---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement"
description: "Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Maryland HB 235 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b7480e1-54bf-4dee-ae7b-b42767445b3f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0235?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "05697e5a2631c20c7fdeb1dce1946ca1901500d8f2969971da77e80fbdc03e4e"
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 235 (2026) — Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_597_hb0235t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0235f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program - Local Approval Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0235t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b7480e1-54bf-4dee-ae7b-b42767445b3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).