HB334 • 2026

Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, future Alabama High School Athletic Association employees prohibited from participation

Education Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Colvin
Last action: 2026-01-27
Official status: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status label states 'Passed Legislature' but the last action listed is 'Pending Committee Action,' creating a conflict regarding whether the bill has actually passed.

HB334: Limits Retirement Plan Access for Future AHSAA Staff

This bill stops new employees of the Alabama High School Athletic Association from joining the Teachers' Retirement System starting October 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits future employees of the Alabama High School Athletic Association hired on or after October 1, 2026, from participating in the Teachers' Retirement System based on that employment.
Requires the Alabama High School Athletic Association to pay employer costs for its employees who began participating before October 1, 2026.
Amends Section 16-25-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975.

Who It Names or Affects

Administrative or clerical employees hired by the Alabama High School Athletic Association on or after October 1, 2026.
Employees who began participating in the Teachers' Retirement System before October 1, 2026.

Terms To Know

Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama: A retirement system for teachers and certain other employees defined by state law.
Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA): The organization whose administrative or clerical employees are addressed in this bill regarding retirement participation.

Limits and Unknowns

This law does not change the ability of employees who began participating before October 1, 2026, to remain in the system.
The text contains a reference to service credit prior to October 1, 1967, which applies only if specific payments are made within 90 days after that date.

Bill History

2026-01-27 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-01-27 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education

Official Summary Text

Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, future Alabama High School Athletic Association employees prohibited from participation

Current Bill Text

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HB334 INTRODUCED
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HB334
5VGPF3M-1
By Representatives Colvin, Kiel
RFD: Ways and Means Education
First Read: 27-Jan-26
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5VGPF3M-1 08/28/2025 ZAK (L)ZAK 2025-2591
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First Read: 27-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, certain employees of the
Alabama High School Athletic Association may
participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of
Alabama.
This bill would prohibit future employees of the
Alabama High School Athletic Association from
participating in the Teachers' Retirement System of
Alabama .
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama;
to amend Section 16-25-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit
future employees of the Alabama High School Athletic
Association from participating in the Teachers' Retirement
System of Alabama .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 16-25-7, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§16-25-7
(a) All persons now employed on a full-time basis in an
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(a) All persons now employed on a full-time basis in an
administrative or clerical capacity by the Alabama High School
Athletic Association may become members of the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after October 1,
1967, subject to such rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the Board of Control of the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama. Any person hereafter employed in
an administrative or clerical capacity by the Alabama High
School Athletic Association shall be deemed to be a "teacher"
as defined in Section 16-25-1 and shall be entitled to the
benefits thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
section and other sections of the Teachers' Retirement System
law, it is provided that the The Alabama High School Athletic
Association shall pay to the retirement system Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama the employer cost for coverage of
its employees who began participating in the retirement system
before October 1, 2026 , such cost to . The employer cost shall
be determined by an actuary employed by the Board of Control
and under rules and regulations established by said the board.
(b) Any person now employed by the Alabama High School
Athletic Association and participating in the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama pursuant to as set out in
subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to may
receive credit for all service as a "teacher" or as an
employee of the Alabama High School Athletic Association
rendered by him or her prior to October 1, 1967; provided,
that a sum equal to the total contributions which he or she
would have made as a member during the period of such
employment plus regular interest at four percent is paid
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employment plus regular interest at four percent is paid
within 90 days after October 1, 1967.
(c) No employee of the Alabama High School Athletic
Association hired on or after October 1, 2026, may participate
in the Teacher's Retirement System of Alabama based upon that
employment. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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