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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical Cannabis – Regulation of Dispensaries, Growers, and Processors"
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description: "Medical Cannabis – Regulation of Dispensaries, Growers, and Processors"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 426"
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citation: "Maryland SB 426 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Health", "Agriculture", "Antitrust Enforcement", "Cannabis", "Commerce and Business", "Committees and Commissions", "Industry and Technology", "Licenses", "Medical Treatments", "Prices"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["West"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-01"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b6aab28-9c76-4dd8-bf26-b05e2f38d6fe"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB426&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "dd39a07f520b8c55660ffe65821978933a0af345d7f5f265cdfdc866e8609e0c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 426 (2019) — Medical Cannabis – Regulation of Dispensaries, Growers, and Processors
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0426f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **129–7** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- West — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/26 at 12:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {468570/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-12** Laid Over (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
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- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {468570/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-13** Special Order until 3/19 (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2019-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {468570/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-19** Special Order until 3/26 (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {468570/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Special Order until 3/28 (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {468570/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Floor Amendment {573620/1 (Senator West)
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- **2019-03-29** Special Order until 4/1 (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2019-04-01** Floor Amendment {573620/1 (Senator West) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2019-04-01** Floor Amendment {573620/2 (Senator West)
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- **2019-04-01** Special Order until 4/2 (Senator Hough) Adopted
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- **2019-04-02** Substitute Floor Amendment {573620/2 (Senator West) Adopted
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- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (42-1) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
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- **2019-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 11:00 a.m.
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- **2019-04-04** Hearing canceled
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (129-7) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b6aab28-9c76-4dd8-bf26-b05e2f38d6fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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