HB184 Summary

• Proposes constitutional amendment to Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution of 2022 to authorize an Alabama Lottery, overriding the current prohibition on lotteries and gift enterprises.

• Creates the Alabama Lottery Corporation to administer and regulate the lottery, with duties and powers to be defined by general law.

• Allocates net lottery proceeds from the Lottery Trust Fund as follows: 40% to State General Fund, 40% to Education Trust Fund, and 20% to Alabama Department of Corrections.

• Prohibits lottery proceeds from replacing or supplementing existing education funding and authorizes the Legislature to implement the amendment through general law.

• Provides for automatic termination of the lottery and Alabama Lottery Corporation on December 31 of the tenth year following ratification, with wind-down beginning January 1 of that final year.