HB308 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Reed IngramRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2022
Title: Employees' Retirement System, retirement benefits for Tier II plan members modified to provide 30-year service retirement, conversion of sick leave, and hazardous duty time for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, contribution rate increased, Secs. 36-26-36.1, 36-27-16, 36-27-24, 36-27-59 am'd.
Summary: HB308 adds a 30-year service retirement option for Tier II members, creates hazardous-duty time credits for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers with required contributions, and clarifies sick-leave credit rules (Tier I only) along with related contribution changes.
What This Bill Does
It allows Tier II members with at least 30 years of creditable service to retire without a reduction in benefits. It introduces hazardous-duty time credits (one year for every five years of service) for eligible firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers, but requires the member to pay the appropriate additional contributions for each year of service used to calculate the credit. It clarifies that Tier I members can convert unused sick leave to service credit under the sick-leave provision, while Tier II members cannot. It also updates the contribution schedules related to hazardous-duty time and overall retirement system funding, with the act taking effect immediately after passage.

Who It Affects
Tier II plan members who are firefighters, law enforcement officers, or correctional officers: may retire after 30 years of creditable service without a retirement-allowance reduction, and may earn hazardous-duty time credits if they pay the required additional contributions.
Tier I plan members (and their employers): retain the sick-leave conversion option to count unused sick leave as creditable service, subject to existing limits; general funding and contribution changes apply to the retirement system as a whole.

Key Provisions
Adds 30-year service retirement for Tier II members who have at least 30 years of creditable service, with no reduction in the retirement allowance.
Hazardous-duty time: eligible firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers earn one year of hazardous duty time for every five years of service, contingent on payment of additional contributions for each year of service used toward the credit.
Hazardous-duty contribution rates: implements a schedule where contributions are required for hazardous-duty service (historical rates include 6% baseline for Tier II, with 7% for certain roles and 10% for state policemen; 2022 updates set 6.5% for all Tier II members), with potential adjustments allowed by the act.
Sick-leave credit: Tier I members may convert accrued unused sick leave to membership service credit; Tier II members are not eligible for this sick-leave conversion.
Administrative and funding changes: updates to the Annuity Savings Fund, Pension Accumulation Fund, and related employer- and member-contribution requirements; act becomes effective immediately upon passage.

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