# Alabama SB199: State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established Alabama SB199, State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Vivian Davis Figures (Democratic); status enacted, last action 2025-04-02 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB199-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB199 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-25 - Last action: 2025-04-02, Enacted - Sponsor: Vivian Davis Figures (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 23 - Subjects: Labor & Employment - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (286 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State workers face tighter leave donation limits: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Alabama state employees can no longer receive donated leave for family or adoption leave. Donations of unused annual, sick, or compensatory leave remain available for employees who qualify for catastrophic sick leave. The donor's appointing authority must approve; State Pers… - Public workers gain leave with return requirements: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible Alabama state, local education agency, and community college system employees get paid parental leave. Employees need 12 consecutive months of employment immediately before the event, which must occur on or after that date. For birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage, fem… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Vivian Davis Figures (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Garlan Gudger (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gerald H. Allen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Albritton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jack W. Williams (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Josh Carnley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Keith Kelley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kirk Hatcher (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lance Bell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Stewart (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rodger M. Smitherman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sam Givhan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Livingston (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tim Melson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Butler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Wes Kitchens (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: William M. Beasley (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-20 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 524 | pass | 94 | 2 | 2 | | 2025-03-20 | House | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 100 | 2 | 1 | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 262 | pass | 28 | 3 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Figures motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 261 | pass | 32 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-04-02: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-04-01: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Third Reading in Second House (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 524 (House) - 2025-03-19: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-03-19: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-03-06: Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education (House) - 2025-03-06: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-03-05: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Figures 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Figures motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 261 (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 262 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB199-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB199-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB199-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/SB199-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB199-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB199-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-SB199-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).