Under existing law, the sale of over-the-counter products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is regulated and certain records of sales are required to be kept.
This bill would further regulate the sale of over-the-counter products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time.
The bill would prohibit the sale of any product containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds from anywhere other than a licensed pharmacy.
This bill would specify certain identification necessary to purchase a product containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds.
This bill would enhance criminal penalties for violations of laws governing the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds.
This bill would revise the membership of the Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.
This bill would require the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center to implement an electronic drug offender tracking system to catalogue all criminal convictions in this state and other states of persons with certain felony and misdemeanor convictions related to methamphetamine.
This bill would make it a Class B felony to purchase or to attempt, solicit another, or conspire to purchase or sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical or pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds for the purpose of providing or sharing any pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds to manufacture methamphetamine or a controlled substance.
This bill also would provide specific criminal penalties for certain uses of drug paraphernalia in violation of the controlled substances laws of this state.
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.
Forwarded to Governor on April 19, 2012 at 3:30 p. m. on April 19, 2012.
Assigned Act No. 2012-237 on 04/24/2012.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 694
Holtzclaw motion to Table adopted Roll Call 693
Bedford first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Rereferred to Committee on Health.
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Cosponsors Added
Dissent Filed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 373
Galliher motion to Table adopted Roll Call 372
Fincher Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 371
HLTH 6th Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 370
HLTH 5th Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 369
HLTH 4th Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 368
HLTH 3rd Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 367
HLTH 2nd Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 366
HLTH 1st Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 6 amendments
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
Source: Alabama Legislature