HB44 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jim HillRepresentative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Teachers' Retirement System, reopened for service rendered to St. Clair County, DAY Program, Inc.
Summary: HB44 would reopen the Teachers' Retirement System to let St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated employees buy credit for prior service.
What This Bill Does
It allows active, vested, and contributing DAY Program employees and executive officers to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS). The DAY Program would pay the employer contributions monthly and may provide credit for prior service for eligible employees, funded according to actuarial costs. Benefits payable under this provision would be limited to the total employee and employer contributions plus interest and investment gains, minus administration costs, with no cost to the State.

Who It Affects
Active, vested, and contributing employees and executive officers of the St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated who choose to participate in TRS and purchase credit for prior service.
St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated as the employer, which would elect participation, pay employer contributions, and cover costs to fund the crediting of prior service.

Key Provisions
Reopens the Teachers' Retirement System to permit purchase of credit in TRS for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated.
DAY Program may elect to have its employees and executive officers participate in TRS, with employer contributions paid monthly as required and the program paying the related costs.
The DAY Program may credit prior service for eligible employees per a resolution, with funding costs determined by the TRS actuary and paid by the DAY Program.
Benefits under this provision are limited to the amount contributed by the employee and employer plus interest and investment earnings, less administration costs, with no cost to the State, and the act takes effect October 1, 2025.

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Subjects: Retirement