# Alabama SB1: Public education employees, providing compensation to full-time public education employees, on the job injury program, trust fund, and board created Alabama SB1, Public education employees, providing compensation to full-time public education employees, on the job injury program, trust fund, and board created, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Sam Givhan (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-24 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB1-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB1 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Public education employees, providing compensation to full-time public education employees, on the job injury program, trust fund, and board created - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-04-24, Enacted - Sponsor: Sam Givhan (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (429 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More education workers’ injuries qualify for compensation: benefit, medium. Public education employees no longer need an injury to stop them from working to qualify for injury compensation. The injury must arise from employment, happen while performing duties, or occur on employer property at the employer’s direction or request. Mental injuries are covered only when a phys… - Education workers face injury reporting deadlines: cost, low. Public education employees must give written injury notice within five working days after the injury. Notice goes to an immediate supervisor, executive officer, or school principal, if applicable. If the employee dies or is medically unable to report, someone with reasonable knowledge can notify th… - New injury claims system for education workers: mixed, medium. Alabama creates an injury compensation program, trust fund, and governing board for covered full-time public education employees. The Board sets and publishes the start date, no later than October 1, 2026. The program is the only remedy for injuries on or after that date; earlier injuries stay with… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sam Givhan (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Givhan Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 702 | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 653 | pass | 102 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 652 | pass | 101 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 124 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 123 | pass | 32 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-04-24: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-04-17: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Givhan Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 702 (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Third Reading in Second House (House) - 2025-04-08: Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-04-08: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 652 (House) - 2025-04-08: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 653 (House) - 2025-04-03: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-04-02: Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-04-02: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-02-20: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education (House) - 2025-02-20: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-02-19: Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Givhan 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 123 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 124 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB1-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB1-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB1-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/SB1-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB1-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB1-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-SB1-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).