HB157 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Paul W. LeeRepresentative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: County officials, uniform increases such as cost-of-living, newly elected or appointed officials, included in initial compensation under Omnibus Pay Act
Summary: HB157 changes how uniform pay raises for county officials are handled by making them part of starting pay and passing them to new officeholders, with rules for incumbents.
What This Bill Does
It amends the Omnibus Pay Act so uniform increases granted to county officials are included in their initial compensation, matching increases given to county employees. For officials elected or appointed after July 1, 2025, their starting compensation will be the same as the immediately prior officeholder, including any uniform increases. For current officeholders, if a local law increases compensation, uniform increases are delayed until their total compensation reaches the amount of the local increase. The base compensation used for these calculations remains the Oct. 1, 2000 level, and the changes take effect on July 1, 2025.

Who It Affects
New county officials (elected or appointed after July 1, 2025) start with the prior officeholder's total compensation, including any uniform increases.
Current incumbents may have uniform increases delayed if a local law increases compensation, until their total pay reaches the new local increase amount.

Key Provisions
Uniform increases in compensation granted to local officials shall be included in the initial compensation, and shall be in the same amount or percentage as those given to county employees.
Officials in Category 2 shall be eligible for cost-of-living increases beginning October 1, 2000.
Base compensation is the amount established on October 1, 2000, and remains in place until increased under this chapter; new officials elected or appointed after July 1, 2025 shall have starting compensation equal to the immediately prior officeholder's total compensation, including any uniform increases.
If a local law increases an official's compensation, the official shall not be entitled to uniform increases until the total compensation would equal or exceed the local-law increase, unless local law provides otherwise.
The act becomes effective July 1, 2025.

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