republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/hb-273.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nicotine, age raised to buy, possess, or use nicotine products to 21, restrictions on marketing of certain nicotine products, Secs. 28-11-17.1, 28-11-20, 28-11-21 added; Secs. 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1, 28-11-1, 28-11-2, 28-11-3, 28-11-4, 28-11-5, 28-11-6.1, 28-11-6.2, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 28-11-14, 28-11-15, 28-11-16, 28-11-18 am'd."
description: "Nicotine, age raised to buy, possess, or use nicotine products to 21, restrictions on marketing of certain nicotine products, Secs. 28-11-17.1, 28-11-20, 28-11-21 added; Secs. 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1, 28-11-1, 28-11-2, 28-11-3, 28-11-4, 28-11-5, 28-11-6.1, 28-11-6.2, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 28-11-14, 28-11-15, 28-11-16, 28-11-18 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Alabama HB 273 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nicotine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drummond"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0020c31f-66c3-489e-9c2f-6bd481e5407c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB273"
source_hash: "3206eee44aa0865b65bdd883c9c6804af4d7b384f7652c306a77a49d96859ecd"
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 273 (2021rs) — Nicotine, age raised to buy, possess, or use nicotine products to 21, restrictions on marketing of certain nicotine products, Secs. 28-11-17.1, 28-11-20, 28-11-21 added; Secs. 13A-12-3, 13A-12-3.1, 28-11-1, 28-11-2, 28-11-3, 28-11-4, 28-11-5, 28-11-6.1, 28-11-6.2, 28-11-11, 28-11-13, 28-11-14, 28-11-15, 28-11-16, 28-11-18 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB273-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211573-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211573-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 212428-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212428-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 212445-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212445-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 214052-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214052-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB273-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB273-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 562 — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1317 — **24–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 559 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Drummond motion to Table lost Roll Call 560 — **32–58** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 558 — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- Drummond motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1125 — **58–25** (pass) · lower
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1316 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 561 — **34–50** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Drummond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 558 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 559 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Hanes Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty intended to vote "Nay"
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Drummond motion to Table lost Roll Call 560
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 561 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 562 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1316 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1317 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Drummond motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1125 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-453. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:49 a.m. on May 6, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0020c31f-66c3-489e-9c2f-6bd481e5407c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).