---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26"
description: "Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1252"
citation: "Maryland HB 1252 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e5121c-bc54-49f9-83c1-db67203cbd4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1252?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0b8d87f4285589d5e2a42cce235d345cfdcd983c58c19be55e28254e407a92a7"
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 1252 (2026) — Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_582_hb1252t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1252f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Housing and Community Development - Montgomery County Study MC 19-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1252t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e5121c-bc54-49f9-83c1-db67203cbd4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).