---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership"
description: "Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Maryland HB 46 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-09"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb5e1aaf-2ef6-4a92-94be-b7de172e143a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0046?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8651e0b6345c85f99dc09b04eb434d67b6f5fe17ac01d4084c20db6b93bf0b1a"
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 46 (2025) — Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_364_hb0046e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0046e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0046f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0046t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Hearing 1/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb5e1aaf-2ef6-4a92-94be-b7de172e143a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).