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IntroducedSep 16, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 02, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Land Use - Comprehensive and General Plans - Alteration of Elements
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 03, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 197
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Education, Energy, and the Environment Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Planningcosponsor
Votes
YES: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 37
Actions
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (95-37)
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (39-4)
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {543226/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Sep 16, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Sierra, Anna (Maryland Department of Emergency Management)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Chuck (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Andrew (Maryland Department of Planning)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Borden, Debra (M-NCPPC)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- White, Virginia (MACo)
