Alabama SB280: Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member

What the bill says

An Act, Relating to the Retirement Systems of Alabama; to add Section 36-27-49.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow participating members of the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System to purchase certain federal service credit.

From the enrolled text:

An Act, Relating to the Retirement Systems of Alabama; to add Section 36-27-49.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow participating members of the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System to purchase certain federal service credit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 36-27-49.4 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §36-27-49.4 (a)(1) A member of the Teachers' Retirement System or a member of the Employees' Retirement System may receive up to four years of creditable service for federal nonmilitary employment rendered for the United States, provided: (i) the member of the retirement system claiming the credit shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive of military service credit, under the retirement system of which he or she is a member; and (ii) the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subdivision (2). (2) Before receiving credit pursuant to subdivision (1) the member shall first: a. Before the date of his or her retirement and for each year of service credit, contribute to his or her respective retirement system the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the Page cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the SB280 Enrolled system's actuary; …

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Sponsors

• Waggoner, J. T. 'Jabo' (R, SD-016) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. April 16, 2026: Enacted
2. April 7, 2026: Signature Requested
3. April 7, 2026: Delivered to Governor
4. April 7, 2026: Enrolled
5. April 7, 2026: Ready to Enroll
6. April 7, 2026: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1215
7. April 7, 2026: Third Reading in Second House
8. March 19, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
9. March 18, 2026: Reported Out of Committee Second House
10. March 10, 2026: Pending Committee Action in Second House

Votes

• House Roll Call #1215 (April 7, 2026): 102 yea, 0 nay, passed
• House Roll Call #1214 (April 7, 2026): 103 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate Roll Call #753 (March 10, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate Roll Call #752 (March 10, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate Roll Call #751 (March 10, 2026): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB280?

SB280 is a bill in the Alabama Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member.

What does SB280 do?

In its own words: An Act, Relating to the Retirement Systems of Alabama; to add Section 36-27-49.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow participating members of the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System to purchase certain federal service credit.

What is the status of SB280?

Signed into law as of April 16, 2026. Latest action: Enacted (April 16, 2026).

Who sponsored SB280?

Waggoner, J. T. 'Jabo' (R, SD-016).

Where is the official record for SB280?

On the Alabama Legislature website: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/instrument/2026RS/SB280