---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards"
description: "Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 860"
citation: "Maryland HB 860 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boafo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/374223d2-4410-4de1-94f1-456ddacb20a1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0860?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fde2e905f7558ea301405db7da6cb6b8d356bab5e1d770841d5e478904a87db3"
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 860 (2024) — Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_160_hb0860t.pdf)
2. **First - Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0860f.pdf)
3. **Third - Housing and Community Development - Community Action Boards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0860t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/374223d2-4410-4de1-94f1-456ddacb20a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).