---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting"
description: "Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 698"
citation: "Maryland HB 698 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Arentz", "Bhandari", "Boyce", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Lopez", "Nawrocki", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Szeliga", "White Holland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22fd1246-0f76-4e4f-bb00-f76439aaea1f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0698?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7106e6262008b9b4be9946b01bb97e0149170141709fd2e3a1396109f96abce6"
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 698 (2025) — Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_186_hb0698e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0698t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22fd1246-0f76-4e4f-bb00-f76439aaea1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).