HB166 Summary

• Grants a 2 percent salary increase to all Alabama state employees, judicial personnel, legislative personnel, and county health department employees subject to the State Merit System, effective with the first pay day on or after October 1, 2019.

• Excludes from the increase any local supplements provided to judges, appellate judges, or other local employees whose salaries are tied to state employees, and excludes Merit System employees covered by labor agreements or contracts.

• Requires the State Personnel Department Director, Administrative Director of Courts, and legislative leadership to revise pay plan schedules and certify them to the state Comptroller for warrant issuance.

• Specifies that the act does not make direct appropriations but requires funding through annual budget acts for affected entities.

• Became effective immediately upon passage by the House on April 9, 2019, and Senate on May 21, 2019.