diff --git a/flaml/automl/task/generic_task.py b/flaml/automl/task/generic_task.py
index 0726332ba2..3c7cc7a1ed 100644
--- a/flaml/automl/task/generic_task.py
+++ b/flaml/automl/task/generic_task.py
@@ -964,6 +964,20 @@ def prepare_data(
                     y_train, y_val = y_train_all[train_idx], y_train_all[val_idx]
                     state.groups = state.groups_all[train_idx]
                     state.groups_val = state.groups_all[val_idx]
+                    if "sample_weight" in state.fit_kwargs:
+                        # NOTE: _prepare_data is before kwargs is updated to fit_kwargs_by_estimator
+                        weight = state.fit_kwargs["sample_weight"]
+                        if weight is None:
+                            pass
+                        elif isinstance(weight, pd.Series):
+                            state.fit_kwargs["sample_weight"] = weight.iloc[train_idx]
+                            state.weight_val = weight.iloc[val_idx]
+                        else:
+                            # train_idx/val_idx are ndarrays from GroupShuffleSplit, so a plain
+                            # list or tuple weight needs converting before it supports fancy indexing
+                            weight = np.asarray(weight)
+                            state.fit_kwargs["sample_weight"] = weight[train_idx]
+                            state.weight_val = weight[val_idx]
             elif self.is_classification():
                 # for classification, make sure the labels are complete in both
                 # training and validation data
diff --git a/test/automl/test_split.py b/test/automl/test_split.py
index 8eba4bf28d..36d79fee87 100644
--- a/test/automl/test_split.py
+++ b/test/automl/test_split.py
@@ -74,6 +74,112 @@ def test_time_split_with_sample_weight():
     assert automl.model is not None
 
 
+def test_group_split_with_sample_weight_alignment():
+    """Regression for group holdout: sample_weight must be split by the group
+    train/val indices, not left full-length and sliced positionally downstream."""
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+
+    from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
+
+    n = 200
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(42)
+    # column 0 is a row id, so each row's expected weight is recoverable from X
+    X = np.column_stack([np.arange(n, dtype=float), rng.normal(size=n)])
+    groups = np.repeat(np.arange(20), 10)
+    y = (groups % 2).astype(int)
+    sample_weight = 1000.0 + np.arange(n, dtype=float)
+
+    captured = []
+    original_fit = RandomForestClassifier.fit
+
+    def spy_fit(self, X, y, sample_weight=None, **kwargs):
+        captured.append(
+            (
+                np.asarray(X).copy(),
+                None if sample_weight is None else np.asarray(sample_weight, dtype=float).copy(),
+            )
+        )
+        return original_fit(self, X, y, sample_weight=sample_weight, **kwargs)
+
+    automl = AutoML()
+    with patch.object(RandomForestClassifier, "fit", spy_fit):
+        automl.fit(
+            X_train=X,
+            y_train=y,
+            sample_weight=sample_weight,
+            groups=groups,
+            split_type="group",
+            eval_method="holdout",
+            task="classification",
+            time_budget=-1,
+            max_iter=2,
+            estimator_list=["rf"],
+        )
+    assert automl.model is not None
+    assert captured
+    for X_fit, weight_fit in captured:
+        assert weight_fit is not None
+        # each row trains with its own weight (1000 + row id) after the split
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(weight_fit, 1000.0 + np.asarray(X_fit)[:, 0])
+    # the validation loss must be weighted as well
+    assert automl._state.weight_val is not None
+
+
+def test_group_split_with_sample_weight_series_alignment():
+    """Same regression as above, but sample_weight is a pd.Series with a
+    non-default index, to verify the group branch slices it positionally
+    (.iloc) rather than by label."""
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+
+    from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
+
+    n = 200
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(7)
+    X = pd.DataFrame(
+        {"id": np.arange(n, dtype=float), "feat": rng.normal(size=n)},
+    )
+    groups = np.repeat(np.arange(20), 10)
+    y = pd.Series((groups % 2).astype(int))
+    # non-default index: label != positional order, so .loc and .iloc would disagree
+    weight_index = np.arange(n) + 500
+    sample_weight = pd.Series(1000.0 + np.arange(n, dtype=float), index=weight_index)
+
+    captured = []
+    original_fit = RandomForestClassifier.fit
+
+    def spy_fit(self, X, y, sample_weight=None, **kwargs):
+        captured.append(
+            (
+                np.asarray(X).copy(),
+                None if sample_weight is None else np.asarray(sample_weight, dtype=float).copy(),
+            )
+        )
+        return original_fit(self, X, y, sample_weight=sample_weight, **kwargs)
+
+    automl = AutoML()
+    with patch.object(RandomForestClassifier, "fit", spy_fit):
+        automl.fit(
+            X_train=X,
+            y_train=y,
+            sample_weight=sample_weight,
+            groups=groups,
+            split_type="group",
+            eval_method="holdout",
+            task="classification",
+            time_budget=-1,
+            max_iter=2,
+            estimator_list=["rf"],
+        )
+    assert automl.model is not None
+    assert captured
+    for X_fit, weight_fit in captured:
+        assert weight_fit is not None
+        # each row trains with its own weight (1000 + row id) after the split,
+        # regardless of the Series' original (non-default) index
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(weight_fit, 1000.0 + np.asarray(X_fit)[:, 0])
+    assert automl._state.weight_val is not None
+
+
 def test_groups_for_classification_task():
     from sklearn.externals._arff import ArffException