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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs"
+description: "Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 622"
+citation: "Maryland HB 622 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Cannabis Administration"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c594ce73-bd0a-436c-9302-e1171a9fffc5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0622?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d42a9c642b1b6eebe27eedc359b8c5fbb4c3bdeb53cf481515a45272386daf4f"
+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 622 (2026) — Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_375_hb0622e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0622e.pdf)
+3. **First - Cannabis - Licensees - Micro Dispensary Employees and Cannabis Agent Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0622f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Cannabis - Licensees - Dispensary Licenses, Micro Dispensary Employees, and Cannabis Agent Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0622t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–31** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **119–12** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)
+- Maryland Cannabis Administration — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-03** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-03** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c594ce73-bd0a-436c-9302-e1171a9fffc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+