---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning"
description: "Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Maryland HB 279 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-06"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1122443-4ba2-4392-87d4-66047ce8ccd4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0279?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "882ea3f88d38f80c7ee908c896e8df6b4ced276241b8303b90258d2df0ef8312"
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 279 (2025) — Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_59_hb0279t.pdf)
2. **First - Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0279f.pdf)
3. **Third - Municipalities - Annexation Resolutions - Submission to Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0279t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 59 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1122443-4ba2-4392-87d4-66047ce8ccd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).