---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act"
description: "Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Maryland HB 12 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2e858e-b562-48de-825d-b54d26762e45"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0012?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "17d916c7ff4d86cbfe9d96450123def4a03430769695d4ba53b66d0d7992e2b1"
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 12 (2023) — Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_512_hb0012e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0012e.pdf)
3. **First - Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0012f.pdf)
4. **Third - Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0012t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Stewart, Lehman and Ciliberti)
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Stewart, Lehman and Ciliberti)
- **2023-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Rosapepe, Guzzone and Jennings)
- **2023-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Rosapepe, Guzzone and Jennings)
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2e858e-b562-48de-825d-b54d26762e45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).