SB117 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Will BarfootSenator
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Counties and municipalities, provides for memorandums of understanding related to traffic enforcement
Summary: SB117 would let certain Alabama municipalities collaborate with sheriffs on traffic enforcement and potentially add extra fees on traffic violations to fund the sheriff’s office.
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes Class 1, 2, and 3 municipalities to enter memorandums of understanding with the local sheriff and county commission about traffic enforcement. It allows those MOUs to include additional fees for traffic violations and specifies that the extra fee revenue paid to the sheriff’s office must be used only for law enforcement purposes. The act would take effect June 1, 2025.

Who It Affects
Municipal governments classified as Class 1, 2, or 3, which may enter memorandums of understanding with sheriffs and county commissions to coordinate traffic enforcement and potentially add fees.
Sheriffs’ offices (and county commissions) that would receive the additional traffic fee money and use it only for law enforcement purposes.

Key Provisions
Class 1, 2, or 3 municipalities may enter memorandums of understanding with the sheriff and county commission concerning traffic enforcement.
MOUs may include provisions for additional traffic violation fees and designate how the extra fees are distributed to the sheriff’s office, with funds expended only for law enforcement purposes (effective June 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