HB 1643 — Employment Discrimination - School Employees - Use of Cannabis
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-26
Prohibiting a school from discriminating against an applicant for employment or an employee because of the applicant's or the employee's legal use of cannabis outside the workplace, outside of work hours, and without the use of the school's equipment or property; establishing that the Act does not prohibit a school from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and providing the Act does not apply to certain safety-sensitive employees.
Latest action: — In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsors (8)
- Veronica Turner (D, MD-26) — sponsor · 2026-02-26
- Diana M. Fennell (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Julian Ivey (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Darrell Odom (D, MD-27) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Kent Roberson (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
- Kym Taylor (D, MD-23) — cosponsor · 2026-02-26
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- · house — First Reading
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
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| — | → | House rules and executive nominations | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronica Turner (D, state_lower MD-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Darrell Odom (D, state_lower MD-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Diana M. Fennell (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Julian Ivey (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kent Roberson (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kym Taylor (D, state_lower MD-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House rules and executive nominations · md-leg