---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22"
description: "Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 878"
citation: "Maryland HB 878 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d260a6-7a84-47eb-b3e4-e9d9b2780ec0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0878?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d36999131875e10a2dc1b2c88b8f8c7bb80d7f5c3b56f8e3e7c12d314fb65774"
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 878 (2022) — Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_704_hb0878t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0878f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Department of Housing and Community Development - Housing Opportunities Trust Fund Ho. Co. 05-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0878t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 704 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06d260a6-7a84-47eb-b3e4-e9d9b2780ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).