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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama allows St. Clair County Day Program employees to join Teachers' Retirement System and purchase prior service credit
Last action · February 5, 2026: Pending Committee Action in Second HouseSponsor: Jim Hill
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What This Bill Would Do
Active, , and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System can purchase retirement credit for past service at the St. Clair County Day Program, Incorporated, if the program's governing body adopts a resolution electing coverage. The program must pay the employer costs and all expenses necessary to fund the past service credits, taking effect on June 1, 2026.
Eligible employees gain the opportunity to build pension service time for past employment at a specific local program, while the employer assumes the financial responsibility for covering both ongoing contributions and the actuarial cost of past service without state funding.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Executive officers and full-time employees of the St. Clair County Day Program, Incorporated
They become eligible to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System and purchase credit for prior service rendered to the program.
St. Clair County Day Program, Incorporated
Its governing body must adopt a resolution to participate and must assume and pay all employer costs and expenses required to fund prior service credits.
State of Alabama
The bill explicitly mandates that all provisions operate at no cost to the state.
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Procedural history
8 actions- Feb 5, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Feb 5, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
- Feb 5, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 301
- Feb 5, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Jan 29, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Jan 28, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
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