---
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: "SB 325"
citation: "Maryland SB 325 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb16a20-77b8-4116-9479-6c820e85d7d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0325?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "309abcfc7b9096268a7fd6e72c6297e2ce137a19b4b6372545ba061b27d03ded"
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 325 (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_590_sb0325e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0325e.pdf)
3. **First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0325f.pdf)
4. **Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0325t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **35–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–29** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb16a20-77b8-4116-9479-6c820e85d7d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).