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Alabama Legislature · SB179 · Enacted

Alabama Uniform Trust Code; amended to conform with Alabama Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, limit property subject to creditors' claims

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Officially: “Alabama Uniform Trust Code; amended to conform with Alabama Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, limit property subject to creditors' claims Read the full text

2026 regular session

What it does

This act amends Sections 19-3B-505 and 19-3B-816, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) remove the treatment of holders of the power of withdrawal from an irrevocable trust as settlors when the power lapses, is released, or waived for purposes of creditors reaching a settlor's interests in the trust; (2) provide a beneficiary of an irrevocable trust holding a power of withdrawal is not a settlor upon the power lapsing; (3) authorize trustees to pay or reimburse a settlor's personal income tax liabilitie
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Where it is

Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 20, 2026
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The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Barfoot

Recorded votes

Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-08 · yeas 102, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-08 · yeas 99, nays 0, abstains 1
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-18 · yeas 27, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-18 · yeas 27, nays 0, abstains 0
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