Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by an employer on any qualified education loan
SB 79 would amend Alabama's tax code to exclude employer contributions to "Trump Accounts" from an employee's taxable income, currently required to be included under federal law. It also makes permanent an existing exclusion for employer-paid amounts toward qualified education loans, which was set to expire. These changes directly affect Alabama individual taxpayers who receive such employer benefits. The bill updates Section 40-18-14 of the Alabama Code to reflect these tax exclusions without altering other tax provisions.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Feb 25, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 336
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Roberts
RRepublican
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