---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative nicotine product, ABC Board required to regulate retail sale like tobacco products, sales to minors prohibited, advertising near schools prohibited, Secs. 28-11-16 to 28-11-19, inclusive, 13A-12-3.8, added; Secs. 28-11-2, 28-11-4, 28-11-7, 28-11-8, 28-11-9, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1 am'd."
description: "Alternative nicotine product, ABC Board required to regulate retail sale like tobacco products, sales to minors prohibited, advertising near schools prohibited, Secs. 28-11-16 to 28-11-19, inclusive, 13A-12-3.8, added; Secs. 28-11-2, 28-11-4, 28-11-7, 28-11-8, 28-11-9, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Alabama HB 41 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alternative Nicotine Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stringer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f829984-4045-45d5-91ef-acd06ef85515"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB41"
source_hash: "6132e569e574227d98de9ce0ef861817c87b5ae3a0ce249b79a0b6b0febd4e12"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 41 (2019rs) — Alternative nicotine product, ABC Board required to regulate retail sale like tobacco products, sales to minors prohibited, advertising near schools prohibited, Secs. 28-11-16 to 28-11-19, inclusive, 13A-12-3.8, added; Secs. 28-11-2, 28-11-4, 28-11-7, 28-11-8, 28-11-9, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB41-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 197732-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/197732-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198432-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198432-4.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200362-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200362-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB41-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB41-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 776 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 111 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 112 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Drummond motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Sessions motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 775 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 113 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Members intended to cosponsor — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stringer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 111 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 112 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 113 `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Warren intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Members intended to cosponsor
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 775 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 776 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Drummond motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-233 on 05/23/2019. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f829984-4045-45d5-91ef-acd06ef85515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).