Montgomery County; probate judge, compensation revised

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ingram
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: Enacted
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is June 1, 2026, but the new salary payment begins October 1, 2026.

Montgomery County Probate Judge Salary Change

This law sets a fixed annual salary of $153,725 for the Montgomery County probate judge serving on June 1, 2025, starting October 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

Sets an annual salary of $153,725 for the specific probate judge identified in the law beginning October 1, 2026.
Requires this new salary to be paid from the Montgomery County Commission general fund like other county employees.
Amends Section 45-51-84 of the Code of Alabama to include these pay terms.

Who It Names or Affects

The individual serving as probate judge on June 1, 2025
Montgomery County Commission

Limits and Unknowns

This specific salary amount applies only to the judge in office on June 1, 2025.
The law does not specify how future judges will be paid after this term ends.

Bill History

2026-04-01 House
Enacted
2026-03-19 Senate
Signature Requested
2026-03-17 Senate
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 876 (Yeas 34, Nays 0)
2026-03-17 Senate
Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 34, Nays 0)
2026-03-17 House
Enrolled
2026-03-17 House
Ready to Enroll
2026-03-12 Senate
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-03-12 Senate
Reported Out of Committee Second House
2026-03-05 House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 730 (Yeas 27, Nays 0)
2026-03-05 House
Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 63, Nays 0)
2026-03-05 Senate
Pending Committee Action in Second House
2026-03-05 Senate
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation
2026-03-03 House
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-03-03 House
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-02-03 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-02-03 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Montgomery County Legislation

Official Summary Text

Montgomery County; probate judge, compensation revised

Current Bill Text

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HB374 ENROLLED
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HB374
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By Representative Ingram (N & P)
RFD: Montgomery County Legislation
First Read: 03-Feb-26
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First Read: 03-Feb-26
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Montgomery County; to amend Section
45-51-84, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
compensation of the judge of probate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-51-84, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§45-51-84
(a) The per annum compensation shall be eighty-eight
thousand dollars ($88,000) for the judge of probate effective
October 1, 1996.
(b) The compensation amount in subsection (a) shall be
paid out of the general fund of the Montgomery County
Commission in the same manner as other county employees are
paid.
(c) Subsequent to October 1, 1996, the compensation
amount in subsection (a) shall be increased by the same
percentage as the across-the-board percentage increase
received by full-time county employees at the same time as the
increase is received by the county employees, except that the
amount shall not be increased by more than three thousand
dollars ($3,000) in any fiscal year.
(d) Beginning October 1, 2026, the individual serving
as judge of probate on June 1, 2025, in lieu of any other
salary, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred
fifty-three thousand seven hundred twenty-five dollars
($153,725) per year. "
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($153,725) per year. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2026.
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2026.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 05-Mar-26.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 17-Mar-26 Passed
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