---
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: "SB 604"
citation: "Maryland SB 604 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lee", "Reilly", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce5d37f-218c-4968-890f-b594bdcba09d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0604?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "977c91487fc0733d92856423fec0e970ddb0d7389945bbaece1c3d039082de92"
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 604 (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_625_sb0604t.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/sb/sb0604f.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/sb/sb0604t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **127–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 625 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce5d37f-218c-4968-890f-b594bdcba09d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).