---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing"
description: "Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Maryland SB 274 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd5f18e-d069-4288-9ae0-bc3230366328"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0274?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7632e2621d5092d712847175ee63ffb4183512d25ff20bc29842fff04327d335"
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 274 (2024) — Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_89_sb0274t.pdf)
2. **First - Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0274f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0274t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–19** (pass) · lower
- THE BILL IS ON THIRD READING FOR FINAL PASSAGE. — **38–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Motion Special Order until 2/9 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd5f18e-d069-4288-9ae0-bc3230366328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).