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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting"
+description: "Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 698"
+citation: "Maryland HB 698 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Arentz", "Bhandari", "Boyce", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Lopez", "Nawrocki", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Szeliga", "White Holland"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22fd1246-0f76-4e4f-bb00-f76439aaea1f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0698?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7106e6262008b9b4be9946b01bb97e0149170141709fd2e3a1396109f96abce6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 698 (2025) — Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_186_hb0698e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698e.pdf)
+3. **First - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Nawrocki — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Szeliga — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22fd1246-0f76-4e4f-bb00-f76439aaea1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+