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type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use Affordable Housing Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)"
description: "Land Use Affordable Housing Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 538"
citation: "Maryland HB 538 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5539823d-bd96-4bae-9e5d-32be971d11ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0538?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "428ed1335653e3b53fdf82eaca89ea44099c6b1c3f67b3a6fd9bd4c14ee45a2d"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_122_hb0538e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Land Use Affordable Housing Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0538e.pdf)
3. **First - Land Use Affordable Housing Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0538f.pdf)
4. **Third - Land Use Affordable Housing Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0538t.pdf)
## Votes
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /173626/1 — **3894** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Pippy /933128/1 — **3697** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **9836** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **3113** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **9838** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Schmidt /133429/1 — **3796** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5539823d-bd96-4bae-9e5d-32be971d11ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).