Alabama Labor & Employment Bills

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026

Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established

Retirement benefits; participation of qualifying sheriffs in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service authorized

Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by an employer on any qualified education loan.

State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

Living organ donors; to prohibit discrimination in obtaining insurance coverage, provide paid medical leave for public employees who donate organs and a tax credit to private sector employers that provide similar paid leave to their employees

Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers

Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; natural hair styling exempt from regulation

Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized

Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees,  and elevator safety standards, provided for; license renewal period extended; alterations to conveyances prohibited

Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised

Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by electronic means allowed, number of board members for regional workforce board increased

William Riley Hawkins, Jr., commended

General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded

Susie Heird, commended

Department of Workforce; workforce talent recruitment grant program established, eligibility provided for, and fund established

Charles F. Gruber, commended

Lori DuBose, honored