Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB224: Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided
Status: Signed into law, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, To amend Sections 40-23-35 and 40-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975 to provide further distribution of sales and use tax funds.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, To amend Sections 40-23-35 and 40-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975 to provide further distribution of sales and use tax funds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 40-23-35 Code of Alabama 1975 is amended as follows: "§40-23-35 (a) Such amount of money as shall be appropriated for each fiscal year by the Legislature to the Department of Revenue with which to pay the salaries, the cost of operation and management of the department shall be deducted, as a first charge thereon, from the taxes collected under the provisions of this division; provided, that the expenditure of the sum so appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and limited to the amount appropriated to defray the expenses of operating the department for each fiscal year. After the payment of the expenses, so much of the amount remaining as may be necessary, after first applying all sums of money received by reason of the application of the surplus in the income tax as provided by Section 40-18-58, for the replacement in the public school fund of the three-mill constitutional levy for schools and in the General Fund of the one-mill levy for soldiers' relief and the two and one-half mills for general purposes lost by exemption of …
Sponsors
- McCampbell, Artis 'A.J.' (D, HD-071) · primary sponsor
- Reynolds, Rex (R, HD-021)
- Travis, Curtis (D, HD-072)
- Hall, Laura (D, HD-019)
- Blackshear, Chris (R, HD-080)
- Sorrells, Jeff (R, HD-087)
- Whitt, Andy (R, HD-006)
- Givens, Donna (R, HD-064)
- Lamb, Bill (R, HD-062)
Latest actions
- : Enacted
- : Delivered to Governor
- : Signature Requested
- : Enrolled
- : Ready to Enroll
- : Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1289
- : Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- : Reported Out of Committee Second House
- : Pending Committee Action in Second House
- : Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #1289 (April 8, 2026): 30 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #1139 (April 1, 2026): 103 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #1138 (April 1, 2026): 104 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Appropriations
Common questions
- What is HB224?
- HB224 is a bill in the Alabama Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided.
- What does HB224 do?
- In its own words: An Act, To amend Sections 40-23-35 and 40-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975 to provide further distribution of sales and use tax funds.
- What is the status of HB224?
- Signed into law as of April 16, 2026. Latest action: Enacted (April 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB224?
- McCampbell, Artis 'A.J.' (D, HD-071), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB224?
- On the Alabama Legislature website: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/instrument/2026RS/HB224
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