---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis Reform"
description: "Cannabis Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Maryland SB 516 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman", "Hayes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5292cc8b-1539-4681-85c0-fcdcd7bf0b39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0516?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df7c51bca5fe0d422f791781ea0490d20db4dc1c2c3914fd000705a185b905ff"
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 516 (2023) — 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/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_255_sb0516e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0516e.pdf)
3. **First - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0516f.pdf)
4. **Third - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0516t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Motion Laid Over (Senator Gallion) Adopted
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Floor Amendment {
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- **2023-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5292cc8b-1539-4681-85c0-fcdcd7bf0b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).