---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements"
description: "Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Maryland HB 131 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Foley", "Lehman", "Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9e86815-0636-44ae-ba69-c771e414835f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0131?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "24c094e7351a8c0b156dd1b15b0fe95a31c54f1817d25fc439b322f1d3d1cbc8"
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 131 (2024) — Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_213_hb0131t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0131f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0131t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/06 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 213 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9e86815-0636-44ae-ba69-c771e414835f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).