republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-66.md

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Bill	Relating to cannabis; to prohibit the sale, distribution, marketing, or possession of psychoactive cannabinoids found in hemp for certain age groups; to levy a five percent tax on the gross proceeds of products containing psychoactive cannabinoids sold at retail; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Cannabis, sale to minors of psychoactive cannabinoids prohibited; 5% tax on gross proceeds levied	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 66	Alabama SB 66 (2023rs)	bill	Cannabis	enacted	Tim Melson	10	28	9	2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7e1aedf9-5325-415a-9401-6277a0bb817a	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	bd33e28bab9bee9f73e38439424320687718e0e4a3f9f93361c70d94d15b787e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 66 (2023rs) — Relating to cannabis; to prohibit the sale, distribution, marketing, or possession of psychoactive cannabinoids found in hemp for certain age groups; to levy a five percent tax on the gross proceeds of products containing psychoactive cannabinoids sold at retail; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Cannabis, sale to minors of psychoactive cannabinoids prohibited; 5% tax on gross proceeds levied

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-169 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 0I8FGC-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment 6LB81Z-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment 9V6VPP-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment F1MMC5-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment N3Y0T8-1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment RUR7MN-1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 74 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 580 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 75 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 516 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 518 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 73 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 76 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 29–1 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 519 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 517 on SB66 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tim Melson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Concur
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Health) committee-passage
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Health)
• 2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over (Health)
• 2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Health) referral-committee
• 2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 No Recommendation (Ways and Means General Fund)
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) referral-committee
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Healthcare) committee-passage
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Healthcare) introduction, referral
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-169 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e1aedf9-5325-415a-9401-6277a0bb817a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).