---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses, possession, use, or sale of \"whippets,\" \"laughing gas,\" \"poppers,\" and \"snappers\" prohibited in certain circumstances, criminal penalties provided"
description: "Controlled Substances; Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Alabama SB 78 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weaver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b47b15-7451-495f-aa75-3173ed0969cb"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "401a7f063a512e6cd7e568c8a3ac029fbac1828a2089e544aa658979c3ff40d9"
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 78 (2025rs) — Crimes and offenses, possession, use, or sale of "whippets," "laughing gas," "poppers," and "snappers" prohibited in certain circumstances, criminal penalties provided

Controlled Substances; Crimes & Offenses

## 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/SB78-int.pdf)
2. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/I3X2CWZ-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB78-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 355
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 482 `passage`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 481
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Substitute (Health)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 23 `passage`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/94b47b15-7451-495f-aa75-3173ed0969cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).