---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program"
description: "Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "Maryland SB 531 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "Real Property", "Administrative Agencies", "Appropriations", "Budgets", "Emergencies", "Governor", "Housing", "Human Resources", "Department of", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb589557-7be5-40fd-bac2-22c05cb3b1af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB531&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "143e0f5d863db685bd8c104de8c1fd7c2eef167f6984d061758b75fca086591b"
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 SB 531 (2017) — Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0531f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **132–3** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable with Amendments {227772/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {890113/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-3) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb589557-7be5-40fd-bac2-22c05cb3b1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).