---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Marijuana, Medical Cannabis Study Commission, established, membership and duties provided, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 13A-12-214.2, 13A-12-214.3 am'd."
description: "Medical Marijuana, Medical Cannabis Study Commission, established, membership and duties provided, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 13A-12-214.2, 13A-12-214.3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Alabama SB 236 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marijuana"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/539acfc2-aeb1-4539-9dc0-b3251b3722e2"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB236"
source_hash: "8971af2306f5b7fcd00eb6d1be6ea8518f4dfecf8b65dd84dc6f445442394aa5"
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 SB 236 (2019rs) — Medical Marijuana, Medical Cannabis Study Commission, established, membership and duties provided, defense against prosecution for marijuana possession established, Secs. 13A-12-214.2, 13A-12-214.3 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/SB236-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199712-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199712-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200482-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200482-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 202163-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202163-3.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202230-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202230-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB236-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB236-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1274 — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1480 — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1273 — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 — **17–6** (pass) · upper
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 680 — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1275 — **80–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 680 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Reconsider and Table adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Health first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1273 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1274 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1275 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1480 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-511. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/539acfc2-aeb1-4539-9dc0-b3251b3722e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).