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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cannabis Reform"
+description: "Cannabis Reform"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 837"
+citation: "Maryland HB 837 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-02-03"
+last_action: "2022-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb33800-3f58-4426-8e49-1b83abd3ad15"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0837?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "484e231456bab3e30d8d41d9cfbbaf4fa27d43524365a27f8645f5f425daec08"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 837 (2022) — Cannabis Reform
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_26_hb0837e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837e.pdf)
+3. **First - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837f.pdf)
+4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2022RS-HB0837-REIN.pdf)
+5. **Third - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLA Del. Buckel /933624/1 — **39–91** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **89–41** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Griffith /803727/1 — **31–93** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Griffith /833023/1 — **38–89** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **92–37** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Kipke /533220/1 — **38–88** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Chisholm /203121/1 — **36–91** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/14 at 10:00 a.m.
+- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Motion Special Order until 2/23 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
+- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-28** Referred Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-14** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
+- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Reilly) Adopted
+- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb33800-3f58-4426-8e49-1b83abd3ad15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+