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Committee adopts substitute and amendment to supplemental appropriations bill, reallocating broadband and transportation funds

House committee · April 1, 2026

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Summary

The committee adopted a substituted and amended version of SB226 that includes transfers from ARPA and other state funds, moves broadband-accessibility dollars and sends large road and bridge funding to the transportation department and related authorities.

The committee adopted a substitute for SB226, a supplemental-appropriations bill, and accepted an amendment that reallocates broadband and transportation funding before giving the bill a favorable report.

Chairman Reynolds summarized the substitute’s major transfers, citing several multi-million-dollar moves: funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and related small-business credit initiative to the Department of Finance, transfers from the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Fund to industrial development authorities, and substantial transfers to road and bridge programs. He told members the substitute also shifts appropriations to help cover state obligations tied to the state house project.

The amendment to the substitute reallocated money from the broadband accessibility fund and specified a $30,000,000 appropriation to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). The committee accepted that amendment by voice vote. The amendment language read in committee included, verbatim, an instruction to allocate an amount from the broadband accessibility fund to ADECA and to adjust dates and the act’s effective date to immediately.

Other large transfers the committee highlighted included a transfer of approximately $387,500,000 from the public road and bridge fund to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and $200,000,000 from the Rebuild Alabama fund to ALDOT. The sponsor also cited a transfer up to $22,137,949 from refundable tax credits to the legislative council fund and a $13,000,000 transfer from the real property management fund to the legislative council to address legislative facilities costs.

The committee moved, seconded and voice-voted to adopt the substitute and amendment and gave SB226 a favorable report.