Maryland House Bill 803 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on May 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Authorizing a person to plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell, or buy industrial hemp in the State; requiring a person to register with the Department of Agriculture before planting or growing industrial hemp; altering the definition of "marijuana" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to controlled dangerous substances to exclude industrial hemp; providing that the Act is contingent on the taking effect of specified federal provisions that delegate authority over industrial hemp to the states; etc.

Agriculture - Industrial Hemp - Legalization

Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. John Cluster [R]
Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]
Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. Charles Otto [R]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]

2015-04-09 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (130-8) (Y: 130 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2015-04-05 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-1) (Y: 45 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-03-19 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (123-14) (Y: 123 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-12	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456
2015-04-13	House	Passed Enrolled
2015-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (130-8)
2015-04-13	House	House Concur - Senate Amendments
2015-04-13	Senate	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-1)
2015-04-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {864636/1 Report Adopted
2015-04-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2015-03-31	Senate	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-03-23	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2015-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (123-14)
2015-03-19	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-03-19	House	Floor Committee Amendment {120415/1 Adopted
2015-03-17	House	Special Order until 3/18 (Delegate McComas) Adopted
2015-03-17	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2015-03-16	House	Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2015-03-04	House	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-13	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0803?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0803f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0803t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0803e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/Chapters_noln/CH_456_hb0803e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0803_12041501.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0803_86463601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0803.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0803_env.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0803_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0803,h-0466&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0803,s-1063&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0803,h-1176&stab=02&ys=2015RS