---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis"
description: "Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Maryland SB 439 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2509c90e-8167-4e7c-a676-685a3c964652"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0439?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "658f46448c54800580a75be94bee138efa92a9b2d504e37e12348031bbb6ec5b"
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 439 (2026) — Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_183_sb0439t.pdf)
2. **First - Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0439f.pdf)
3. **Third - Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0439t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **108–23** (pass) · lower
- The bill is on third reading for final passage. — **33–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-05** Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2509c90e-8167-4e7c-a676-685a3c964652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).