---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
description: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 548"
citation: "Maryland HB 548 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Edelson", "Fair", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Lewis", "Moreno", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Qi", "Ross", "Ruff", "Schindler", "Simmons", "Stewart", "Vogel", "Wims"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0548?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "f62c1985adefb23d14c230f54ce5c73e8be1b24c009a8a62ace8f267d468f06b"
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 548 (2026) — Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_591_hb0548e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548e.pdf)
3. **First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548f.pdf)
4. **Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **110–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **124–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Schindler — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).