---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments"
description: "Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 525"
citation: "Maryland SB 525 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/781d51c5-2574-440d-9cd6-aa365f3dee9a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0525?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e35da7cdfe85e05f02f7ab287e0b4d7dc18e5426761dae661a95292bb6b9b0ce"
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 525 (2023) — Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_472_sb0525t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0525f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Program Participation - Cannabis Business Establishments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0525t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/781d51c5-2574-440d-9cd6-aa365f3dee9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).