---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Housing and Community Development - Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Program - Application Requirement"
description: "Department of Housing and Community Development - Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Program - Application Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 108"
citation: "Maryland HB 108 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Baltimore City", "Community Development", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Housing", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a86242c-fed6-43c3-9bf1-2170a48cbe11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB108&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6068275a7d52119acd315c28150f0a24cebd035e75f1fa5c3e5ef05cbc0ecd9a"
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 108 (2018) — Department of Housing and Community Development - Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Program - Application Requirement

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0108f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-23** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {690911/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Special Order until later this session (Delegate McDonough) Adopted
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (118-18) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a86242c-fed6-43c3-9bf1-2170a48cbe11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).