---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program"
description: "Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Maryland HB 577 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bouchat", "Embry", "Fair", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Mireku-North", "Simpson", "Vogel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e8d7ea6-6379-4440-9c1b-6dcda43fbe61"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0577?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4c737a33771b7e3d9c16776eb688d07e709aedb39c53680d33cd5dbb8ff6621c"
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 577 (2024) — Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_151_hb0577e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0577e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Licensing Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0577f.pdf)
4. **Third - Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0577t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **124–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **121–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-15** Hearing 2/16 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e8d7ea6-6379-4440-9c1b-6dcda43fbe61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).