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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
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description: "Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 548"
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citation: "Maryland HB 548 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Edelson", "Fair", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Lewis", "Moreno", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Qi", "Ross", "Ruff", "Schindler", "Simmons", "Stewart", "Vogel", "Wims"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-27"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0548?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "f62c1985adefb23d14c230f54ce5c73e8be1b24c009a8a62ace8f267d468f06b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 548 (2026) — Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_591_hb0548e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548e.pdf)
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3. **First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0548t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–12** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **110–18** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **124–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Addison — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Amprey — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Boafo — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Fair — primary (person)
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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- Ivey — primary (person)
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- Lewis — primary (person)
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- Moreno — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Qi — primary (person)
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- Ross — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- Schindler — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Vogel — primary (person)
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- Wims — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-27** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec111160-5d71-4bf8-a239-f03226578a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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