# Alabama HB237: Education Opportunities Reserve Fund transfers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 Alabama HB237, Education Opportunities Reserve Fund transfers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Danny Garrett (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-04-09 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB237-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB237 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Education Opportunities Reserve Fund transfers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enacted - Sponsor: Danny Garrett (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (379 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More funding for Alabama student excellence: benefit, medium. The law takes effect immediately. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, it transfers $399.15 million from Alabama's Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund to the Renewing Alabama's Investment in Student Excellence (RAISE) Fund. Lawmakers can budget this money to continue and expand the RAI… - Startup funding for Alabama higher education: benefit, medium. The law takes effect immediately, but this transfer requires enactment of HB 565 or SB 344 from the 2026 Regular Session. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, the transfer is $100.85 million from Alabama's Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund to the College and Higher Education Excellen… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Danny Garrett (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-02 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1104 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 873 | pass | 105 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 104 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 874 | pass | 104 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-09: Enacted (House) - 2026-04-02: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1104 (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-04-02: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-04-02: Enrolled (House) - 2026-04-02: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-04-01: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-03-12: Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute Offered (House) - 2026-03-12: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 873 (House) - 2026-03-12: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 874 (House) - 2026-03-12: Engrossed (House) - 2026-03-12: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute (House) - 2026-03-11: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2026-03-11: 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 Education (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/HB237-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB237-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB237-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/HB237-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB237-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB237-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-HB237-2026rs (as of 2026-10-19).