Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB307: Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to military spouse hiring preference; to amend Section 36-26-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide spouses of active duty service members with additional points on ratings for state employment; to authorize political subdivisions and private employers to give preference to veterans and the spouses of veterans and active duty service members when considering these individuals for employment; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to military spouse hiring preference; to amend Section 36-26-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide spouses of active duty service members with additional points on ratings for state employment; to authorize political subdivisions and private employers to give preference to veterans and the spouses of veterans and active duty service members when considering these individuals for employment; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 36-26-15, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "§36-26-15 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER. An individual who is on active duty as a member of the National Guard or a reserve or active component of the Armed Forces of the United States. (2) VETERAN. An individual who has ever served in the National Guard or a reserve or active component of the Armed Forces of the United States and been honorably discharged. (b)(1) The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for the various classes of positions in the classified service. The tests shall take into consideration elements of character, reputation, education, aptitude, experience, knowledge, skill, personality, physical Page aptitude, experience, knowledge, skill, personality, physical HB307 Enrolled …