valley Association. The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association… - Funding for appeals courts and oversight: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, State General Fund money provides about $5.45 million for civil appeals and $5.46 million for criminal appeals. The Supreme Court receives about $15.83 million, including $125,697 to coordinate free legal help in civil cases. Its library receives about $1.35 million, and the J… - Funding for audits and trust management: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, state audit services receive about $19.08 million, including about $11.42 million in State General Fund money. Federal and local funds supply about $7.66 million; audited agencies can also transfer money through the statutory audit fund. The appropriation includes the annual A… - Funding for child and family programs: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Human Resources funding includes $500,000 for Alabama CASA Network’s Court-Appointed Special Advocate programs. It also includes $300,000 for the Alabama Sheriff’s Youth Ranch and $75,000 for Heart Gallery Alabama. CASA and the Youth Ranch must report spending and use by the f… - Funding for children's advocacy centers: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Human Resources receives $1.85 million for the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers. The money supports the network. The law does not set direct family payments or individual eligibility rules. - Funding for children's club programs: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, Boys and Girls Clubs of Alabama receives $360,000 in State General Fund money. It also receives $1.8 million from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as TANF. The law separately lists $10,000 for the A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club. TANF money must… - Funding for consent decree compliance: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $3.715 million to comply with the Hunter v. Beshear consent decree. The provision does not identify specific services, eligible people, or individual benefits. - Funding for conservation and feral hog control: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s State Soil and Water Conservation Committee gets $81,403 for a conservation partnership state match. It also gets $200,000 for the Feral Hog Program. The provisions do not establish direct household payments. - Funding for electronic monitoring operations: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $800,000 for the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles’ Electronic Monitoring Program. The provision funds operations but does not specify who is monitored, monitoring terms, or individual fees. - Funding for emergency forest fire response: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law transfers $250,000 from the State General Fund to the Emergency Forest Fire Fund. The money supports emergency forest-fire response, subject to Alabama Code Section 9-3-10.1. It does not create household payments. - Funding for prisoner meals and expenses: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law transfers $750,000 from the State General Fund to the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund. It also gives Perry County a one-time $250,000 final reimbursement for correctional facility expenses. These payments fund correctional costs, not direct household payments. - Funding for reentry services and grants: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $100,000 for the Reentry Services Program. It also provides $150,000 to The Dannon Project through the Board of Pardons and Paroles. These grants do not set individual benefit amounts or eligibility rules. - Funding for state claims and judgments: benefit, low. The Board of Adjustment receives about $1.52 million for fiscal year 2026, including $16,500 for administration. An estimated $1.502139 million covers spending under Alabama Code Sections 31-3-2, 36-30-2, and 41-9-73. The law also authorizes available agency funds for federally ordered claims, atto… - Funding for state lawyers and Crime Stoppers: benefit, low. The Attorney General’s office gets about $35.24 million for fiscal year 2026. This includes about $14.04 million from the State General Fund and $21.20 million from other funds. The budget includes $550,000 for Crime Stoppers. The Attorney General can also spend money transferred from the Alabama S… - Funding for storage tank safety training: benefit, low. The law provides $150,000 for continuing education on preventing and cleaning up storage tank releases. The training must come from a qualified program approved by Alabama's storage tank trust fund management board. - Funding for the Mowa Band: benefit, low. The Alabama Indian Affairs Commission’s fiscal year 2026 budget includes $155,000 for the Mowa Band of Indians. The provision does not name funded services or set household eligibility rules. - Funding for youth services and diversion: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $1 million for youth diversion services. It also provides $300,000 for juvenile corrections and $716,795 for the Youth Services Financial Assistance Program for school districts. These appropriations cover the year ending September 30, 2026. They do not set di… - Funding keeps legislative offices operating: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the Legislature receives about $27.92 million, including $75,000 for its transportation committee and $5,000 for Law Enforcement Medals. The Legislative Council receives about $2.60 million, and the Legislative Services Agency receives about $5.26 million. The Speaker's office… - Funding preserves Alabama's historical resources: benefit, low. Archives and History receives about $4.09 million for