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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama Bill Requires Retiring Police Officers Receive Agency Badge and Authorizes Pistol Transfer
Last action · February 12, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarSponsor: Chad Robertson
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What This Bill Would Do
County and municipal law enforcement agencies must present retiring officers in good standing with their agency-issued badge and are authorized to gift or sell them their agency-issued pistol, effective October 1, 2026.
Retiring law enforcement personnel gain a statutory right to retain their service badge and become eligible to acquire their duty firearm upon leaving service, altering standard property disposition rules for municipal and county departments.
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.
Law enforcement officers
Retiring officers receive a statutory right to their agency-issued badge and become eligible to receive or purchase their service pistol.
County and municipal agencies
Agencies must distribute service badges and decide whether to gift or sell service pistols to qualifying retiring officers.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
10 actions- Feb 12, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Jan 27, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Jan 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
- Jan 22, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 158
- Jan 22, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
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- Jan 14, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance35How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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