---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)"
description: "Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Maryland HB 1137 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d92c2d61-e7ec-45cb-9c4f-2751de76fe81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1137?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "70e72ad4cef775a1437b4f7bad3b2ae5ea40b0f0a9e9163f472899383685ed6a"
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 1137 (2026) — Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_726_hb1137t.pdf)
2. **First - Land Use - Multifamily Developments and Mixed-Use Developments - Authorization (Bring Back Main Street Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1137f.pdf)
3. **Third - Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1137t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-03** Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 726 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d92c2d61-e7ec-45cb-9c4f-2751de76fe81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).