---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth"
description: "Sustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Maryland HB 225 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-17"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d0732d-ed31-4118-b049-18c36a51b0dd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0225?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ba566c9dc6067f4131d367df3dcb81f2bc1dfb0d96d2f8a14c559ba42c95727"
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 225 (2024) — Sustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_91_hb0225t.pdf)
2. **First - Smart Growth Subcabinet - Membership and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0225t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-22** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-22** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01d0732d-ed31-4118-b049-18c36a51b0dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).