---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles"
description: "Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Maryland SB 266 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-06"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a9bd68-ac95-4788-84fe-fbdf5a0568ee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0266?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2727ef8081e61a5d972518a03350ad6dca3e85e3d416be368a23802b815b9a10"
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 SB 266 (2025) — Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_64_sb0266e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0266e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0266f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0266t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2025-02-12** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-02-12** Motion Special Order until 2/13 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2025-02-13** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a9bd68-ac95-4788-84fe-fbdf5a0568ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).