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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama Law Increases Food Stamp Administration Funding and Restructures Use Tax Distributions
Last action · April 16, 2026: EnactedSponsor: McCampbell
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What This Bill Does
Alabama HB 224 raises the quarterly funding allocated to the Department of Human Resources for food stamp program administration from 5 percent to 7.5 percent of the value of statewide benefits issued in excess of recipient payments, effective September 1, 2026. The act also removes the annual requirement that the Children's Health Insurance Program be funded as a against state collections allocated to the General Fund.
The measure alters how state tax revenues are distributed to social service and health programs, increasing administrative resources for the food stamp program while permitting alternative funding sources for children's health insurance.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Human Resources
Receives an increased percentage of funds for administering the food stamp program.
Children's Health Insurance Program
No longer relies on use taxes as a mandatory first charge, permitting funding from other revenue sources.
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Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 16, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 9, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Apr 9, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Apr 8, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1289
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- Apr 7, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Apr 7, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Apr 2, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Apr 2, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1139
- Apr 1, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Mar 31, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund
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Restructuring of CHIP Funding Mandates
The legislation removes the mandatory first-charge protection for the Children's Health Insurance Program against General Use Taxes, allowing alternative revenue sources to support the program.
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