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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Bill 732 Directs Baltimore City Cannabis Reinvestment Funds Through City Comptroller
Last action · February 11, 2026: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.Sponsor: Mary Washington
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What This Bill Would Do
The Comptroller is required to distribute Baltimore City's allocation from the directly to the Baltimore City Comptroller, who must establish a special audited account to administer and distribute the funds for community-based initiatives starting October 1, 2026.
This legislation alters how cannabis tax revenue is channeled and overseen within Baltimore City, shifting administrative responsibility for community grant distributions from county-level processes to the Baltimore City Comptroller's office.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Baltimore City Comptroller
Must establish a special account, receive quarterly allocations, distribute funds to community organizations, and submit annual reports to the Office of Social Equity.
Office of Legislative Audits
Gains audit authority over the special account established by the Baltimore City Comptroller.
Community-based organizations in Baltimore City
Eligible to receive distributions from the special fund established by the Baltimore City Comptroller for community initiatives.
Key Facts
- The Comptroller must distribute funds allocated to Baltimore City from the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund to the Baltimore City Comptroller.
- The Baltimore City Comptroller must establish and maintain a special account to hold quarterly allocations from the Fund.
- The special account and funds administered by the Baltimore City Comptroller are subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits.
- The Baltimore City Comptroller must develop a plan for distributing funds to community-based organizations in consultation with stakeholders and after a public hearing.
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- On or before October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter, the Baltimore City Comptroller must submit an annual report to the Office of Social Equity regarding funding, recipient organizations, selection methods, and administrative expenses.
- Money expended from the special account may only be used for eligible community-based initiatives permitted under § 1–3A–03(a)(6) of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article.
- This Act takes effect October 1, 2026.
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Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 11, 2026SenateHearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Finance
Version history
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Decentralization of Fund Administration for Baltimore City
Shifts the administration of Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund monies away from standard county-level legislative adoption models to a direct Baltimore City Comptroller-managed special account.
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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