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AHVA UPDATE: We’re at the Alabama State House Today

Today, advocates with the Alabama H**p and V**e Association (AHVA) are traveling to the Alabama State House to meet directly with legislators.

We are fighting for small businesses and adult consumers across this state.

🚨 Starting in October, Alabama’s new v***r tax will impose a $0.10 per milliliter tax on v***r products.

That means:

• 30mL bottle = $3.00 tax
• 60mL bottle = $6.00 tax
• 100mL bottle = $10.00 tax

This is a volume-based tax — NOT a ni****ne-based tax.

It punishes lower ni****ne users the most, because the lower the ni****ne level, the more liquid a consumer must purchase to meet their needs.

Consumers who intentionally stepped down their ni****ne levels to reduce dependence will now pay the highest tax.

⚠️ It gets worse.

Several Alabama cities implemented this tax early at the local level.

When the statewide tax goes into effect in October, those cities will be hit with a DOUBLE tax — meaning consumers and small businesses in those communities will pay both the municipal tax AND the new state tax.

That creates:

• Higher prices in certain cities
• Uneven competition across the state
• A heavier burden on local consumers
• More pressure on small businesses already operating on thin margins

This impacts:

• Adults using v***r products as an alternative to smoking
• Fixed-income consumers
• Small, locally owned businesses
• Alabama jobs and storefronts

For many retailers, this tax could be devastating. It creates a pricing structure that pushes consumers to:

• Purchase out-of-state
• Buy online
• Seek unregulated products
• Or return to combustible ci******es

That’s not public health — that’s bad policy.

📣 WE NEED YOU

If this tax impacts you, your family, or your business — NOW is the time to speak up.

👉 Find your Alabama Representative here:
https://www.legislature.state.al.us/house-of-representatives-members

👉 Find your Alabama Senator here:
https://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate-members

Call. Email. Show up.

Tell them:

• How this tax will affect you personally
• How it will affect your budget
• How it will affect your business
• Why a volume-based tax structure is flawed
• Why double taxation in certain cities is unfair

Legislators need to hear directly from the people they represent.

We are working at the State House — but your voice at home matters just as much.

Advocacy works when everyone participates.

🚨 ALABAMA: THEY WANT TO BAN H**P PRODUCTS ALREADY 🚨

A new bill filed in the Alabama Senate — SB321 — would ban h**p-derived cannabinoid products across Alabama.

And here’s the part that should concern everyone:

⚠️ This ban is being proposed BEFORE businesses and cities have even had time to fully navigate the law that was just put into place.

Businesses across the state have spent months trying to:

• Understand the new regulations
• Apply for licenses
• Comply with state rules
• Work with cities on zoning and approvals

Now SB321 proposes to eliminate the entire system before it has even had time to work.

If passed, this bill would:

❌ Ban h**p-derived cannabinoids
❌ Shut down compliant small businesses
❌ Criminalize products adults are currently allowed to purchase legally

This would move Alabama from regulated sales → straight to prohibition.

⚠️ But the bill is not law yet.

Right now it is sitting in the Senate Healthcare Committee, and the committee leadership will decide whether it moves forward.

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📢 THIS IS THE MOMENT TO SPEAK UP

Consumers, employees, and small business owners need to respectfully contact the committee leadership and ask them to OPPOSE SB321.

📞 Senate Healthcare Committee Leadership

Sen. Tim Melson — Chair
📧 [email protected]
📞 334-261-0888

Sen. Larry Stutts — Vice Chair
📧 [email protected]
📞 334-261-0862

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✉️ Copy & Send This Message

“My name is ___ and I’m an Alabama resident. I respectfully ask you to oppose SB321. Businesses and cities across Alabama are still trying to navigate the new h**p regulations that were just put into place. Banning these products now would shut down compliant businesses and criminalize products adults currently purchase legally. Please support responsible regulation instead of prohibition.”

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⏱ It takes less than 2 minutes to speak up.

Small businesses, employees, and consumers across Alabama are depending on it.

📢 Please share this so more Alabamians know what is happening.

Headed to Montgomery today.

AHVA continues conversations with legislators and state officials regarding pending regulatory changes, ongoing legal matters, and licensing hurdles impacting compliant specialty retailers across Alabama.

We remain confident that workable solutions can be reached — but engagement matters.

Our advocates are stepping away from their own affected businesses today to represent small businesses and adult consumers across this state. We ask for traveling grace as they make the trip.

If these issues impact you, now is the time to respectfully contact your legislators and make your voice heard:

👉 https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/elected-official-map

Real businesses. Real consumers. Real impact.

Stay engaged.

AHVA is back at the Alabama State House today.

We continue productive conversations with legislators regarding:
• V**e tax implementation
• Registry concerns
• H**p licensing barriers
• Small business survival in Alabama

Our goal remains clear — protect youth access, preserve responsible retailers, and ensure regulations don’t unintentionally eliminate compliant small businesses across our state.

These conversations are ongoing, and progress takes persistence. We are committed to staying at the table.

If you’re a business owner or consumer impacted by these changes, your voice matters. Reach out to your House and Senate representatives today and tell them how these regulations are affecting you.

🔗 Find your legislator: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/elected-official-map
🔗 Learn more or join us: www.joinahva.com

Today, AHVA is back at the Alabama State House.

Our advocates are meeting face-to-face with legislators to discuss h**p and v**e regulations and the very real impact of the laws passed in 2025. As we head into these conversations, we’re asking for traveling grace for everyone making the trip from their home districts to stand up for this industry and the people behind it.

But this work doesn’t stop at the State House.

We need every member engaged today:
📞 Call your local legislators
📧 Email their offices
🗣️ Engage and share your experience

Tell them your story.

Explain how h**p and v**e products have:
• Helped you quit or stay away from ci******es
• Supported your small business or employees
• Improved your health, finances, or daily life
• Provided safer alternatives and stability

These laws aren’t just policy on paper — they affect real people, real families, and real livelihoods across Alabama. Legislators need to hear directly from those impacted by the 2025 regulations.

👉 Find your legislators here:
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/elected-official-map

👉 Not a member yet? Join AHVA and stand with us:
www.joinahva.com

If this industry has helped improve your life or allowed you to build something meaningful, today is the day to speak up.

AHVA will be at the table today — but it takes all of us to make our voices heard.

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🚨 7 DAYS. THIS IS IT. 🚨
The 2026 Alabama Legislative Session begins January 13 — and decisions made THIS session can FURTHER impact h**p and v**e consumers, employees, and small businesses across Alabama.

If you use these products.
If you sell these products.
If your routine, health choices, or livelihood has been affected by recent regulations — lawmakers need to hear from YOU, not lobbyists.

🔥 DO THIS THIS WEEK:
1️⃣ Find your State Representative & Senator:
👉 https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/elected-official-map

2️⃣ Email them before session starts.
Introduce yourself as their constituent and tell them exactly how h**p and v**e regulations have changed your daily life, routine, or business.

🗣️ Be real. Be personal. Be respectful — but be unmistakably clear.

❗Silence = decisions made without us.
❗Now is the window before bills move fast and behind closed doors.

🤝 Stand with AHVA. Join the fight for fair, workable policy:
👉 www.joinahva.com

📣 Tag a friend. Share this post. Speak up.
The Alabama H**p and V**e Association is watching this session closely — and we need our community standing ready.

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