MONTGOMERY, AL — A bill that sought to legalize and regulate the adult use of marijuana in Alabama has been killed by a committee in the House.
House Bill 550 was tabled by the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security and will not be voted on, or even receive a hearing, this year.
House Bill 550, the Alabama Cannabis and Hemp Reform Act of 2013, was introduced in April by Birmingham Democrat Rep. Patricia Todd, who has unsuccessfully lobbied her colleagues at the Alabama state house to legalize medical marijuana, including two medical marijuana bills introduced this year.
The bill would have also authorized the medical use of marijuana in Alabama and the cultivation of industrial hemp.
Rep. Todd is expected to re-introduce the legislation next year.If passed, House Bill 550 would have: