Maryland Senate Bill 147 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-14 - Hearing canceled
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from purchasing for, distributing, or selling kratom to an individual under the age of 18 years of age, except under certain circumstances; providing it is a defense in a prosecution under the Act that the defendant examined the purchaser's driver's license or other valid identification that positively identified the purchaser or recipient as at least 18 years of age; establishing that a violation of the Act is a civil penalty; providing for the issuance and prosecution of a civil citation issued under the Act; etc.

Criminal Law – Kratom – Prohibited Purchase, Distribution, or Sale

Sen. Ronald Young [D]

2020-02-07 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 35 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Hearing canceled
2020-03-12	House	Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-10	House	Referred Judiciary
2020-02-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed (35-11)
2020-02-05	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {618874/1 Adopted
2020-02-04	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2020-02-04	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {618874/1
2020-02-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-01-13	Senate	Hearing 1/22 at 3:00 p.m.
2020-01-10	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB283 (Crossfiled) 2020-01-21 - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	5	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0147?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0147f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0147t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0007/sb0147_61887401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0147_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0199.pdf