SB104 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Robert L. StewartSenator
Democrat
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Composition of Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission
Summary: SB104 expands the Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission by adding the chairs of two key legislative committees as members.
What This Bill Does
The bill adds as members the Chairs of the Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee. The Commission’s existing leadership and membership structure remains, including a chair and two vice chairs drawn from state leaders, and a broad mix of state officials, military and veteran affairs representatives, and civic leaders. The change takes effect October 1, 2025, and the Commission will continue its work evaluating Department of Defense resources, supporting Alabama’s military presence, and advising on job creation and stability programs.

Who It Affects
Chairs of the Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee will become voting members of the Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission.
The Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission and the broader network of state agencies, military communities, and civic leaders involved in military stability and resource planning may experience expanded legislative input and influence due to the new member representation.

Key Provisions
Expands the Commission to include the Chairs of the House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee as members.
Maintains the Commission’s leadership structure (a chair and two vice chairs) with the Lieutenant Governor as chair (or a designee), and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House (or designees) as vice chairs.
Specifies full membership, including executive branch officials (Adjutant General, Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Secretary of the Department of Commerce, Director of ADECA, Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs), minority caucus members, the committee chairs, retired military members for five facilities, and civic leaders from impacted communities.
Provides four-year terms for members, with initial members continuing from prior acts until the 2019 quadrennium and new appointments serving four-year terms thereafter; members may be reappointed.
Effective date of October 1, 2025.
Allows the Commission to accept gifts and donations to support its work, and designates the Military Stability Foundation as the supporting entity.

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Subjects: Military