HJR250 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jeremy GrayRepresentative

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Alabama Legislative Study Commission on Hemp and Cannabinoid Regulation, created

Summary

HJR250 creates a temporary Alabama Legislative Study Commission on Hemp and Cannabinoid Regulation to study regulation of hemp and hemp-derived products and recommend legislation.

What This Bill Does

It sets up a 14-member commission including lawmakers, state agencies, industry groups, retailers, and health advocates to study how hemp and hemp-derived products are cultivated, processed, tested, marketed, labeled, and sold, as well as related public health and enforcement issues. Legislative members are compensated; nonlegislative members serve without pay but may be reimbursed for expenses. The commission must produce a written report with findings and proposed legislation by the fifth day of the 2026 Regular Session, after which the commission will be dissolved.

Who It Affects

• Legislative members and state agencies involved in the commission will be affected by service requirements and compensation rules for members (legislative members receive compensation; nonlegislative members may be reimbursed for expenses).
• Hemp industry participants (growers, processors, retailers, and industry associations) and consumers/public health advocates will be affected by potential future hemp regulations that the commission studies and may propose.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Alabama Legislative Study Commission on Hemp and Cannabinoid Regulation with 14 members from legislatures, state agencies, and industry/public health groups.
• Requires appointing authorities to ensure the commission reflects racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity in its membership.
• Tasked to study cultivation, processing, testing, retail sale, advertising, labeling, age restrictions, consumer safety, law enforcement, and regulatory oversight of hemp and hemp-derived products.
• The chair is a legislative member chosen jointly by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; first meeting within 30 days after passage.
• Legislative members receive compensation, per diem, and travel expenses; nonlegislative members serve without pay but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses.
• Requires a written report with findings and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than the fifth day of the 2026 Regular Session; the commission dissolves after filing the report.
• Requires notice of all meetings, and delivery of the final report and documents to Secretary of State; copies of the resolution provided to each appointing authority.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Controlled Substances