---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retired state employees; certain supplemental work authorized"
description: "Retirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Alabama HB 138 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paschal"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62c80f6-9cf4-4c7a-9cbb-52c55f9d268a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bb8e1b64e6e26b97614f8faea4ec1b48792adb24c7d04cd3b5d2462cf7e73c98"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 138 (2026rs) — Retired state employees; certain supplemental work authorized

Retirement

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB138-int.pdf)
2. **Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/YM49862-1.pdf)
3. **Elliott motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/NRVF2J8-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB138-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Paschal — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Paschal Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 888
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 728 `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 727
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Elliott 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 143 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e62c80f6-9cf4-4c7a-9cbb-52c55f9d268a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).