HB152 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve ClouseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

Summary

HB 152 is Alabama's 2020 General Fund budget bill that funds state government operations and includes a 2% pay raise for state employees.

What This Bill Does

The bill appropriates ordinary expenses for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, plus debt service and capital outlay for FY 2020. It provides a 2% statewide salary increase for state employees, funded from the General Fund with priority given to payroll across agencies. It reappropriates any unspent FY2019 appropriations to be used in FY2020, and adds various targeted funding and reporting requirements across agencies. It also includes provisions for using tobacco settlement funds, a modernization pilot for the appropriation system, and specific transfer and funding rules to maximize federal matching funds where applicable.

Who It Affects

• State employees and the Legislature: will receive a 2% salary increase in FY2020, with payroll funding given priority in General Fund allocations.
• State agencies, departments, and programs: will be affected by the overall set of General Fund and earmarked fund appropriations, reappropriations of prior-year funds, conditional tobacco settlement funding, and new reporting and management requirements.

Key Provisions

• Section 3: Establishes a two percent (2.0%) salary increase for state employees for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, funded from the State General Fund, with up to $12,000,000 allocated, and with first priority to payroll; agencies will receive additional allocations to implement the raise.
• Section 4: Reappropriates any unexpended appropriations from FY2019 to be used in FY2020 for the same or related purposes.
• Section 5: Expands funding to the Retirement Systems of Alabama from the Senior Services Trust Fund to comply with Section 41-15C-1, Code of Alabama, 1975.
• Section 6: Conditionally appropriates tobacco settlement or litigation funds for FY2020, with allocation and reporting governed by specified sections and Governor approval; funds are allocated under defined statutory provisions.
• Section 19-20: Creates a pilot project to modernize and replace the appropriation bill drafting and support system; a beginning General Fund balance test ($169,544,682) may trigger up to $4,000,000 for the pilot project for FY2020.
• Section 17: Sets the State Employees'... Benefits (SEIB) rate at $930 per month for each full-time employee for FY2020, with adjustments as needed to maintain that rate and with the aim of not increasing out-of-pocket costs for active and retired members.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Appropriations