HB193 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 25, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Kyle South
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: State departments or agencies, state employees and contractors with access to federal tax information, current and applicants, subject to state and national criminal history records checks, fingerprints required, request to be made to ALEA, fees, reports of results returned to departments or agencies, confidential and excluded from public record public disclosure requirements
Summary: HB193 requires Alabama agencies with access to federal tax information to have FBI background checks on their employees and contractors through ALEA, including fingerprinting, fees, and confidential reporting to determine access to IRS data.
What This Bill Does
If enacted, the bill authorizes state agencies to process FBI criminal history checks through ALEA for individuals who have access to federal tax information; it requires fingerprinting and both state and national background checks, with results returned to the requesting agency. It also ensures that criminal history reports are confidential and not public records, allows ALEA to charge fees, and requires agencies to establish policies on disqualifying or reinstating access based on criminal history. The act takes effect immediately after governor approval.

Who It Affects
State departments and agencies that access federal tax information, which must conduct background checks on their employees and contractors and receive the results from ALEA.
Applicants, current employees, and contractors who have access to federal tax information, who must disclose criminal history, be fingerprinted, and undergo state and national checks; their background check results are kept confidential.

Key Provisions
Authorizes state agencies with access to federal tax information to conduct FBI criminal history checks on employees and contractors through the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), including state and national checks when requested.
Requires each applicant, employee, and contractor with access to federal tax information to disclose in writing their criminal history or pending charges and to be fingerprinted and undergo state and national background checks.
ALEA shall collect fingerprints or other identification, forward them to the FBI for national checks when requested, and return the results to the requesting department or agency.
Confidentiality: criminal history reports obtained under this act are confidential and not subject to public disclosure.
Allows ALEA to charge fees to agencies for performing the checks.
Requires agencies to establish internal policies to determine which criminal convictions would disqualify or remove access to federal tax information.
Defines federal tax information as tax data from the IRS or an authorized secondary source, excluding official court records from being considered an authorized secondary source.

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 Agencies