---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing"
description: "State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 687"
citation: "Maryland SB 687 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ab2a88-e876-4176-a5d2-81feb51d6b48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0687?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a7df4e1b198d28c84205ecf1cbd8fd18604590d7e035d90701921bbaf062004"
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 687 (2021) — State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_752_sb0687e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0687e.pdf)
3. **First - State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0687f.pdf)
4. **Third - State and Local Housing Programs - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0687t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 752 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ab2a88-e876-4176-a5d2-81feb51d6b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).