---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas"
description: "Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Maryland HB 135 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Qi", "Schindler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-10-30"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca9add45-29bd-412b-b405-badaecaf5dab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0135?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0237969446000c26ebce671f99ce7ca6739676f93f47df23ba108e9d851614bc"
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 135 (2026) — Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_536_hb0135t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0135f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0135t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Schindler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca9add45-29bd-412b-b405-badaecaf5dab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).