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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches"
description: "Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Maryland HB 1071 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D. Barnes", "Davis", "Fennell", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Holmes", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Jackson", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Rogers", "Simmons", "Smith", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Wells", "White", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods", "Young"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27724112-c4a8-4d3d-916c-d573504d0160"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1071?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "36b47bf601282d459431fc65f62a63d57a743c6d312c15ca2b8e338e9b833481"
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 1071 (2023) — Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_802_hb1071e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1071e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Procedure - Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause - Cannabis** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1071f.pdf)
4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-HB1071-REIN.pdf)
5. **Third - Criminal Law and Procedure - Cannabis - Fines for Smoking in Public, Stops, and Searches** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1071t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 802 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27724112-c4a8-4d3d-916c-d573504d0160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).