To make an appropriation of $39,097,848 from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, to the entities and for the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the deposit of tobacco settlement revenues into the Children First Trust Fund; to require written notification of anticipated agency allocations by the State Director of Finance; to require quarterly allocations; to condition allocations on receipt of tobacco revenues; to provide for the transfer to the State General Fund during fiscal year 2024 that portion of Children First Trust Fund receipts currently allocated for the State Board of Education; to make an appropriation of $50,511,261 from other tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024; and to make a conditional appropriation and allocation of additional tobacco revenues upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee, and the approval of the Governor.
Summary
FY24 Children's First Trust Fund Appropriation Bill
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 21, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2023 · House Apr 25, 2023
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
May 25, 2023
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably
upper
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund)
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means General Fund)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Pebblin Warren
DDemocratic
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