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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 255: Cannabinoid products from hemp; sale regulated by Revenue Department, licensure required; tax imposed

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 255 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on March 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Cannabinoid products from hemp; sale regulated by Revenue Department, licensure required; tax imposed. Primary sponsor: Rodger Smitherman (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2025): Currently Indefinitely Postponed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Controlled Substances

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rodger SmithermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Currently Indefinitely Postponed
  2. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Tourism)
  3. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  4. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Tourism
  5. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Tourism)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source