HB166 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Dimitri Polizos
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018.
Summary: Provides a 2% cost-of-living salary increase for most Alabama state employees starting after October 1, 2019, with certain exclusions.
What This Bill Does
It would grant a 2% salary increase to state employees in classified/unclassified service, hourly workers, judicial and legislative staff, and county health department employees funded by state budgets. It excludes local salary supplements for judges and some local employees tied to state pay, and excludes Merit System or hourly employees covered by a labor agreement or contract. It requires state and judicial/legislative offices to adjust pay scales and issue warrants to reflect the raise, and notes that funding is not a new appropriation but must be provided in the annual budget act.

Who It Affects
Group 1: Most state employees (classified and unclassified, hourly, judicial, legislative staff, and county health department employees under the State Merit System whose pay is paid from a state or contributing agency budget) would receive a 2% raise beginning the first payday after October 1, 2019.
Group 2: Employees who would not receive the raise (and are effectively excluded): Merit System or hourly employees whose pay is covered by a labor agreement or contract; local supplements for judges or other local employees whose salaries are tied to state salaries or appellate judges.

Key Provisions
Beginning with the first pay day after October 1, 2019, eligible state employees will receive a 2% salary increase.
Local salary supplements for judges or local employees tied to state or appellate judge salaries are not increased.
The act does not apply to Merit System employees or hourly employees whose pay is covered by a labor agreement or contract.
The Director of the State Personnel Department must revise the state pay plan to reflect the increase and certify it to the Comptroller, who will issue warrants.
The Administrative Director of Courts must revise the pay plan for court officials and employees in the Unified Judicial System and certify to the Comptroller; warrants will be issued accordingly.
The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, and the Director of the Legislative Services Agency must revise pay rates for their employees and certify to the Comptroller; warrants will be issued accordingly.
The act does not create new appropriations; the necessary funding must be provided in the annual budget act.
The act becomes effective immediately after passage and the Governor's approval.

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Subjects: State Employees