---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership"
description: "Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Maryland HB 427 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Boyce", "Embry", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Moreno", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58ad95b-4ff5-410f-8aef-bc2d679ec37d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0427?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "54a9370e3c9ec9029e9b592f2e49eaebbc666eed2f4ab97e4f52a69c4a5eb706"
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 427 (2026) — Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_207_hb0427e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0427e.pdf)
3. **First - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0427f.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0427t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **110–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **104–29** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/10 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/10 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a58ad95b-4ff5-410f-8aef-bc2d679ec37d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).