# Alabama HB224: Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided

Alabama HB224, Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell (Democratic); status enacted, last action 2026-04-16 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB224
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-16, Enacted
- Sponsor: Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Appropriations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (237 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More funding to run Alabama food stamps: benefit, low. Alabama’s Department of Human Resources gets more quarterly funding to run the statewide food stamp program. The payment rate rises from 5% to 7.5%. It applies to the previous quarter’s statewide food stamp benefits, minus amounts paid by recipients. This does not directly increase household food s…
- Children’s health insurance loses tax funding priority: cost, low. Alabama removes a funding priority for its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Certain use-tax money going to the State General Fund no longer must fund CHIP first each year. The law sets no replacement funding amount. This change does not itself change who qualifies or their benefits.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andy Whitt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bill Lamb (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Blackshear (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Curtis Travis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Donna Givens (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeff Sorrells (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Laura Hall (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rex Reynolds (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1289 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1139 | pass | 103 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 104 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-16: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-09: Ready to Enroll (House)
- 2026-04-09: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-04-09: Signature Requested (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Delivered to Governor (House)
- 2026-04-08: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1289 (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-04-01: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1139 (House)
- 2026-03-31: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-03-31: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-14: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund (House)
- 2026-01-14: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB224-int.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB224-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/HB224-int.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB224-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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB224-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).