historical resources management through September 30, 2026. About $3.01 million comes from the State General Fund. Dedicated, memorial, service, and federal-grant sources provide the remaining funding. - Funding supports judicial retirement benefits: benefit, low. The law provides an estimated $3.494266 million from the State General Fund for the Judicial Retirement Fund's fringe benefits program. The funding covers the year ending September 30, 2026. It does not specify changes to any retiree's benefit amount or eligibility. - Governor must disclose contingency fund payments: benefit, low. Each Governor's Contingency Fund payment, its purpose, and its recipient must be posted on Open.Alabama.gov. The Governor must also report this information monthly to specified legislative committee chairs and the Legislative Fiscal Officer. The rule makes spending information public; it does not c… - Grants for Alabama museums and historic sites: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law funds named historic sites and groups through the Alabama Historical Commission. Historic Kennedy Cox House gets $200,000; Historic Fendall Hall and Historic Holman House each get $100,000. The Eufaula Heritage Association gets $75,000, Arlington House gets $25,000, an… - Grants for towns and community groups: benefit, low. The fiscal year 2026 budget provides $125,000 for the Roebuck YMCA Project and $250,000 for The Good Sport. Ardmore, Elkmont, Killen, Lexington, and Waterloo each get $25,000. The Woodlawn Foundation gets $150,000, and the Selma stadium gets $50,000. These provisions name recipients but do not spec… - Local parks receive improvement funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $600,000 for Trussville park upgrades. Crenshaw County park improvements receive $400,000. Memorial Park renovations receive $50,000, and St. Florian park upgrades receive $25,000. These funds pay for park improvements rather than direct paym… - Local public safety receives targeted funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, Oxford receives $250,000 for regional public safety. The East Metro Crime Center and Escambia County Sheriff Regional Safety Program each receive $250,000. Walker County Courthouse security receives $100,000. Madison's public safety training facility receives… - Local youth programs receive state grants: benefit, low. The law provides $100,000 for the Baldwin County Youth Dream Center. It also provides $50,000 for the Birmingham Police Athletics Youth Program. Both allocations cover the year ending September 30, 2026. The provisions do not specify services, participant eligibility, or direct family payments. - Matching funds for prison operations grants: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s Department of Corrections can use appropriated money as required and appropriate matching contributions for grants. Grant money raised this way is also approved for spending, but must directly support department operations. The provision sets no dollar amount. - Military Stabilization Committee receives state funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $460,000 for the Military Stabilization Committee. The provision does not describe funded activities or establish a direct household benefit. - Officer hiring funds require staffing growth: benefit, low. The law conditionally provides $40 million to hire correctional officers above the currently funded level. Four equal quarterly releases require available General Fund money, the Finance Director's recommendation, and the Governor's approval. The Finance Director and Legislative Fiscal Officer must… - Redemption Earned receives state program funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $200,000 for Redemption Earned. The provision does not describe the recipient's activities, funding conditions, or direct household benefits. - Rural communities receive fire protection funding: benefit, low. The law provides $1.75 million to buy and maintain forest fire-fighting vehicles and equipment. It also provides $2 million for rural and community fire protection. The funding supports fire-response services, not direct payments or individual service guarantees. - Sheriffs and Muscle Shoals receive funding: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law transfers $5 million from the General Fund for sheriff education, technology, and training. The money goes to the Sheriff's Advancement in Education, Technology, and Training Fund. Muscle Shoals also receives $100,000 from the General Fund for public safety. The law do… - State and local parks receive funding: benefit, low. The law provides $500,000 for a Cheaha State Park fire building and $1.5 million for Rickwood Caverns State Park. Rickwood's money supports an entry road and social event space. Birmingham receives $250,000 for City Walk maintenance, and Fairfield's Willie Mays Park receives $250,000. Hoover receiv… - Traffic study and roadside program get funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the Transportation Department receives $350,000 for a Highway 31 traffic study. The study covers Spanish Fort to Flomaton; it does not itself require road construction. The law also provides $200,000 for the PALS/Adopt-a-Mile Program. The provision does not d… - Wildlife refuge and conservation projects funded: benefit, low. The law provides $1 million for Wheeler Wildlife Refuge through the Outdoor Recreation Sites and Services Program. It also provides $1 million for the Alabama State Wildlife Action Plan. Another $1.2 million supports the Raptor Project within the Game and Fish Program. The provisions do not identif… - Youth detention funding follows counties served: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, each youth detention facility receives $14,000 for every county it serves. Remaining funds are