--- type: "Bill" title: "Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses" description: "Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 214" citation: "Maryland SB 214 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 3 action_count: 13 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2024-09-19" last_action: "2025-04-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f91a7f-fdcb-41ea-b0ae-36b90d4f0cfe" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0214?ys=2025RS&search=True" source_hash: "58c7c692c4fe758f5f6ad9691dea9ab391563e2028157a66905e7e3695a7d9f5" 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 214 (2025) — Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_58_sb0214t.pdf) 2. **First - Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0214f.pdf) 3. **Third - Cannabis - Sale and Distribution - Tetrahydrocannabinol Offenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0214t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading — **100–36** (pass) · lower - On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction` - **2025-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee` - **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. - **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed - **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-02-14** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee` - **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2025-04-02** Returned Passed - **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f91a7f-fdcb-41ea-b0ae-36b90d4f0cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).