---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member"
description: "Retirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Alabama SB 280 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c9e3b19-a067-47ce-8234-163b94850bad"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6acb62754c24445fec7bab550b0111f848cea1fb4a32e93232bf46867e941dd8"
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 280 (2026rs) — Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member

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/SB280-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB280-eng.pdf)
3. **Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SLA9377-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB280-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1215 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 753 `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 752
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation 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/0c9e3b19-a067-47ce-8234-163b94850bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).