A Maryland House of Delegates committee has advanced an amended bill containing proposed rules for legal marijuana sales and production in the state, a policy change approved by nearly two-thirds of voters through a ballot referendum last year.
The measure is intended to prepare Maryland to regulate cannabis commerce as the new state law, which will allow adults to possess up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana and two grow plants at home for personal use on July 1.
Before approving the bill at a hearing Thursday evening, the House Economic Matters Committee adopted dozens of changes in a lengthy reprint from the sponsor, Del. C.T. Wilson (D), who also chairs the panel. In addition to many minor, technical amendments, the bill as approved also contains revised provisions on delivery, incorporating medical marijuana businesses into the new adult-use system and how the industry’s regulatory body and social equity office would be structured.
Lawmakers voted 16–5 to advance the bill, HB 556, with three members excused.
The committee had previously heard the proposal and public testimony during a hearing last month, at which point Wilson gave opening remarks on the bill’s intent.
He told colleagues at the time that
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