---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers"
description: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "Maryland HB 378 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b331c39c-c077-4a5e-9a29-393cc6a6bad1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0378?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9055dbf0782c1a0c177acce297bc91817bb9aa02e585ad5963f504697ec85dfe"
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 378 (2020) — Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_187_hb0378t.pdf)
2. **First - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0378f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0378t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kipke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 187 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b331c39c-c077-4a5e-9a29-393cc6a6bad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).