---
type: "Bill"
title: "FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus"
description: "Appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "Alabama HB 239 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c342607-ba7f-418f-9d23-c372393e37c6"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "fe70dd523fe38b68e409323005a98426e33709a2045faa2889579422a55a2657"
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 239 (2026rs) — FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Appropriations

## 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/HB239-int.pdf)
2. **Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/MSNIAWH-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB239-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Collins Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1244
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1110 `passage`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1109
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 879 `passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+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/1c342607-ba7f-418f-9d23-c372393e37c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).