---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member"
description: "Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Maryland HB 75 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Clark", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Jacobs", "Jalisi", "Johnson", "Lehman", "Love", "Otto", "Prettyman", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-21"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd3cf56-e3f3-4c3c-b689-32c400f2193f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0075?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "93b7a318ea69e040afb8de974b0ba91c6dcf61ee0a7adc5b095b84601641f1be"
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 75 (2022) — Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_459_hb0075t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Agricultural Commission – Hemp Industry Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0075f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0075t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **121–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Prettyman — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Hearing 1/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fd3cf56-e3f3-4c3c-b689-32c400f2193f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).