SB209ENROLLED Page 0 SB209 NPKXTJ8-2 By Senators Jones, Butler, Smitherman, Hatcher, Allen, Givhan, Weaver, Livingston, Melson, Sessions, Carnley, Bell, Kelley, Shelnutt, Kitchens, Stutts, Elliott, Roberts, Barfoot, Waggoner, Gudger, Williams, Price, Chesteen, Orr, Stewart, Coleman, Coleman-Madison, Beasley RFD: Veterans and Military Affairs First Read: 06-Mar-24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SB209 Enrolled Page 1 First Read: 06-Mar-24 Enrolled, An Act, Relating to income tax; to amend Section 40-18-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the current state income tax exemption for military pay to include certain compensation of members of the National Guard and Reserve and those members who are deployed to locations outside the United States or activated to support certain emergencies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 40-18-3, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง40-18-3 The salaries, fees, commissions or other income of officers or agents of the United States or its agencies and instrumentalities or its contractees, received from the United States or from its agencies and instrumentalities, shall be subject to income taxes levied by the State of Alabama as other income is taxed, but without discrimination, and only to the same extent and in the same manner as other income is taxed, insofar as the State of Alabama may be constitutionally or legally authorized to tax such income; provided, that money paid by the United States to a person as compensation for active service as a member of the armed forces of the United States,including members of the National Guard and Reserve components, in a combat zone designated by executive order of the President of the United States , deployed to locations outside the United States, or activated by the Governor of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SB209 Enrolled Page 2 outside the United States, or activated by the Governor of the State of Alabama or the President of the United States to support state or federal response to emergencies within or outside of the United States shall not be subject to income taxes levied by the State of Alabama for the calendar year 1965 or any subsequent year ." Section 2. This act shall become effective on January 1, 2025. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 SB209 Enrolled Page 3 1, 2025. ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives SB209 Senate 02-Apr-24 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed the Senate. Patrick Harris, Secretary. House of Representatives Passed: 23-Apr-24 By: Senator Jones 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68