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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Adult-Use Cannabis - Legalization [SB-1075]
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[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Cannabis, and Tobacco Commission; providing that a member of the Commission may not have a certain interest, ownership, or management in the cannabis industry; establishing the Advisory Committee on Adult-Use Cannabis; providing an individual at least 21 years old and in possession of a certain amount of cannabis is not subject to arrest or any civil or administrative penalty; imposing a certain excise tax on the sale of cannabis under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2020
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Education Programs and Research Projects - Licenses [HB-1630]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
Authorizing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to issue medical cannabis education program licenses and medical cannabis research project licenses for certain purposes; requiring a certain applicant to submit certain information and a certain application fee to the Commission; requiring the Commission to grant a certain application under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to deny a certain application under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Hemp Farming Program - Expansion - Processing Hemp [SB-1035]
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[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
Expanding the scope and purpose of the Hemp Farming Program to include monitoring and regulating the processing of hemp; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Governor and the Attorney General, to establish a certain plan for monitoring and regulating the processing of hemp in the State; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a procedure for licensing the processing of hemp in accordance with the plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Grower, Dispensary, and Processor Agents - Age Requirement [SB-1031]
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[Healthcare ]
Providing that an individual must be at least 18 years old to be registered as a medical cannabis grower agent; decreasing from 21 years old to 18 years old the minimum age an individual must be to be registered as a medical cannabis dispensary agent; and decreasing from 21 years old to 18 years old the minimum age an individual must be to be registered as a medical cannabis processor agent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health - Medical Cannabis Reauthorization Act [SB-1012]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the limit on the number of licenses the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission may issue for medical cannabis growers and medical cannabis processors; repealing the requirement that the Commission rescind certain preapprovals under certain circumstances; repealing the requirement that the number of certain licenses the Commission may issue be decreased by a certain number under certain circumstances; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Commission to conduct certain studies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety (Safe Care Act) [HB-1568]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to develop a workplace safety plan; establishing certain requirements for a certain workplace safety plan; requiring that certain training address certain risks and include certain instruction on certain matters; requiring certain State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to collaborate with a certain committee for certain purposes; requiring that certain procedures include certain other procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensary Grower-Processor License [HB-1317]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to license medical cannabis dispensary grower-processors under certain circumstances; requiring an applicant to meet certain conditions to be licensed as a dispensary grower-processor; providing that an applicant for a dispensary grower-processor license may not have received certain disciplinary action from the Commission or have failed to meet certain deadlines; requiring the Commission to establish a certain application review process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation [HB-1400]
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[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing an exception to the existing prohibition on obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance or procuring or attempting to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Expenses of Medical Cannabis Grower, Processor, Dispensary, or Independent Testing Laboratory [HB-1210]
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[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on a trade or business as a certain medical cannabis grower, processor, dispensary, or independent testing laboratory; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensaries and Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council [HB-1068]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting penalty and arrest for a medical cannabis dispensary or its agents for acquiring, possessing, transferring, transporting, selling, distributing, or dispensing medical cannabis, products containing medical cannabis, related supplies, or educational materials for use by a certain independent testing laboratory or its agents; establishing the Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council within the Commission; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Advisory Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensaries and Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council [SB-916]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting penalty and arrest for a medical cannabis dispensary or its agents for acquiring, possessing, transferring, transporting, selling, distributing, or dispensing medical cannabis, products containing medical cannabis, related supplies, or educational materials for use by a certain independent testing laboratory or its agents; establishing the Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Advisory Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensaries and Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council [SB-916]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting penalty and arrest for a medical cannabis dispensary or its agents for acquiring, possessing, transferring, transporting, selling, distributing, or dispensing medical cannabis, products containing medical cannabis, related supplies, or educational materials for use by a certain independent testing laboratory or its agents; establishing the Medical Cannabis Laboratory Advisory Council; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Advisory Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensary Grower-Processor License [SB-953]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to license medical cannabis dispensary grower-processors under certain circumstances; requiring an applicant to meet certain conditions to be licensed as a dispensary grower-processor; providing that an applicant for a dispensary grower-processor license may not have received certain disciplinary action from the Commission or have failed to meet certain deadlines; requiring the Commission to establish a certain application review process; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Cannabis - Medical Cannabis Boutique Grower License and Pesticides [SB-821]
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[Agriculture ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizing a person to submit a certain application to the Department of Agriculture to approve the use of a pesticide in the production of cannabis; requiring that an application include a certain certified risk assessment; requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to license a medical cannabis boutique grower that meets certain requirements to provide medical cannabis to certain licensed and registered entities; limiting to 10 the number of boutique licenses the Commission may issue; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Public Safety - Certification of Police Officers [HB-857]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that employment by a business licensed as a certain cannabis dispensary, grower, or processor does not constitute involvement in the illegal distribution, production, cultivation, transportation, or sale of a controlled dangerous substance for police officer certification or recertification under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 345 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Compassionate Use Fund – Revisions (The Fakiza Rahman Act) [HB-870]
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[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, not the Maryland Department of Health, to administer the Compassionate Use Fund; prohibiting the Commission from imposing certain fees during the two years immediately following the issuance of a license; requiring the Commission to establish a program to allow individuals enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Veteran Affairs Maryland Health Care System to obtain medical cannabis at a reduced cost; requiring the Commission to set a certain fee structure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 352 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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Public Safety - Certification of Police Officers [SB-347]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that employment by a business licensed as a certain cannabis dispensary, grower, or processor does not constitute involvement in the illegal distribution, production, cultivation, transportation, or sale of a controlled dangerous substance for police officer certification or recertification if the individual's employment was not terminated for illegal or improper conduct.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 346 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Expenses of Medical Cannabis Grower, Processor, Dispensary, or Independent Testing Laboratory [SB-146]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for amounts of ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year, including a reasonable allowance for salaries and certain other compensation, in carrying on a trade or business as a certain medical cannabis grower, processor, dispensary, or independent testing laboratory; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2020