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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 79: 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

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 79 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Dan Roberts (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2026): Reported Out of Committee Second House.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Taxation & Revenue

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan RobertsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate15

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  2. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
  3. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
  4. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
  5. Third Reading in House of Origin
  6. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 336
  7. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
  8. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  9. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education
  10. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source