---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act"
description: "Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Maryland HB 231 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Bagnall", "Boyce", "Brooks", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Cullison", "D.M. Davis", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Harrison", "Healey", "Hettleman", "Holmes", "J. Lewis", "Korman", "Krimm", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Luedtke", "McIntosh", "McKay", "Moon", "Mosby", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "R. Lewis", "Reznik", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Smith", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Valderrama", "Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fd0c942-d44f-49e6-a8b6-1b1e0c4ddd18"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0231?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b7c3dcfa94bc3a1e1242f5ba84543816bca4e61b4005d975fc2b5d20c56c2411"
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 231 (2020) — Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_116_hb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–42** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **31–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- McIntosh — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Motion Special Order until 3/10 (Delegate Holmes) Adopted
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 116 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fd0c942-d44f-49e6-a8b6-1b1e0c4ddd18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).