republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-548.md

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Bill	Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)	Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 548	Maryland HB 548 (2026)	bill		enacted	Acevero Addison Allen Amprey Behler Boafo Boyce Edelson Fair Holmes Ivey Lewis Moreno Palakovich Carr Pasteur Qi Ross Ruff Schindler Simmons Stewart Vogel Wims	4	15	3	2026-01-27	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0548?ys=2026RS	f62c1985adefb23d14c230f54ce5c73e8be1b24c009a8a62ace8f267d468f06b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 548 (2026) — Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Amend) — 34–12 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 110–18 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 124–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Acevero — primary (person)
• Addison — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Edelson — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Qi — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Schindler — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Stewart — primary (person)
• Vogel — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-20 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-11 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-11 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-11 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).