republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-253.md

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Bill	Cannabis Reform - Alterations	Cannabis Reform - Alterations	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 253	Maryland HB 253 (2024)	bill		enacted	Maryland Cannabis Administration	4	17	3	2023-10-19	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/27b6fd5c-2fd6-4057-88fe-2cc6c758ac63	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0253?ys=2024RS&search=True	cbcaa4754820fc27439b55cad7a79e2594a93ff55f4dd4d6221436ad000426d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 253 (2024) — Cannabis Reform - Alterations

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Cannabis Reform - Alterations (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Cannabis Reform - Alterations (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Cannabis Reform - Alterations (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Cannabis Reform - Alterations (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 114–22 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 108–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)
• Maryland Cannabis Administration — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-19 Pre-filed introduction
• 2024-01-10 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-07 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-13 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2024-03-15 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2024-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27b6fd5c-2fd6-4057-88fe-2cc6c758ac63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).