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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)"
+description: "Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 894"
+citation: "Maryland HB 894 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Lewis", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Moreno", "Odom", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Ruff", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Turner", "Vogel", "White Holland", "Wims", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d4d8c3-7ce0-49bc-8594-c7ad182fe342"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0894?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "001eafc7232c81bc5a8bab75bf17fb678d3846259925317fc1c3a056f573f8db"
+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 894 (2026) — Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_592_hb0894e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894e.pdf)
+3. **First - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **96–32** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Buckel /573529/1 — **37–93** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–4** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Qi — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speaker — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
+- **2026-02-23** Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
+- **2026-02-23** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
+- **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** Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
+- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d4d8c3-7ce0-49bc-8594-c7ad182fe342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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