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-HB74 INTRODUCED
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-HB74
-HGYT788-1
-By Representative Robertson
-RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
-First Read: 13-Jan-26
-PFD: 02-Dec-25
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-HGYT788-1 11/17/2025 THR (L)THR 2025-3334
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-PFD: 02-Dec-25
-SYNOPSIS:
-This bill would require certain county or
-municipal agencies to present a qualifying officer with
-his or her agency-issued badge as part of his or her
-retirement benefits.
-This bill would authorize certain county or
-municipal agencies to present a qualifying officer with
-his or her agency-issued pistol as part of his or her
-retirement benefits.
-This bill would also authorize certain county or
-municipal agencies to sell an agency-issued pistol to a
-qualified officer at the time of his or her retirement
-in certain circumstances.
-A BILL
-TO BE ENTITLED
-AN ACT
-Relating to law enforcement officers; to further
-provide for law enforcement officer retirement benefits.
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
-Section 1.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the
-following terms have the following meanings:
-(1) AGENCY. A county or municipal agency that requires
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-(1) AGENCY. A county or municipal agency that requires
-its law enforcement officers to be certified under the Alabama
-Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.
-(2) QUALIFYING OFFICER. A law enforcement officer
-employed by and in good standing with an agency at the time of
-the officer's retirement.
-(b) An agency shall present a qualifying officer with
-his or her agency-issued badge as part of his or her
-retirement benefits.
-(c) An agency may present a qualifying officer with his
-or her agency-issued pistol as part of his or her retirement
-benefits.
-(d) If an agency chooses not to act pursuant to
-subsection (c), the agency, at the time of the qualifying
-officer's retirement, may offer to sell the qualifying
-officer's agency-issued pistol to the qualifying officer at a
-reasonable fair market price determined by the agency.
-Section 2.  This act shall become effective on October
-1, 2026.
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+FISCAL NOTE
+House Bill 74
+Committee: Finance and Taxation General Fund Sponsor: Representative Chad Robertson
+Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 02/11/2026
+House Bill 74 as passed the House of Representatives could increase the obligations of certain
+local law enforcement agencies by: (1) an undetermined amount dependent on the cost to
+provide a retiring law enforcement officer their badge as part of their retirement benefits, who
+would not otherwise receive their badge at retirement; and (2) an estimated $1,000 to allow the
+agency to provide a retiring law enforcement officer their agency-issued pistol as part of their
+retirement benefits, who would not otherwise receive their pistol at retirement. This bill would
+also increase receipts of certain law enforcement agencies by an undetermined amount
+depending on the fair market value of the pistol sold to the retiring officer.