The Maryland House of Delegates has advanced an amended bill to create regulations allowing for adult-use marijuana commerce following voter approval of legalization last year.
The legislation, sponsored by Del. C.T. Wilson (D), passed on a second reading on the floor on Wednesday, just days after clearing committee. The House will need to give final third reading approval to the measure before it potentially moves to the Senate, where a companion version is scheduled for consideration in committee on Thursday.
The House was initially set to take up the bill on Tuesday, but Minority Leader Jason Buckel (R) made a motion to special order the proposal for the next day so that members could have more time to review and prepare additional amendments.
Wilson, who chairs the Economic Matters Committee that approved the bill last week, said in opening remarks on Tuesday that the legislation “delivers a promise that the General Assembly made to the voters who approved on a referendum the adult use of cannabis in November of 2022.”
We’re one step closer to #CannabisReform in Maryland.
HB556 creates an equitable licensing, tax and regulation framework for the new cannabis industry. pic.twitter.com/7AnPzZmmNx
— MD House Democrats (@mdhousedems)
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