# Alabama HB372: Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized

Alabama HB372, Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Phillip Rigsby (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-04-16 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB372
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-03
- Last action: 2026-04-16, Enacted
- Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Insurance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (232 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Alabama authorizes two pharmacy oversight jobs: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2026, Alabama’s insurance commissioner can hire two employees for the Department of Insurance’s Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division. These jobs are outside the state Merit System and are added to other exempt jobs already authorized. The commissioner sets their pay. Hiring must fol…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1313 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 102 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-02-26 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 646 | pass | 100 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-16: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-09: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1313 (Senate)
- 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)
- 2026-03-17: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-02-26: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 646 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-02-03: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance (House)
- 2026-02-03: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB372-int.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB372-enr.pdf)

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- 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)
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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB372-int.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB372-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-HB372-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).