Why it matters: If Senate Bill 321 passes, it would render Huntsville's changes irrelevant.
Catch up quick: Huntsville's ordinance update is a response to HB 445, and adds hemp stores to the chapter regulating liquor stores, since the state law places hemp retailers under the purview of the ABC.
It establishes zoning rules by store type and modifies buffer zones around stores, among other changes.
Senate Bill 321, by striking a portion of HB445, would remove the legal framework for stores to sell those products, including the ABC licenses Huntsville's ordinance uses to categorize the stores.
What they're saying: "This is something that came through the state, and so now we as a city would have to incorporate all of those provisions that were enacted to ensure that we are properly addressing it here in the city of Huntsville," said Lady Kassama, city planner.
"This is just one of a series of actions that the city will take in order to address the new law in our state," she said, speaking at last month's Planning Commission meeting.
