---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events (Connor and Raina's Law)"
description: "Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events (Connor and Raina's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Maryland HB 617 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderton", "Arikan", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "Clark", "Corderman", "Cullison", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Hornberger", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Lehman", "Lisanti", "Love", "Malone", "McKay", "Metzgar", "Moon", "Morgan", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7966c86-006b-44d1-8b0f-3c51e6fe9e4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0617?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3e2313368dd9ae0c1c0ec4454e861a2e08bb1c965ec2e809e01399b55c13fea"
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 617 (2020) — Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events (Connor and Raina's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events (Connor and Raina's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_hb0617t.pdf)
2. **First - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0617f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Medical Cannabis - Policy for Administration During School Hours and Events (Connor and Raina's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0617t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **130–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 624 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7966c86-006b-44d1-8b0f-3c51e6fe9e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).