republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-236.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 236	Alabama SB 236 (2019rs)	bill	Marijuana	enacted	Melson	7	29	6	2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/539acfc2-aeb1-4539-9dc0-b3251b3722e2	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB236	8971af2306f5b7fcd00eb6d1be6ea8518f4dfecf8b65dd84dc6f445442394aa5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amd/Sub 199712-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 200482-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 202163-3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amd/Sub 202230-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/539acfc2-aeb1-4539-9dc0-b3251b3722e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).