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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers"
description: "Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Maryland SB 304 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aca9a9f0-76f4-4a7a-b384-a7f964fc2e19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0304?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6f70a5ecc7da5a33d46d52f05ab24a6e434d7091d9845aa5b6789f3c20c80806"
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 304 (2020) — Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_188_sb0304t.pdf)
2. **First - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0304f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0304t.pdf)
## Votes
- Floor Amendment Jennings /973227/1 — **1034** (fail) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **1290** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **1331** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2020-02-28** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 188 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aca9a9f0-76f4-4a7a-b384-a7f964fc2e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).