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SENATE BILL 286
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SB 190/21 – JPR
By: Senator Hough
Introduced and read first time: January 19, 2022
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 17, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Firearms – Use of Medical Cannabis 2
FOR the purpose of providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, 3
possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use 4
medical cannabis; and generally relating to firearms. 5
BY adding to 6
Article – Public Safety 7
Section 5–701 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 7. Miscellaneous” 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Public Safety 13
SUBTITLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS . 14
5–701. 15
A PERSON MAY NOT BE DE NIED THE RIGHT TO PU RCHASE, POSSESS, OR CARRY 16
A FIREARM UNDER THIS TITLE SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT THE PERSO N IS 17
AUTHORIZED TO USE ME DICAL CANNABIS UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 33 OF THE 18 2 SENATE BILL 286
HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 1
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FUR THER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 2
October 1, 2022. 3
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.