SB176 • 2026

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: Stewart
Last action: 2026-04-07
Official status: Indefinitely Postponed in House of Origin
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about what happens when a circuit clerk tries to join both programs based on the same years of service, nor does it specify how many circuit clerks will be affected by this change.

Circuit Clerks Can Join Retirement Programs

This bill allows circuit clerks to join both a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System if they qualify based on different years of service.

What This Bill Does

Allows circuit clerks who meet certain conditions to participate in two retirement programs: the supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System.

Who It Names or Affects

Circuit clerks who want to participate in multiple retirement programs.

Terms To Know

supernumerary program: A special retirement plan for certain employees, often those with long-term service.
Employees' Retirement System: A pension or benefit system provided by the state to its employees upon retirement.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a circuit clerk tries to join both programs based on the same years of service.
It is unclear how many circuit clerks will be affected by this change.

Bill History

2026-04-07 Senate
Currently Indefinitely Postponed
2026-03-19 Senate
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-03-18 Senate
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-01-20 Senate
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-01-20 Senate
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

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

SB176 INTRODUCED
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SB176
4UXVB33-1
By Senator Stewart
RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
First Read: 20-Jan-26
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4UXVB33-1 01/15/2026 KMS (L)cr 2026-317
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First Read: 20-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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SB176 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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