HB287 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Juandalynn GivanRepresentative
Democrat
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Municipal police departments; report number of law enforcement officers employed by department to Alabama Justice Information Commission, ALEA, and Attorney General
Summary: HB287 requires every state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency in Alabama to annually report the number of sworn officers to the Alabama Justice Information Commission, which will share the data with ALEA and the Attorney General and publish the results, with penalties for noncompliance.
What This Bill Does
It adds a mandatory annual reporting requirement for sworn officer counts. Agencies must report by July 1, 2025 and February 1 each year on forms set by the Alabama Justice Information Commission, including officers certified by POST or authorized to arrest. The Commission will share the data with ALEA and the Attorney General, and ALEA will compile and publish the results online; penalties for noncompliance and grant-eligibility consequences are also established.

Who It Affects
State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies must report the number of sworn officers employed (including those certified by POST or recognized as having arrest authority).
Alabama Justice Information Commission will collect and share the submitted data with ALEA and the Attorney General and may set reporting rules.
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will compile the reports and publish annual results on its website.
Agency leaders or officers who fail to report or who submit false information may face fines, criminal penalties, and removal; agencies that fail to report lose eligibility for state grant programs until compliant.

Key Provisions
Adds new Section 41-9-623.2 requiring annual sworn-officer reporting by all state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies.
Reporting must cover the number of sworn officers who are certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission or otherwise authorized to arrest.
Reports are submitted to the Alabama Justice Information Commission, which then shares them with ALEA and the Attorney General.
ALEA will compile the reports and annually publish the results on its official website.
The Alabama Justice Information Commission may adopt rules to implement this section.
Section 41-9-600 is amended to allow administrative fines of $1,000 for failure to submit reports, with formal notices and a 30-day cure period and additional $1,000 fines every 30 days until compliance.
Individuals who intentionally refuse or falsify reports can face misdemeanor charges, fines of $100 to $10,000, up to one year in jail, and removal from office for nonfeasance.
Agencies that fail to submit reports will be ineligible to participate in state grant programs until they are compliant.
The act is named the Sergeant Wytasha Carter Truth and Transparency Act and becomes effective June 1, 2025.

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Subjects: Public Safety & Emergencies