HB199 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: John W. Rogers
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Alabama lottery, Alabama Lottery Corporation established, distribution of proceeds, duties and power terminated after a specified time, Section 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amd.
Summary: This bill would amend the Alabama Constitution to allow a state lottery, create a state Lottery Corporation, and dedicate lottery proceeds to the General Fund, Education Trust Fund, and Department of Corrections, with the program set to end ten years after adoption.
What This Bill Does
Replaces the current ban on lotteries by establishing an Alabama Lottery and a governing Alabama Lottery Corporation to run it. Creates a Lottery Trust Fund to hold net lottery proceeds and allocates them: 40% to the State General Fund, 40% to the Education Trust Fund, and 20% to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Prohibits using lottery funds to replace or supplant existing education funding and allows implementation through general law, with the lottery and corporation terminating after ten years.

Who It Affects
Alabama residents who purchase lottery tickets, whose payments would generate proceeds used for state budgets and education.
State government and its agencies (General Fund, Education Trust Fund, Department of Corrections) by receiving specified portions of lottery proceeds and by creating the Alabama Lottery Corporation to administer the lottery.

Key Provisions
Establishes an Alabama Lottery and creates the Alabama Lottery Corporation to regulate and run it.
Creates the Lottery Trust Fund in the State Treasury to hold net proceeds until they are allocated.
Specifies the allocation of proceeds: 40% to the General Fund, 40% to the Education Trust Fund, and 20% to the Department of Corrections.
Requires that lottery funding not replace or supplant existing education funds and allows implementation through enabling legislation.
Allows reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions for lottery operations.
Provides that the lottery and the Alabama Lottery Corporation terminate on December 31 of the tenth year after adoption, with wind-down beginning in the tenth year.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Lotteries