Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 08:30:00
HB542 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Feb 23, 2026
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Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Ginny ShaverRepresentativeRepublican- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- District attorneys, prosecutors, office of prosecution services' attorneys, retirement benefits and allowances further provided for; membership of District Attorneys' Plan expanded; participation in supernumerary program and employees retirement system further provided for
- Summary
HB542 expands retirement benefits by adding full-time prosecutors and Office of Prosecution Services attorneys to the District Attorneys' Plan and allows dual participation in both the supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System for eligible district attorneys.
What This Bill DoesThe bill expands who can be a member of the District Attorneys' Plan to include full-time prosecutors and full-time Office of Prosecution Services attorneys, making them eligible for retirement benefits under that plan. It provides retirement allowances and benefits for these new members as well as for district attorneys. It also allows district attorneys who qualify for both the supernumerary district attorney program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service to participate in both programs. The act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
Who It Affects- Full-time prosecutors employed by a district attorney's office and full-time attorneys employed by the Office of Prosecution Services would be eligible to join the District Attorneys' Plan and receive related retirement benefits.
- District attorneys who independently qualify for the supernumerary district attorney program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service would be allowed to participate in both programs.
Key ProvisionsAI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.- Expands 'member' in the District Attorneys' Plan to include full-time prosecutors and full-time Office of Prosecution Services attorneys.
- Provides retirement allowances and benefits for district attorneys, these new members, and Office of Prosecution Services attorneys.
- Authorizes qualified district attorneys to participate in both the supernumerary district attorney program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service.
- Includes nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the code language to current style.
- Effective date: July 1, 2025.
- Subjects
- Retirement
Bill Actions
H
Enacted
H
Enacted
H
Delivered to Governor
S
Signature Requested
H
Enrolled
H
Ready to Enroll
H
Ready to Enroll
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 979
S
Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 940
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 939 XDFPU77-1
H
Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered XDFPU77-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Ways and Means General Fund XDFPU77-1
H
Ways and Means General Fund 1st Amendment BYCUC44-1
H
Pending House Ways and Means General Fund
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00
Hearing
House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing
Room 617 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 940
Yes
95
No
1
Abstained
6
Absent
1
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 939 XDFPU77-1
Yes
93
No
1
Abstained
8
Absent
1
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
94
No
2
Abstained
6
Absent
1
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
94
No
2
Abstained
6
Absent
1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 979
Yes
31
No
1
Absent
2
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB542 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB542 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Enrolled)
HB542 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Amendment
House Ways and Means General Fund Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
House Ways and Means General Fund Ways and Means General Fund 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Enacted
Source: Alabama Legislature