Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB413: Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2025
Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances is a felony; altering the penalties for being a volume dealer and drug kingpin with regard to cannabis; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms FOR the purpose of authorizing a person who is at least a certain age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances is a felony…
From the engrossed text, March 13, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms FOR the purpose of authorizing a person who is at least a certain age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances is a felony; altering the penalties for being a volume dealer and drug kingpin with regard to cannabis; authorizing a certain person serving a certain term of confinement imposed on or before a certain date for an offense relating to volume dealing in cocaine base or cannabis or being a drug kingpin with regard to cocaine base or cannabis to file a certain motion to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; altering the penalties for certain crimes relating to firearms; and generally relating to controlled dangerous substances and firearms. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Criminal Law Section 5-101(a) and (u) and 5-602 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Criminal Law Section 5-603, 5-612, and 5-613 Annotated Code of Maryland EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] …