---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws"
description: "City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Maryland HB 544 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47d9c8aa-b7f8-43b6-9971-24fbf1a9750a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0544?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9ba2d0accfafa91a3daeff0bd03ed9b4edb00eba9b597c15f4cf335c94eb77fe"
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 544 (2020) — City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_241_hb0544t.pdf)
2. **First - City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0544f.pdf)
3. **Third - City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0544t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 241 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47d9c8aa-b7f8-43b6-9971-24fbf1a9750a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).