Alabama 2025 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB183 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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FISCAL NOTE 
House Bill 183
Committee: Ways and Means General Fund Sponsor: Representative Pebblin Warren
Analyst: Tiffany Weaver	Date: 03/31/2025
House Bill 183as introduced would appropriate the sum of $36,616,437 from the Children First
Trust Fund (CFTF) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 as follows:
Agency	FY 2026 Appropriation ($)
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board	426,500
Children's Trust Fund	2,190,445
Department of Forensic Sciences	418,413
Alabama Department of Human Resources	7,958,464
Juvenile Probation Services Fund	4,482,854
Alabama Medicaid Agency	1,551,236
Alabama Department of Mental Health	2,142,457
State Multiple Needs Children's Fund	4,358,550
Department of Public Health	4,766,197
Department of Rehabilitation Services	214,002
Department of Youth Services	8,107,318
Total Appropriation	36,616,436
This bill also provides that these funds would be conditioned upon receipt of tobacco revenues,
and any remaining sums at the end of the fiscal year would remain in the CFTF and not revert to
the State General Fund (SGF) or to any other fund. This bill would also transfer approximately
$10,350,000 in CFTF monies allocated to the State Board of Education to the SGF for FY 2026.
In addition to the above appropriation, this bill would also appropriate $44,177,773 from
additional tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 to the
following entities:
Agency	FY 2026 Appropriation ($)
Department of Early Childhood Education	142,590
21st Century Debt Service	16,000,000
Senior Services Trust Fund	1,267,470
Alabama Medicaid Agency	24,836,383 FN-UYV4XGX-1
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Alabama Medicaid Agency	24,836,383
Department of Senior Services - Medicaid Waiver 1,931,330
Total Appropriation	44,177,773
This bill would also require that (1) any additional tobacco revenues available for FY 2026 be
conditionally appropriated, conditioned upon the recommendation of the Finance Director, the
Chairs of the House Ways and Means General Fund and Senate Finance and Taxation General
Fund Committees and the approval of the Governor; and (2) notification be provided to
legislators representing an area where a grant from the CFTF is to be awarded ten days before
the funds reach the recipient agency.