SB212 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tim MelsonSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: State employees, exempt positions, added, state employees classified service, resumption of position, clarifed, Secs. 36-26-10, 36-26-32.1 am'd.
Summary: SB212 lets each state agency hire up to two additional exempt employees and clarifies how someone moving from classified merit/civil service to an unclassified position can return to their former classified status.
What This Bill Does
Allows each state agency to have up to two extra exempt positions beyond existing exempt roles, and specifies these new positions cannot be occupied by the agency head. clarifies the process for a person who leaves a classified merit or civil service job for an unclassified job to return to a permanent classified position in the same agency. Requires certain conditions to be met for the return (choice to return, at least 10 years of service, no break in service exceeding one pay period, no pending disciplinary action) and guarantees that the returning employee keeps seniority and pay benefits as if they had stayed in classified service, with reversion to an equal or higher position. Any necessary reductions among current employees in the reclassified group would be done through attrition.

Who It Affects
State agencies and their exempt employees (they can add up to two exempt positions per agency).
Heads of agencies (they cannot fill the two new exempt positions).
Employees who have held classified merit or civil service work and move to an unclassified position within the same agency (they may return to their former classified status under specified conditions).

Key Provisions
Section 36-26-10: For each agency, up to two additional exempt positions may be created, not to be occupied by the agency head.
Section 36-26-32.1: Establishes conditions for an employee to return from an unclassified position to a merit/civil service classification, including eligibility criteria, preservation of benefits and pay, requirement that the return be to an equal or higher position, and that any necessary reductions be accomplished by attrition.

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Subjects: State Employees