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IntroducedOct 29, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Jan 27, 2026: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 36
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Education, Energy, and the Environment Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Housing and Community Developmentcosponsor
Votes
Actions
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Oct 29, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Rush, Barney (Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rives, Kelli (Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Guerci, Lloyd
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Jorgensen, Erika
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Canavan, Thomas (Greater Olney Civic Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Jung, Deb (Howard County Council)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Christensen, Paul (Growth Action Network of Anne Arundel County)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Barnes, David (Edgemoor Citizens Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Tabuteau, Richard (Tabuteau, LLC)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Reinhardt, Richard (Percy Public Affairs, LLC)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Roberts, John
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Cooper, Jabari (Prince George's County Council)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Black, Noah (MJPA)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Jones, Samantha
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Scagliarini, Tracy
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Hunt, James (M-NCPPC, Prince George's Planning Department)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Shah, Zafar (Maryland Legal Aid)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Baucum Colbert, Jordan (M-NCPPC - Senior Government Analyst)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Sharif, Humna (The Nature Conservancy)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Bolte, Karin (Wildwood Manor Citizens Association, Inc.)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Reed, Dan (Greater Greater Washington)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Balakirsky, Michael
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kopiy, Iryna
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hovermale, Emily (Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Benitez, Mayor Celina (City of Mount Rainier)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Ennis, Ella
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Wilhelm, Daniel
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Zektick, Barbara (Zektick + Company)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ferguson, Suellen (Chevy Chase Village)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Jarosinski, Paul
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Broughton, Kathy
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Mumma, Kristy (Howard County Citizens Association)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ellis, Dan (Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Hamidi, Renee (Valleys Planning Council)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Campbell, James (AARP)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schneider, Glenn (The Horizon Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- McCarthy, Jaime (Greater Washington Partnership)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Richards, Annie (ShoreRivers)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Markovitz, Lisa (The People's Voice)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Shewbridge, Rylie (Fello)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Martz, Jacob
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Shapiro, Stephen
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Roberts, Breonna (Maryland Just Power Alliance)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hession, Melody (Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Marini, Alex (Town of Kensington)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Westervelt, Patricia (Maryland Department of Transportation)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Berland, Alexander (MJPA/AIM)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Sumrell, Tinsley
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Arthur, Sara (MD-LAC Community Associations Institute)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Jankovsky, Nathan
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Susan
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Brenner-Leifer, R. Elizabeth (Village of Drummond)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Sanderson, Michael (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Bagwell, Ashlie
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Rybczynski, Adam (City of Havre de Grace)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Gross, Susan (Maryland Just Power Alliance through Anne Arundel Connecting Together (ACT))
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Meister, Pam (Office of County Commissioners, Carroll County)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Meehan, Richard (Town of Ocean City)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Hnath, Jenna (ACA)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Roques, Carmel (Maryland Department of Aging)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- May, Lisa (Maryland REALTORS)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Ryan, Lyndsey (Town of Oxford)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Edelman, Phyllis
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Wu, Secretary Portia (Maryland Department of Labor)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Smith, Marlene (Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay Chapter)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Snyder, Kyle (The Town of Berwyn Heights)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Lombard, Mark
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Chissell, Crystal (Town of Highland Beach)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wilson Randall, Claudia (Community Development Network of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Mitch, Kelly (Section 3 of the Village of Chevy Chase)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Olszewski, Marisa (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Link, Stacy (Town of Sykesville)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Tobias, Leanne
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Sollner-Webb, Barbara (personal, or Trail Riders of Today or West Laurel Civic Assn)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Matthews Brown, Rianna (Comptroller)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Papanikolas, Tiffany (Town of Berwyn Heights)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Jackson, Betsy (City of Salisbury)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Greenfield, Aaron
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Butler, Jonathan (Prince George's County Government)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Duvall, Jessamine (Columbia Housing Center, Inc.)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Compton, John (Town of Washington Grove)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Collins, Reuben (Charles County Government)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Schumitz, Kali (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Gribben, Monica
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Hessler, Therese
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Khanna, Rohit (Town of Somerset Council)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- McKenna, Melissa
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Hendricks, Charles (Town of Laytonsville)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Joyce, Elizabeth
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Saulsbury, Marlene (Forest Crossing HOA)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Costello, Dia (Town of Glen Echo)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kisicki, Carrie (Coalition for Smarter Growth)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Keller, Chris (Town of Garrett Park)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Gramp, Kathleen (Advocates for Herring Bay)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Powers, Ryan (None)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Geller, Paul
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Dove, John (Maryland Department of Labor)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Schoenholtz, Howard
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- abdi, ilhan (Town of Colmar Manor)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Stu (Montgomery For All)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Strachan, Aubri (Reason Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Garson, Jerry (Seven Locks Civic Association, Inc.)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Gannon, Cheryl (Montgomery County Civic Federation)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Anderegg, Niles (Town of Poolesville)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
