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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 273: Controlled substances; regulate sale of nonpsychoactive consumable hemp products by Agriculture Department; require sale of products only in pharmacies; add psychoactive derivatives of hemp as Schedule I drug

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 273 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Controlled substances; regulate sale of nonpsychoactive consumable hemp products by Agriculture Department; require sale of products only in pharmacies; add psychoactive derivatives of hemp as Schedule I drug. Primary sponsor: April Weaver (Republican). 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.

Crimes & Offenses

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April WeaverPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14

“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. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  3. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
  4. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
  5. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)

Sources

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