---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements"
description: "Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Maryland HB 243 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8618da46-2a61-439a-aa71-c44d99dfcff5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0243?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "155c2abaed46f127cbf9b25f322c91b5ce067c7deaa407590f09b50b37d1443b"
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 243 (2026) — Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_110_hb0243t.pdf)
2. **First - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0243f.pdf)
3. **Third - Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0243t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8618da46-2a61-439a-aa71-c44d99dfcff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).