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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 186
Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Representative Rex Reynolds
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 04/01/2025
House Bill 186 as reported by the Committee on Ways and Means General Fund would
appropriate the following amounts from the following funds to various agencies and entities for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026:
State General Fund (SGF) $3,664,339,753
Other State, Federal and Local Funds$20,569,551,493
Total Appropriation $24,233,891,246
In addition, this bill sets forth the amount of $333,607,538 as the beginning balance in the SGF
for fiscal year 2026, excluding reversions and adjustments, and would provide for the
appropriation of the unanticipated and unappropriated beginning balance in the State General
Fund if the beginning balance is greater than the above stated amount as follows: (1) the first
$37 million to the Legislative Council for the new State House; and (2) $3 million to the state
Industrial Development Authority to provide grants for site development.
In addition, this bill: (1) conditionally appropriates $40 million from the SGF to the Department
of Corrections to hire additional correctional officers; (2) appropriates the amounts necessary to
pay SEIB $1,025 per month for health insurance per each full-time state employee; (3)
conditionally appropriates $3.5 million from the SGF to the State Port Authority; (4)
conditionally appropriates $118,125 from the SGF to the ALEA SBI Cost of Evidence Fund; (5)
provides for the transfer of $23,505,000 from certain state agencies to the SGF, of which
$16,505,000 is from the Department of Revenue; $6 million is from the Public Service
Commission and $1 million is from the Securities Commission; (6) re-appropriates for Fiscal
Year 2026 to the various state agencies in this bill any amounts which are unexpended and FN-ZQGZURR-2
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Year 2026 to the various state agencies in this bill any amounts which are unexpended and
reverted on September 30, 2025; (7) appropriates the amounts necessary for Fiscal Year 2026 to
the Retirement Systems of Alabama from the Senior Services Trust Fund; (8) appropriates
tobacco settlement money, conditioned upon the receipt of revenue from any tobacco settlement
or litigation and upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance and the Chairs of the
Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Committee and approval by the Governor; and (9) appropriates all funds collected under Section
40-12-43.1 to the Auburn University Center for Governmental Services for the administration of
the examiner certification program established by the Alabama Local Tax Institute of Standards
and Training.