# Alabama HB309: Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; required to renegotiate contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans every five years Alabama HB309, Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; required to renegotiate contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans every five years, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Danny Garrett (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-21 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB309-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB309 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; required to renegotiate contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans every five years - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-04-21, Enacted - Sponsor: Danny Garrett (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (358 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New contract review rules for education workers: mixed, low. Effective upon enactment, Alabama's Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board must review health plan and administration contracts every year. It must renegotiate most contracts through competition at least every three years. For Medicare retiree health care contracts, competitive renegoti… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Danny Garrett (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 690 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 305 | pass | 97 | 0 | 3 | | 2025-03-04 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 101 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 306 | pass | 96 | 0 | 3 | ## Actions (21) - 2025-04-21: Enacted (House) - 2025-04-15: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 690 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled (House) - 2025-04-03: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2025-03-04: Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-03-04: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 305 (House) - 2025-03-04: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 306 (House) - 2025-03-04: Engrossed (House) - 2025-03-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-02-26: Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-02-26: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-18: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education (House) - 2025-02-18: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB309-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB309-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB309-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/HB309-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB309-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB309-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-HB309-2025rs (as of 2026-10-19).