Maryland lawmakers have passed legislation to provide legal protections for veterinarians who recommend medical marijuana to animals, sending the legislation to the governor’s desk.
The House of Delegates approved one version of the measure in a unanimous 137-0 vote on Tuesday, weeks after the Senate cleared it by a tally of 45-0. And on Wednesday, the Senate adopted the companion measure 43-0 after it passed the House 136-0 in February.
SB 54 from Sen. Clarence Lam (D) and HB 452 from Del. Michele Guyton (D) will now go before Gov. Wes Moore (D), who can sign or veto the bills or allow them to take effect without his signature.
The legislation would make it so the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners could not “suspend or revoke a license, reprimand or censure a licensee, or place a licensee on probation solely on the basis of the licensee discussing or recommending the use of cannabis…or a product that contains cannabidiol on an animal for potential therapeutic effect or health supplementation purposes.”
If enacted into law, the reform would take effect on October 1.
At the Senate bill’s hearing before the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee in February, Lam said the
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