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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 02, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 03, 2026: Referred Rules
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 797
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 100
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Turner
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Ross
- Vogel
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Miller
- Ruth
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Chang
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Nawrocki
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 31
Actions
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Rules
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (100-31)
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Klukas, Bradley (Local 2000)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Trone, David (David Trone for Maryland)
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- O'Keefe, Karen (Marijuana Policy Project)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Reisinger, Renee (Veteran's Initiative 22 and Maryland Chapter Americans for Safe Access)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Wallace, Gordon (Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Council of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Nash, Katie (Jenoptik Smart Mobility Systems)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bryce, Corey (Maryland Alliance for Sensible Drug Policy)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Delbridge, Theodore (Maryland Institute for EMS Systems (MIEMSS))
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Cox, Michael (Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute at the University of Maryland)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gardell, John (International Association of Fire Fighters)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, David "Matt" (IAFF Local 2000)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Hatch, Lyn
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Armentano, Paul (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML))
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Smothers, Eric (Eric L. Smothers)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Boafo, Delegate Adrian
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Anderson, Karrington (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lewis, Shanetha
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Reid, Emma L. (Law Office of E. L. Reid, Esq.)

