republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-894.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)"
description: "Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 894"
citation: "Maryland HB 894 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Lewis", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Moreno", "Odom", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Ruff", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Turner", "Vogel", "White Holland", "Wims", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d4d8c3-7ce0-49bc-8594-c7ad182fe342"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0894?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "001eafc7232c81bc5a8bab75bf17fb678d3846259925317fc1c3a056f573f8db"
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 894 (2026) — Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_592_hb0894e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894e.pdf)
3. **First - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894f.pdf)
4. **Third - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0894t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–32** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /573529/1 — **37–93** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Ruff — 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)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2026-02-23** Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- **2026-02-23** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **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** Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d4d8c3-7ce0-49bc-8594-c7ad182fe342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).