---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts; amend Uniform Principal and Income Act, permit trustee to adjust between principal and income"
description: "Property & Estates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Alabama SB 178 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property & Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barfoot"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be88370e-be3c-4f60-b2ac-3ab197f97f5a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b327f74984173ccf58199f4af0af644eaf961b6f3e9c8db8cfbb07788377ad8a"
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 SB 178 (2026rs) — Trusts; amend Uniform Principal and Income Act, permit trustee to adjust between principal and income

Property & Estates

## 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/SB178-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB178-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barfoot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+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
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1299 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 934 `passage`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `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/be88370e-be3c-4f60-b2ac-3ab197f97f5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).