Maryland lawmakers met on Tuesday to discuss the marijuana legalization referendum on the November ballot and complementary legislation to enact rules for the program, signaling their interest in taking steps to prepare to implement the reform as polls signal voters are poised to prepare it.
The Maryland House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Workgroup, which was formed last year by House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D), met multiple times to craft legalization legislation before the proposals were enacted—and this is the second time the body has convened since those measures took effect. For this meeting, a handful of senators joined the House group for the first time, as did additional delegates.
For the first part of the latest hearing, members of the workgroup went over both HB 1, the legalization ballot measure that is going before voters, and HB 837, the implementation bill that Gov. Larry Hogan (R) let take effect without his signature.
The legislative group also received a report from the heads of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MCC) and Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC), which will merge to regulate the marijuana market if voters approve the legalization referendum.
HB 837 stipulates that ATC would be
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