republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-225.md

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Bill	Hemp, require state to seek federal approval of state program regulating hemp production, THC derived from hemp descheduled as a controlled substance, Secs. 2-8-381, 2-8-383, 20-2-2, 20-2-23 am'd.	Hemp, require state to seek federal approval of state program regulating hemp production, THC derived from hemp descheduled as a controlled substance, Secs. 2-8-381, 2-8-383, 20-2-2, 20-2-23 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 225	Alabama SB 225 (2019rs)	bill	Hemp	enacted	Melson	2	12	2	2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/617f04ba-9473-42c6-b384-5827ac83b575	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB225	628c3fe0d95246239e4ecb3ddf4c84cc6fa1d497d1d407fc3c76c74f7f43e0cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 225 (2019rs) — Hemp, require state to seek federal approval of state program regulating hemp production, THC derived from hemp descheduled as a controlled substance, Secs. 2-8-381, 2-8-383, 20-2-2, 20-2-23 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1152 — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 863 — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 863 passage
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1152 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-502. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/617f04ba-9473-42c6-b384-5827ac83b575. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).