Maryland House Bill 749 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-08 - Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is a certain qualifying patient; defining the term "qualifying patient" to mean a person who is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that medical cannabis should be treated as legal for certain purposes and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc.

Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act)

Del. Robin Grammer [R]

Del. Lauren Arikan [R]

Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-08	House	Hearing 2/25 at 10:00 a.m. (Judiciary)
2019-02-08	House	First Reading Judiciary and Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0749?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0749f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb0749.pdf