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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 353
Committee: Finance and Taxation General FundSponsor: Representative Jim Hill
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 04/23/2025
House Bill 353 as passed the House of Representatives would increase the obligations of the
Office of Prosecution Services, funded by the State General Fund, by an estimated $331,000
annually by setting the salary of district attorneys (DAs) newly appointed or elected after
October 1, 2021 to equal the salary of an incoming circuit court judge. These obligations would
be effective beginning in either fiscal year 2029, or, if the constitutional amendment proposed
by Senate Bill 226 is ratified, in fiscal year 2026.
This bill would also provide for DAs to receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) during their
term of office, contingent on the ratification of the constitutional amendment proposed by House
Bill 354, which would further increase the obligations of the State General Fund by an
undetermined amount dependent on the amount of any such increases passed by the Legislature
subsequent to passage of this bill.
In addition, this bill codifies the current practice of the Alabama Administrative Office of the
Courts of adjusting the salaries for justices and judges to include any COLAs provided by the
Legislature.
Finally, this bill provides that beginning with the next term of office beginning after October 1,
2025, the compensation of any elected official subject to a local law that sets their
compensation, in whole or in part, on the salary of a circuit or district court judge shall be
calculated using the salary amounts adjusted by this bill and that any adjustment based on
longevity must be based on the respective elected official's time in office.