---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program"
description: "Community Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "Maryland HB 706 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e958caf0-cf29-4bef-bc3f-2c66d78b172d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0706?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8275afeecf02d4321cd46967da507c95123b48680d25604d742a6f2859600b6e"
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 706 (2023) — Community Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Community Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_437_hb0706t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0706f.pdf)
3. **Third - Community Development - Sustainable Communities - Business Facade Improvement Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0706t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e958caf0-cf29-4bef-bc3f-2c66d78b172d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).