---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation"
description: "Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Maryland SB 308 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6adf2ba6-739b-4ffd-b655-e5dac4747587"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0308?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ea73c39c1ef7b8ef5ad0ca466fabea493a0621685b44e78d69a9415061b93c91"
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 308 (2024) — Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_148_sb0308t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0308f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0308t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-24** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6adf2ba6-739b-4ffd-b655-e5dac4747587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).