SB95 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Vivian Davis Figures Senator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Tobacco products; electronic nicotine delivery systems, use or possession of device, prohibited without regard to particular substance used therein
Description: Under existing law, it unlawful for an individual under 21 years of age to possess any tobacco, tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or electronic nicotine delivery system, or false proof of identification.
This bill would specify that an individual under 21 years of age commits a violation for the possession of an electronic nicotine delivery system or other electronic battery-powered device capable of producing a vapor upon inhalation, without regard to which particular e-liquid or other substance, if any, was contained or otherwise used in the device.
Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, 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 SB95 INTRODUCED 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: Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco