---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition"
description: "Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Maryland HB 272 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9171ed6a-d41d-4b55-ada1-72646a614354"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0272?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "266253ce2b64640be19e9bfbe95f9797a7f869f9f6e55387aa0f29f2c41f3b11"
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 272 (2024) — Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_242_hb0272t.pdf)
2. **First - Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0272f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cannabis Licensing and Registration - Use of Straw Ownership - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0272t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9171ed6a-d41d-4b55-ada1-72646a614354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).