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Subcommittee adds state equity official and MVA administrator to Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council
Summary
The subcommittee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 222, which adds the Motor Vehicle Administration administrator and the executive director of the Office of Social Equity at the Maryland Cannabis Administration to the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council; members agreed to ask the House and Senate to conform bills.
The Public Health and Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee advanced Senate Bill 222 unanimously after staff said the Senate cross‑file added membership to the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council.
Erin, the committee staff member summarizing the measure, said the Motor Vehicle Administration administrator would be added to the council and that the Senate cross‑file also adds the executive director of the Office of Social Equity at the Maryland Cannabis Administration. "This is a departmental bill from the Motor Vehicle Administration that would add the administrator of the MVA as a member of the cannabis public health advisory council," Erin said.
Committee members moved and seconded the measure, voted 'aye' without recorded opposition, and Chair Bagnell announced the bill passed unanimously; the subcommittee said it would ask the Senate to conform the House bill to the Senate change.
The alteration is limited to advisory council membership and does not change the council's statutory duties as described in the transcript.
