Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama SB317: Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services recreated as a legislative department, duties revised and clarified, Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services created
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Regarding the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services; to add Chapter 2B to Title 29, Code of Alabama 1975, to recreate the commission as a legislative department; to substantially revise the provisions governing the operation of the commission; to provide for the appointment of a director; to revise and clarify duties of the commission; to create the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services; to repeal Chapter 2A, Title 29, Code of Alabama 1975, the existing law governing the commission; and to provide an effective date.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Regarding the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services; to add Chapter 2B to Title 29, Code of Alabama 1975, to recreate the commission as a legislative department; to substantially revise the provisions governing the operation of the commission; to provide for the appointment of a director; to revise and clarify duties of the commission; to create the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services; to repeal Chapter 2A, Title 29, Code of Alabama 1975, the existing law governing the commission; and to provide an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Chapter 2B is added to Title 29, Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: Chapter 2B. Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services. §29-2B-1 There is created the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, which shall be a legislative department, for the purpose of advising the Legislature regarding the evaluation of services funded by the state. §29-2B-2 (a) The affairs of the commission shall be administered by the director, whose actions shall be supervised and controlled by the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services. The director shall be selected and appointed by the committee and shall receive compensation and benefits in an Page committee and shall receive compensation and benefits in an SB317 Enrolled amount established by the …