republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-538.md

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Bill	Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)	Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 538	Maryland HB 538 (2024)	bill		enacted	Administration Allen Amprey Bagnall Bartlett Bhandari Boafo Boyce Charkoudian Crutchfield D. Jones Davis Edelson Embry Fennell Foley Grossman Guzzone Healey Henson Hill Holmes Hornberger J. Long Jackson Lehman Love McCaskill Moon Palakovich Carr Pasteur Patterson Phillips Pruski Qi Roberson Rogers Ruff Ruth Simmons Simpson Solomon Speaker Stewart Taveras Taylor Turner Valderrama White Holland Williams	4	23	6	2024-01-24	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5539823d-bd96-4bae-9e5d-32be971d11ec	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0538?ys=2024RS&search=True	428ed1335653e3b53fdf82eaca89ea44099c6b1c3f67b3a6fd9bd4c14ee45a2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 538 (2024) — Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLA Del. Morgan, M. /173626/1 — 38–94 (fail) · lower
• FLA Del. Pippy /933128/1 — 36–97 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading — 98–36 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 31–13 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 98–38 (pass) · lower
• FLA Del. Schmidt /133429/1 — 37–96 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Administration — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Charkoudian — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Grossman — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• Henson — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• McCaskill — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Ruth — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Speaker — primary (person)
• Stewart — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Valderrama — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-25 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Motion Special Order until 3/27 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
• 2024-03-27 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-27 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-27 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-27 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-03-28 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-29 Referred Rules referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
• 2024-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
• 2024-04-05 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-08 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5539823d-bd96-4bae-9e5d-32be971d11ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).