HB180 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mark ShireyRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Mobile County, election workers, increasing the compensation for election workers and authorizing the appointment of computer technical assistants and providing for compensation of computer technical assistants
Summary: HB180 in Mobile County raises pay for election workers and lets the county appoint and pay computer technical assistants for elections.
What This Bill Does
It updates the daily pay for election workers (inspectors, chief clerks, and other officers) with specified pay ranges, and adds per-session training pay. It authorizes the Mobile County Election Official Appointment Board, with approval of the Mobile County Commission, to appoint computer technical assistants at each polling place and sets that pay to be determined by the county commission. It also allows the county commission to determine the compensation for an absentee election manager and to ratify certain earlier payments; the act takes effect on June 1, 2024.

Who It Affects
Election workers in Mobile County (inspectors, chief clerks, provisional ballot officers, and other officials) who receive updated daily and training pay.
Mobile County Election Official Appointment Board and Mobile County Commission, which set and approve compensation for computer technical assistants and other election-related roles.
Absentee election manager, whose compensation is now to be determined by the county commission for duties around elections.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 45-49-111.01 to set new compensation ranges: inspectors $200-$250 per day, chief clerks $175-$225 per day, and other election officers $150-$200 per day; training session pay for inspectors/chief clerks/provisional ballot officers $30-$50, and for other officials $15-$25.
Authorizes the Mobile County Election Official Appointment Board, with Mobile County Commission approval, to appoint computer technical assistants at each polling place, with their pay and training compensation determined by the county commission.
Requires funding to come from the county treasury (and municipal treasuries where applicable), with any state portion, to total the above amounts.
Allows the county commission to determine the compensation of an absentee election manager for duties related to absentee ballots, for a period not exceeding 120 days before and 120 days after an election.
Ratifies and confirms election payments made in Mobile County during the 2006 election cycle.
Effective date: June 1, 2024.

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