---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization"
description: "Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Maryland SB 236 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-06"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad18074a-7eea-419a-9347-411dca49a153"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0236?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "23e4cabd0664674940b0ca7c4dafe9e98b2cad6f3424ca024445787af6050b10"
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 236 (2025) — Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_62_sb0236e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0236e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0236f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0236t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad18074a-7eea-419a-9347-411dca49a153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).