---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning"
description: "Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "Maryland HB 240 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a61b67c-020e-46cc-82da-84313090b2bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0240?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "428874dde2da39b4e32b6253430a6da60ac4efda4e3bc1dd96a44cbacc6d75db"
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 240 (2026) — Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_122_hb0240t.pdf)
2. **First - Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0240f.pdf)
3. **Third - Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0240t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Ready /913427/1 — **15–25** (fail) · upper

## 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.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a61b67c-020e-46cc-82da-84313090b2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).