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SB116 • 2026

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bell
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status shows conflicting information: metadata states 'Passed Legislature', but the last action listed is 'Pending Committee Action in House of Origin' with a future date (2026-01-13). The effective date is explicitly stated as July 1, 2026.

SB116: Allowing Circuit Clerks to Join Two Retirement Programs

This bill allows circuit clerks who independently qualify for both a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service to participate in both.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds Section 12-18-166 to the Code of Alabama 1975 regarding retirement benefits.
  • Authorizes circuit clerks who independently qualify for a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service to participate in both programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Circuit clerks who independently qualify for a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • No individual may participate in both programs based on the same service.
  • The act becomes effective on July 1, 2026.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education

Official Summary Text

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SB116 INTRODUCED
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SB116
MS5L7HH-1
By Senator Bell
RFD: Finance and Taxation Education
First Read: 13-Jan-26
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MS5L7HH-1 01/06/2026 KMS (L)cr 2025-3363
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First Read: 13-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, circuit clerks are not
authorized to participate in both a supernumerary
program and the Employees' Retirement System.
This bill would authorize circuit clerks who
independently qualify for a supernumerary program and
the Employees' Retirement System based on separate
years of service to participate in both programs.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to retirement benefits; to add Section
12–18–166 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize qualifying
circuit clerks to participate in both a supernumerary circuit
clerk program and the Employees' Retirement System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 12-18-166 is added to the Code of
Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
§12-18-166
(a) No individual may participate in both a
supernumerary circuit clerk program and the Employees’
Retirement System based on the same service.
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SB116 INTRODUCED
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Retirement System based on the same service.
(b) An individual who independently qualifies for a
supernumerary circuit clerk program and the Employees'
Retirement System based on separate years of service may
participate in both programs.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
2026.
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