SB306 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Wes KitchensSenator
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Counties and municipalities, entities and officials, online publication of discretionary account fund amounts and expenditures required
Summary: SB306 would require counties and municipalities to publicly publish monthly online the discretionary account fund amounts and expenditures for certain officials and entities.
What This Bill Does
It requires county and municipal government agencies, boards, commissions, and departments, and county and municipal employees and officials with discretionary accounts, to publish all discretionary account funds and expenditures online monthly. If the entity does not maintain an official website, the information must be posted on designated external websites (such as the Association of County Commissions for counties and the League of Municipalities for municipalities, plus other specified offices for clerks, district attorneys, and sheriffs). The publication rules will be set by the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The act becomes effective October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects
County and municipal governments, including their agencies, boards, commissions, and departments, with discretionary accounts, which must publish monthly discretionary fund amounts and expenditures online.
County and municipal employees and officials who have discretionary accounts (including sheriffs, probate court personnel, circuit clerks, boards of registrars, district attorneys, tax officials, absentee election managers, and other county-level officials) who must publish their discretionary funds and expenditures online; if there is no official website, publication must occur on designated external sites.

Key Provisions
Publish monthly discretionary account fund amounts and expenditures in a prominent location on the official public website of the county/municipality or the entity/official.
If the entity does not maintain an official website, publish on designated external websites: Association of County Commissions for counties; League of Municipalities for municipalities; Administrative Office of Courts for clerks or judges; Office of Prosecution Services for district attorneys; Alabama Sheriffs Association for sheriffs.
Publication rules are to be prescribed by the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Effective date: October 1, 2025.

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Subjects: Counties & Municipalities