Hearing
Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 13:00:00
Senate Bill 55 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Jan 23, 2026
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Will BarfootSenatorRepublican- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers
- Description
Under existing law, the spouses of certain military veterans are provided additional points on open competitive employment tests for positions in the classified state service.
This bill would require the spouses of active duty service members to have additional points added to their ratings for these positions.
This bill would authorize political subdivisions of the state and private employers to grant veterans and their spouses and spouses of active duty service members preference in hiring and promotion.
This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
- Subjects
- Military
Bill Actions
S
Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 52 2JVABSK-1
S
Barfoot 1st Amendment Offered 2JVABSK-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Pending Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety
Calendar
Bill Text
Votes
Barfoot motion to Adopt - Roll Call 52 2JVABSK-1
Yes
25
No
1
Absent
9
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
29
Absent
6
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
29
Absent
6
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
Senate Bill 55 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Amendment
Senate Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 52
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature