Second-Hand Smoke From Marijuana Bill Is Moving Quickly in Montgomery

Alabama Lawmakers Pass Bill To Increase Penalties For Smoking Marijuana In A Car Where A Child Is Present

“It goes back to the heart of criminalization of marijuana in certain communities. And those are communities that are communities typical of people of color.” By Andrea Tinker, Alabama Reflector The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that prohibits smoking or vaping marijuana in a car with children. HB 72, sponsored by Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove, would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in …

Second-hand smoke from marijuana bill is moving quickly in Montgomery

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Cannabis Coalition is asking state lawmakers to reconsider HB72 after it overwhelmingly passed in the House Thursday. "It leaves too much to interpretation where someone who isn't a cop could have you investigated for something they may not even know about," ACC Vice President Damion McClellen said. The bill [...]

Alabama House passes bill to report parents whose kids smell of marijuana

Alabama House Democrats split from a fellow Democrat's bill that would require the reporting of parents whose kids smell of marijuana.

Parents of children ‘reeking of marijuana’ would be reported to police under proposed Alabama law

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that requires mandatory reporting when a child, defined as anyone under the age of 19, smells like marijuana.Under HB72, medical personnel, educators, law enforcement, social workers, and members of the clergy would have to report these incidents, which would be investigated the same as suspected child abuse or neglect, to the Department of Human Resources, according to the bill’s te…

Marijuana bill sparks unusual floor debate among Alabama House Democrats

Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove (left) speaks to Rep. Kelvin Datcher, D-Birmingham (right) on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Jan. 27, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that prohibits smoking or vaping marijauna in the car with children. HB 72, sponsored by Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove, would make…

Alabama Cannabis Coalition opposes HB72, warns of expanded criminalization

Coalition says marijuana bill moves Alabama backward as most states liberalize laws and federal policy shifts toward reform.