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HB 619 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Sales Between Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Nurseries - Exemption

HB 619 expands Maryland's sales tax exemption to cover transactions between licensed cannabis businesses and registered cannabis nurseries. Previously, the exemption applied to medical cannabis sales and general business-to-business cannabis transactions, but not specifically to sales involving nurseries. The bill amends the tax code to explicitly exempt these nursery transactions from sales and use tax. This directly affects licensed cannabis businesses and registered nurseries operating under Maryland's cannabis regulations. The change takes effect July 1, 2025.
Issues: ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesBill expands tax exemption for cannabis nursery transactions, reducing state sales tax revenue. This weakens budget revenue streams by creating a new tax break.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Signed May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

First - Sales and Use Tax - Sales Between Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Nurseries - Exemption → Third - Sales and Use Tax - Sales Between Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Nurseries - Exemption · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to reorganize the sales tax exemption categories for cannabis transactions. The original version listed medical cannabis as the first exemption, while the amended version reorders the list to place medical cannabis first, followed by sales between licensed cannabis businesses, and finally sales between cannabis businesses and nurseries. The amendment also adds committee approval and adoption status information.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same - it exempts sales and use tax for specific cannabis transactions - but the presentation and ordering of the exemption categories was modified.
TECHNICAL

Reordered the list of tax-exempt cannabis transactions from medical cannabis first to business-to-business transactions first

Added committee report status showing favorable review and adoption by the House

Added signature lines for Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate

Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2025

How they voted

37–9
Passed
Total votes 46
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic33
33 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican13
4 Yea 9 Nay
69% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
10
Committee
6
May 20, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637
executive
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned Passed
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Apr 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Apr 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-9)
senate
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Referred Budget and Taxation
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Ways and Means
lower
Feb 24, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (108-23-6)
house of delegates
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
First Reading Ways and Means
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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