---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements"
description: "Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Maryland SB 197 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcccba5d-f11b-42e5-abcf-20a16530bab9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0197?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "307a46bb8bc18bcae407ca9c450ac4c1421d7a9987de995fee360be542f7c381"
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 197 (2026) — Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_111_sb0197t.pdf)
2. **First - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0197f.pdf)
3. **Third - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0197t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcccba5d-f11b-42e5-abcf-20a16530bab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).