2011 Regular Session

Sponsored By: Senators Brinkley, Raskin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Mathias, Miller, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Reilly, Rosapepe, and Zirkin

Entitled: Medical Marijuana - Affirmative Defenses - Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Workgroup

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 291

Establishing that, in a prosecution for the use or possession of marijuana, or the use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia related to marijuana, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant used or possessed marijuana or drug paraphernalia related to marijuana because the defendant has a debilitating condition, the condition is severe and resistant to conventional medicine, and marijuana is likely to provide the defendant with therapeutic or palliative relief from the condition; etc.

Senate Action

2/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings 2/9 Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m. 3/21

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments 3/24 Third Reading Passed (41-6) 4/7 Senate Concur - House Amendments Third Reading Passed (38-6) Passed Enrolled

House Action

3/22 First Reading Health and Government Operations & Judiciary 3/29 Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) 4/9 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations 4/5 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Motion Special Order until 4/11 (Delegate Sophocleus) Rejected (41-81) Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway-Riccio) Rejected (42-79) Second Reading Passed with Amendments 4/6 Floor Amendment (Delegate Stifler) Rejected (43-82) Floor Amendment (Delegate Sophocleus) Rejected (49-82) Third Reading Passed with Amendments (83-50)

Action after passage in Senate and House

5/10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 215

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Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law ( 5-601 , 5-619 ) Health Occupations ( 14-404 )

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