---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis Reform"
description: "Cannabis Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 837"
citation: "Maryland HB 837 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb33800-3f58-4426-8e49-1b83abd3ad15"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0837?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "484e231456bab3e30d8d41d9cfbbaf4fa27d43524365a27f8645f5f425daec08"
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 837 (2022) — Cannabis Reform

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_26_hb0837e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837e.pdf)
3. **First - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837f.pdf)
4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2022RS-HB0837-REIN.pdf)
5. **Third - Cannabis Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0837t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Buckel /933624/1 — **39–91** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **89–41** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Griffith /803727/1 — **31–93** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Griffith /833023/1 — **38–89** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **92–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Kipke /533220/1 — **38–88** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Chisholm /203121/1 — **36–91** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/14 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Motion Special Order until 2/23 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Referred Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Reilly) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb33800-3f58-4426-8e49-1b83abd3ad15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).