divided among the 12 statewide facilities based on the population of the counties served. The provision does not state the total funding pool or create a household payment. - Youth services receive annual program funding: benefit, low. The law provides about $39.09 million for the Youth Services Program in fiscal year 2026. About $7.38 million comes from the State General Fund and $31.72 million from other funds. The appropriation supports program operations but sets no direct household payment. - Professional licensing boards receive operating funds: benefit, low. The law funds three professional licensing and regulation programs through September 30, 2026. The bail bonding board receives $250,000 from its board fund. The Alabama State Bar receives about $7.07 million from federal, local, and State Bar Association Fund money. The chiropractic examiners board… - State matches federal water project funding: benefit, low. The law provides $3 million in state matching funds for federal drinking-water and clean-water revolving funds. It provides another $14.871776 million in matching funds tied to the 2021 federal infrastructure law. That additional match covers federal funding under sections 50102 and 50210. The mone… - Calhoun County receives addiction prevention funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $135,000 for substance abuse prevention in Calhoun County. The money goes through the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The provision does not set individual eligibility rules or household payments. - Community agencies receive low-income service grants: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the Community Action Association of Alabama receives $750,000 for agency grants. Recipient agencies must be in good standing with the Association. Money is divided based on the number of people below the poverty level served. The Association can use no more t… - Food banks and healthy food receive funding: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $750,000 for the Food Bank Grant Program. It provides $700,000 for East Alabama Food Bank building or other capital improvements. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative receives $200,000. These provisions do not set household eligibility or th… - Funding for cancer screening services: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $600,000 for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. It also provides $300,000 for colorectal cancer and prostate screenings. The law does not state who qualifies or guarantee a screening for any individual. - Funding for care at rural hospitals: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $7 million for rural hospital inpatient and outpatient services in Alabama. The appropriation covers the state share and related federal matching funds. A hospital’s address must qualify as CMS Rural under the Rural Health Clinics Program. This money is separa… - Funding for clinics and dental help: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $1.5 million to the Association of Free Clinics. Distribution requires a spending plan submitted to and approved by the Department of Public Health. The Medicaid budget also includes $50,000 for a dental services project for disabled or low-income patients. Th… - Funding for community mental health services: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $6.25 million for community mental health centers. It must be combined with $5.75 million from the Education Trust Fund appropriations act. The law requires at least $10 million in state funds for the centers. It also provides $100,000 for Black Women’s Mental… - Funding for disease prevention and treatment: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $4 million for the Communicable Disease Program. It provides $2.5 million for disease events, outbreaks, and tracking, including the Alabama Drug Assistance Program and other AIDS programs. Another $170,000 funds hepatitis A and B vaccines for adults. The law… - Funding for mental health crisis care: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $36 million for six existing crisis diversion centers. It provides $6 million for five existing rural crisis care programs. Another $8 million adds civil commitment beds and protects existing beds from closing because of financial problems. The law provides $1… - Funding for rural emergency medical equipment: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $2.5 million for rural emergency medical equipment grants. Eligible applicants are counties, cities, hospitals, or ambulance services operating emergency medical services in rural counties. Grants cover up to 75% of ambulance, rapid-response vehicle, cardiac m… - Funding for veterans’ care and services: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $7 million for the Veterans Grant Program and $1.279764 million for cemetery services. It provides $300,000 for suicide prevention among service members, veterans, and their families. Another $200,000 supports the Veteran’s PTSD Treatment Program through the D… - Funding supports qualifying Alabama hospital care: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, Medicaid funding includes $15 million for inpatient and outpatient hospital services. Services must be delivered in Alabama. Hospitals must meet the federal definition cited in the law and participate directly as qualified funding recipients. This funds hospi… - Funding supports youth behavioral health services: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law provides $4.75 million for services to Medicaid-eligible children and youth. They must have severe emotional disturbance or autism spectrum disorder. It also provides $60,000 through the Mental Health Department for the Alabama Interagency Autism Coor… - Higher provider rates for addiction