This amendment adds extra money from various state funds to pay for specific government projects, including roads, broadband internet, court systems, and business development.
Alabama2026Enacted
SB226
Extra State Funding for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2026
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:06 AM
In one sentence
This law provides over $771 million in extra funding to various state agencies and entities from different funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
What it does
- Provides a total of approximately $771.3 million in supplemental appropriations and transfers to various state groups.
- Sends over $580 million to the Alabama Department of Transportation for public highways and bridges from specific funds like the Public Road and Bridge Fund and Rebuild Alabama Fund.
- Increases funding available for paying bonds issued by the Alabama Highway Authority for roads and bridges.
- Provides money for court operations, including salaries and general costs, through several judicial system funds.
- Funds energy infrastructure projects managed by the State Industrial Development Authority using specific state energy funds.
- Sets aside up to $35.1 million from the Legislative Council Fund for construction of a new State House.
Who it affects
- State agencies including transportation, courts (Unified Judicial System), Medicaid, and youth services
- The Legislative Council regarding funding for state buildings
- Economic development groups working on energy projects through the State Industrial Development Authority
Limits and unknowns
- Some funding amounts are listed as estimates and may change.
- The text does not explain how the money will be spent in detail beyond general categories like salaries or construction.
- Certain funds can only be used if other laws allow it, though this bill overrides some of those rules for court spending.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Appropriation
- Money that the government officially sets aside to spend on a specific purpose.
- Fiscal Year
- A one-year period used for budgeting, which in this case runs from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
This act, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026: (1) transfers and makes supplemental appropriations totaling $771,327,099 from various funds in the State Treasury to various agencies and entities; and (2) amends Section 3C of Act 2025-251, the General Appropriations Act, to increase the amount appropriated to the Alabama Department of Transportation for the payment of bonds issued for public highways and bridges from $133,755,861 to $193,564, 457, and adds the Alabama Highway Authority to the entities for which the amount is appropriated.
Official activity
Bill history
- EnactedSenate
- Albritton Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1226 (Yeas 22, Nays 0)Senate
- Delivered to GovernorSenate
- Signature RequestedHouse
- EnrolledSenate
- Ready to EnrollSenate
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1156 (Yeas 102, Nays 0)House
- Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1155 (Yeas 102, Nays 0)House
- Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1154 (Yeas 101, Nays 0)House
- Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 102, Nays 0)House
- Reynolds 1st Amendment OfferedHouse
- Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute OfferedHouse
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarHouse
- Reported Out of Committee Second HouseHouse
- Pending Committee Action in Second HouseHouse
- Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General FundHouse
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 817 (Yeas 30, Nays 3)Senate
- Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 816 (Yeas 34, Nays 0)Senate
- Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 34, Nays 0)Senate
- EngrossedSenate
Changes
Amendments
3 stored
This amendment moves $1 million from the tourism fund to wildlife groups and gives that same amount to state conservation officials for a new wildlife plan.
This amendment provides extra funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, by moving money from specific state funds to various government departments for projects like roads, courts, and business development.