---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers - Referrals"
description: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers - Referrals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1063"
citation: "Maryland SB 1063 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Health Occupations", "Cannabis", "Committees and Commissions", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Patients", "Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a4c8a9-ce2d-43ef-b3da-16bfd07c154d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1063&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "23625fbb28fcb24908be83d41c55cdc0252d351e2e2db8124b09b7f62d86c21a"
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 SB 1063 (2018) — Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers - Referrals

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1063f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-06** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-02-21** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-28** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {887774/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-23** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (130-2) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25a4c8a9-ce2d-43ef-b3da-16bfd07c154d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).