services: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $3.482142 million for higher community provider rates in the Substance Abuse Program. It also provides $310,000 for substance abuse prevention services through the Department of Mental Health. These are service-provider funds, not direct household payments. - Higher rates for intellectual disability care: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $11.071429 million for higher community provider rates for intellectual disability services. It also provides $1.237025 million for higher residential habilitation provider rates in the same program. The law does not state how much any person’s services or cos… - Leftover food stamp funds help children: benefit, low. Human Resources must keep appropriated sales-tax money left over after funding the food stamp program. The money cannot revert to the Education Trust Fund. The department must use the excess for direct services to children, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs. The law states… - Mobile autism testing in two counties: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, ARC of Jackson County gets $100,000 for a mobile autism-testing unit. ARC of Madison County gets $105,298 for the same purpose. The law does not state who qualifies, whether testing has a fee, or any household payment. - Mobile crisis care pilot for children: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama provides $5 million for a pilot program for mobile crisis centers. The centers serve children and adolescents. The law does not set individual eligibility rules, service duration, or family costs. - Trust fund money supports senior services: benefit, low. The Department of Senior Services receives money that becomes available from the Senior Services Trust Fund. This authority covers the year ending September 30, 2026. The law sets no fixed amount or individual household payment. - Family centers receive work support funding: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, 24 current family resource centers equally share $1.8 million in state money and $1.2 million in TANF money. Three emerging sites equally share $225,000 in state money and $150,000 in TANF money. Those sites are ELI Thrive, Family Services Center Barbour County/Clearinghouse,… - Funding for construction worker training: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute gets $2 million for recruitment, training, and promotion. The money comes from the Recruitment and Training Promotion Fund. The provision does not set participant eligibility or individual assistance amounts. - Funding for prison arts and education: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $200,000 for the Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project. The money goes through the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. The provision does not set participant eligibility, specific services, or individual benefit amounts. - Funding for therapeutic education in Columbiana: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $6.9 million for Therapeutic Education in Columbiana, Alabama. The provision does not identify the provider, eligible participants, or specific services funded. - Funding for workforce transportation and safety: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s Department of Workforce gets $200,000 for Statewide Transportation for Workforce Development. It also gets $350,000 for the Mine Safety Inspection Program. The appropriations support workforce access and mine safety, without setting direct payments to workers. - Funding supports minority affairs and students: benefit, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the Office of Minority Affairs receives about $1.80 million in State General Fund money. This includes $520,000 for the Alabama HBCU Co-op Program, supporting participating historically Black colleges and universities. The law does not set individual student… - Business support funding for former offenders: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $125,000 for a pilot supporting small business development by former offenders. The pilot works with the Alabama Department of Corrections. It also provides $200,000 for the Ex-offender Small Business Support Program. These provisions do not set participant el… - Agencies can spend extra grant receipts: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, state recipients can spend gifts, grants, insurance payments, contributions, and entitlements above budgeted amounts. The money must serve its original purpose, and recurring receipts are reappropriated. The law generally excludes Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund an… - Alcohol board keeps bailment fee revenue: benefit, low. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board keeps all revenue from bailment fees for its operations. The provision does not state a revenue amount or create a new household fee. - Approval rules for tobacco settlement spending: benefit, low. The law authorizes allocation of tobacco settlement or lawsuit revenue Alabama receives for the year ending September 30, 2026. Allocations must follow the applicable Alabama Code provisions. The Finance Director and the House and Senate General Fund budget committee chairs must recommend the alloc… - Counties and cities receive improvement funding: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama Trust Fund income supplies an estimated $29.193307 million for county capital improvements. A separate estimated $29.193307 million goes to municipal capital improvements. The law does not name specific projects or provide household payments. - Funding for Alabama ports and rail membership: benefit, low. The law provides $4 million to the Alabama State Port Authority for capital projects. The fiscal year 2026 budget also provides $250,000 for the Port of Bayou La Batre. It provides another $60,000 for Alabama’s Southern Rails Commission membership dues. The provisions do not name specific port proj… - Funding for architect licensing oversight: benefit, low. The architects registration board receives $683,740 from its fund for the year ending September 30, 2026. The money supports professional licensing and regulation. The provision does not specify new fees or household payments. - Funding for broadband access grants: benefit, low. The Broadband Accessibility Grant Program gets $5 million for fiscal year 2026. That includes $3 million from the State General Fund and $2 million from other funds. The money must go to this grant program. The provision does not set household eligibility or individual benefit amounts. - Funding for military base planning groups: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law funds three groups connected to military base realignment and closure planning. BRAC Fort Novosel, BRAC Montgomery, and Madison County BRAC each get $75,000. Madison County’s funding comes from the State General Fund. The provisions do not specify funded activities or… - Funding for regional and business development: benefit, low. The law provides $1 million to Innovation Depot. For fiscal year 2026, it provides about $7 million to the Alabama Association of Regional Councils. It also provides $1.5 million from the State General Fund for Main Street Alabama Program members. Members as of October 1, 2025, share that money equ… - Funding for rural energy infrastructure planning: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the Alabama Growth Alliance gets $1.5 million to develop rural and energy infrastructure growth strategies. The work is part of the Catalyst strategic plan. The provision funds planning, not a specified construction project or a direct cut in household energy costs. - Funding for the state auditor’s work: benefit, low. The State Auditor gets about $1.30 million from the State General Fund for fiscal year 2026. The money supports the office’s fiscal management program. It does not provide direct payments to households. - Funding for tourism grants and attractions: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s Tourism Department gets $3 million for Local and State Economy Tourism Grants. Named funding includes $1.25 million for the World Police and Fire Games. Blackbelt Adventures, Talladega Superspeedway security expenses, and the USS Alabama Battleship each receive $750,… - Funding supports agriculture and water programs: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Agriculture and Industries receives about $85.07 million, including about $22.04 million from the State General Fund. Named amounts include $350,000 for a Lauderdale County veterinary assistant program and $500,000 for cellulose-based product research. Sweet Grown Alabama rece… - Port funding requires demonstrated need: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law sets aside $3.5 million for the Alabama State Port Authority. The money stays in the State General Fund until the Finance Director finds and recommends a demonstrated need. The Governor must approve release, and funds must be available. - State operations receive transfers and interest: benefit, low. The law provides about $1.49 million from a General Fund transfer for State House operations and maintenance. Covered agencies must transfer their listed amounts to the State Personnel Department. Interest on Account No. 0396 goes to the Governor's Contingency Fund for spending at the Governor's di… - Surplus funds support State House and sites: benefit, low. The law sets a fiscal year 2026 General Fund starting-balance threshold of $333.607538 million, excluding reversions and adjustments. When that threshold is exceeded, the first $37.5 million in unanticipated, unappropriated funds goes to the Legislative Council for new State House expenses. Only mo… - Funding for licensing and professional oversight: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, the law funds five licensing and oversight programs through their dedicated funds. It provides $180,650 for assisted living administrators and $150,000 for athletic trainers. Athlete agent oversight gets $20,000, while the Athletic Commission gets $275,000 for licensing, regul… - Funding for Alabama banking oversight: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s State Banking Department gets $21.9 million for financial institution chartering, licensing, and regulation. The money comes from banking assessment fees and the Loan Examination Fund. The appropriation does not specify new consumer charges or direct household paymen… - Funding for health worker training: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2026, Huntsville Hospital Health System gets $2.5 million for schools training people for in-demand health jobs. USA Health, the University of South Alabama Health System, gets $1 million for workforce development. Its funding covers classrooms, equipment, law-enforcement, and teach… - Funding for logging training and grants: benefit, low. The law provides $500,000 to the Forest Worker Training Institute for logging equipment and training. It also puts $1 million into the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund. These provisions do not set individual grant amounts or eligibility rules. - Tax examiner certification receives collected funds: benefit, low. Auburn University's Center for Governmental Services receives qualifying collections to run the local tax examiner certification program. The money comes from collections under Alabama Code Section 40-12-43.1. Eligible collections run from Act 98-191's effective date through September 30, 2025. No… - Limits on prison industry funding: cost, low. For fiscal year 2026, Alabama’s Department