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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
+description: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 548"
+citation: "Maryland HB 548 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Edelson", "Fair", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Lewis", "Moreno", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Qi", "Ross", "Ruff", "Schindler", "Simmons", "Stewart", "Vogel", "Wims"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0548?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "f62c1985adefb23d14c230f54ce5c73e8be1b24c009a8a62ace8f267d468f06b"
+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 548 (2026) — Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_591_hb0548e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548e.pdf)
+3. **First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–12** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **110–18** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **124–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Qi — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Schindler — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+