SB283 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

17

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tammy Irons
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: Tom Whatley Jerry L. Fielding Gerald O. Dial Phillip W. Williams Bill Holtzclaw Shadrack McGill Greg J. Reed Scott Beason George M. “Marc” Keahey Roger Bedford, Jr.Quinton Ross Rusty Glover Del Marsh J.T. Waggoner William “Bill” M. Beasley Mark Slade Blackwell
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Marijuana (sic), synthetic cannabinoids, certain additional chemical compounds prohibited, Sec. 13A-12-214.1 am'd.; Act 2010-717, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the possession of certain named chemical compounds of synthetic cannabinoids is prohibited and subject to criminal penalties. Possession of the substances is a Class C felony except possession for personal use on the first offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
This bill would add certain named chemical compounds of synthetic cannabinoid to the law and would specify that any other chemical compound capable of exhibiting cannabinoid like psychoactivity would be prohibited. Violations would be subject to the existing penalties.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Download Introduced PDF

Documents

Bill Text (Introduced) SB283 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced