# Alabama SB173: Retirement, State Facilitated Retirement Savings Program created

Alabama SB173, Retirement, State Facilitated Retirement Savings Program created, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Robert Stewart (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-05-06 (Currently Indefinitely Postponed) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama SB173
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Retirement, State Facilitated Retirement Savings Program created
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- Sponsor: Robert Stewart (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Retirement
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Robert Stewart (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jack W. Williams (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kirk Hatcher (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Merika Coleman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodger M. Smitherman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Vivian Davis Figures (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: William M. Beasley (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2025-05-06: Currently Indefinitely Postponed (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB173-int.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/SB173-int.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB173-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).