---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed"
description: "Controlled Substances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Alabama HB 445 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitt"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c74213-40dd-4672-a98b-a22db0e05603"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "96edfbb584d7d6baaa7e3bcd176eb32f148b82ebafb9bca44aa3397084c39125"
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 445 (2025rs) — Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed

Controlled Substances

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB445-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB445-eng.pdf)
3. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 994** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HG9MZ33-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 794** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/DG7XGNH-1.pdf)
5. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 996** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/W1F3I99-1.pdf)
6. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 995** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/BYDC3QJ-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB445-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Whitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Whitt Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1198
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 997 `passage`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 996
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 995
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 994
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 795 `passage`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 794
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Substitute (Health)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Health)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58c74213-40dd-4672-a98b-a22db0e05603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).