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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama expands permitted uses of sheriff's court fee funds to support all office functions
Last action · February 25, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarSponsor: Jim Hill
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill expands how sheriffs can use court fee allocations, allowing funds previously restricted to jail operations to be spent on general law enforcement functions starting October 1, 2026.
Sheriffs gain broader administrative discretion over local court fee revenues, enabling funds to be redirected from jail maintenance toward general departmental operations and law enforcement duties.
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.
Sheriffs
Sheriffs gain discretion to expend court fee allocations on general law enforcement functions rather than being restricted solely to jail operations.
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Procedural history
10 actions- Feb 25, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- 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 3, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 246
- Feb 3, 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 Judiciary
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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