SB309 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Roger Bedford, Jr.
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: State employees, donation of leave for catastrophic, sick, or maternity leave, leave may be donated from employee in any pay grade, limitation on hours donated removed, Sec. 36-26-36.2 am'd.
Summary: SB309 expands the state employee leave donation program to allow cross-branch donations and donations to recipients in equal, higher, or lower pay grades, while keeping hour-for-hour transfers.
What This Bill Does
Right now, donations can go only to someone with the same or a lower pay grade. The bill lets donations go to someone with the same, higher, or lower pay grade and allows donations across Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Donated leave is still counted hour-for-hour and applies to annual, compensatory, and sick leave programs for catastrophic illnesses or maternity leave. The bill also requires state personnel departments to develop and implement the necessary rules.

Who It Affects
Donor state employees: can donate annual, compensatory, or sick leave to colleagues across all branches, regardless of the recipient's pay grade.
Recipient state employees: may receive donated leave from donors across all branches, and from donors with equal, higher, or lower pay grades.

Key Provisions
Leave donation may occur between all state employees across Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, with recipients allowed to have equal, higher, or lower pay grades than donors.
Donated leave is calculated on an hour-for-hour basis.
Donations apply to annual leave, compensatory leave, and sick leave for catastrophic illnesses or maternity leave.
Personnel departments across all branches must coordinate to create and implement the administrative rules and procedures for this program.
The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and Governor approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: State Employees