---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services"
description: "Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "Maryland HB 343 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a96ec18c-39d0-4ea1-8d67-a501cce7a1ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0343?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1f13c21cf618cb39d9035acfe58fb932e371472059ed78924d227904e88e49f7"
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 343 (2026) — Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_64_hb0343t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0343f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing Development Projects - Housing Counseling Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0343t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a96ec18c-39d0-4ea1-8d67-a501cce7a1ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).