Bill Commons

MD HB 797

died on adjournment

Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 797 pass?

No. MD HB 797 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): Favorable Report by Finance

What is MD HB 797 about?

MD HB 797 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis”.

Who sponsors MD HB 797?

Boafo is the primary sponsor of MD HB 797.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-13 — Favorable Report by Finance
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Boafoprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-13

    Favorable Report by Finance

    committee-passage-favorable

  2. 2026-04-10

    Rereferred to Finance

  3. 2026-04-03

    Referred Rules

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-04-02

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  5. 2026-04-01

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-04-01

    Favorable Report by Economic Matters

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-02-18

    Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.

  8. 2026-02-18

    Hearing canceled

  9. 2026-02-17

    Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.

  10. 2026-02-04

    First Reading Economic Matters

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical CannabisCompare
  • First - Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical CannabisCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-17 · pass · 100-31

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Crosby: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Adams: no
    • Ciliberti: no
    • Hinebaugh: no
    • Mangione: no
    • Reilly: no
    • Anderson: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Howard: no
    • McComas: no
    • Rose: no
    • Arentz: no
    • Ghrist: no
    • Hutchinson: no
    • Metzgar: no
    • Szeliga: no
    • Baker: no
    • Grammer: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Morgan, M.: no
    • Tomlinson: no
    • Beauchamp: no
    • Griffith: no
    • Kipke: no
    • Morgan, T.: no
    • Valentine: no
    • Buckel: no
    • Hartman: no
    • Long, R.: no
    • Nkongolo: no
    • Wivell: no
    • Chisholm: no
    • Arikan: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Schmidt: not voting
    • Cardin: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Sample-Hughes: absent
    • Wilkins: absent
    • Williams: absent
    • Feldmark: absent
    • Long, J.: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: HB 1408not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: SB 439

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