The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a bill to extend a psychedelics task force through the end of 2027 to develop updated recommendations on expanding therapeutic access to the novel drugs and potentially creating a regulatory framework for broader legalization.
Meanwhile, a Senate committee advanced a companion measure with a minor amendment.
Just days after moving through the House Health Committee, the full chamber passed the legislation from Del. Pam Guzzone in a 110-25 vote on Thursday.
On the same day, the Senate Finance Committee approved that chamber’s version of the measure, sponsored by Sen. Brian Feldman (D), but with an amendment to add a representative of a historically black college or university to the task force. The panel had held a hearing on the psychedelics measure days earlier.
Both chambers’ proposals are aimed at building upon a current law that created the Maryland Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances.
“It’s just to give them one extra year to finish out their work. So it’s just to extend it for one year—to expand it in any way,” Del. Teresa Woorman (D) said on the House floor on Thursday. “We’re not changing their mandate or
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