2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB320: Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
Legislative Summary
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
Bill History
1/15/2024
First Reading Judiciary
House of Delegates
2/10/2024
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/15/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 35
Primary Sponsor

Jesse Pippy
Republican
Co-Sponsors (34)
Christopher Adams
Republican
Steven Arentz
Republican
Terry Baker
Republican
Jason Buckel
Republican
Brian Chisholm
Republican
Barrie Ciliberti
Republican
Mark Fisher
Republican
Jeff Ghrist
Republican
Michael Griffith
Republican
Wayne Hartman
Republican
Jim Hinebaugh
Republican
Kevin Hornberger
Republican
Seth Howard
Republican
Tom Hutchinson
Republican
Jay Jacobs
Republican
Nicholaus Kipke
Republican
Bob Long
Republican
Nino Mangione
Republican
Susan McComas
Republican
Ric Metzgar
Republican
April Fleming Miller
Republican
Matt Morgan
Republican
Todd Morgan
Republican
Rachel Munoz
Republican
Ryan Nawrocki
Republican
Charles Otto
Republican
Teresa Reilly
Republican
April Rose
Republican
Stuart Schmidt
Republican
Joshua Stonko
Republican
Kathy Szeliga
Republican
Chris Tomlinson
Republican
William Valentine
Republican
William Wivell
Republican