of Corrections cannot use State General Fund money for its Correctional Agricultural and Industries Program. The provision does not specify the amount affected or changes to services or prices. - State water litigation spending is capped: cost, low. For the year ending September 30, 2026, the state can spend up to $538,650 on Tri-State Water Litigation legal fees. Spending cannot exceed that amount. This is a state legal expense, not a household payment or fee. - Rural clinicians get service-linked awards: mixed, high. For fiscal year 2026, the law provides $500,000 for awards to physicians and nurse practitioners providing full-time rural primary care. Awards are not guaranteed and cannot exceed $50,000 per contracted year for three years. The area must show a physician shortage in the latest Alabama Primary Car… - Alcohol board funding tracks store operations: mixed, medium. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board receives about $157.62 million from its fund for the year ending September 30, 2026. Extra money covers stores opened or moved during the year and purchases needed to maintain inventory. Local beer and license-tax supervision funding rises when a referendum lega… - Remote towns receive emergency startup grants: mixed, low. The law provides $2.5 million for municipal emergency response or ambulance startup costs in fiscal year 2026. Towns must have 2,500 or fewer residents in the last U.S. Decennial Census and be at least 25 miles from a hospital. Towns offering matching funds or already holding real property get prio… - Agency money moves into general spending: mixed, low. The Department of Revenue must transfer $16.505 million to the State General Fund during fiscal year 2026. The Securities Commission must transfer another $1 million. Each agency makes four equal payments at the beginning of each quarter. The transfers increase general spending resources while movi… - Airport grants limit largest airports’ share: mixed, low. The law provides $15 million for airport development grants in fiscal year 2026. The program operates through an agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation. Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile airports together can receive no more than 50% of the money. Grants among those airports for f… - Deadline for returning older state funds: mixed, low. Older appropriations committed to expenses generally expire by September 30 of the fiscal year immediately following their budget year. The balances return to the State General Fund or the earmarked fund that supplied them. This restores money to those funds but limits how long agencies can keep co… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Rex Reynolds (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Blackshear (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 869 | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 868 | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Concur In and Adopted Senate Amendment | pass | 100 | 0 | 3 | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 871 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 870 | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 605 | pass | 98 | 0 | 3 | | 2025-04-03 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 603 | pass | 96 | 1 | 3 | | 2025-04-03 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 604 | pass | 99 | 3 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 606 | pass | 95 | 3 | 3 | ## Actions (37) - 2025-05-06: Enacted (House) - 2025-05-01: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-04-30: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-04-30: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-04-30: Enrolled (House) - 2025-04-29: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Finance and Taxation General Fund 1st Substitute Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 868 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Albritton 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 869 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Chambliss 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 870 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 871 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Concur In and Adopted Senate Amendment (House) - 2025-04-24: Finance and Taxation General Fund 1st Substitute (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2025-04-03: Ways and Means General Fund 1st Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-04-03: Ways and Means General Fund 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-04-03: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 603 (House) - 2025-04-03: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 604 (House) - 2025-04-03: Reynolds 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-04-03: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 605 (House) - 2025-04-03: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 606 (House) - 2025-04-03: Engrossed (House) - 2025-04-01: Ways and Means General Fund 1st Substitute (House) - 2025-04-01: Ways and Means General Fund 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-04-01: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2025-04-01: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-02-05: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund (House) - 2025-02-05: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB186-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB186-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB186-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/HB186-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB186-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB186-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-HB186-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).