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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 11, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 548
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 124
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Coley
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Acevero
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Stewart
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Toles
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kerr
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Turner
- Baker
- Fennell
- Korman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Williams
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hartman
- McComas
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Simmons
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Smith
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
NOT VOTING: 5
YES: 110
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Taveras
- Adams
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Addison
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Rose
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Barnes
- Foley
- Martinez
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Valentine
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wells
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Moon
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Chang
- Hill
- Morgan, T.
- Simmons
- Williams
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wivell
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pippy
- Stewart
- Young
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
NO: 18
Actions
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (110-18)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (34-12)
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {493121/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (124-7)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {703724/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)PDF
- Amendments {703724/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)PDF
- Amendments {493121/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wilson Randall, Claudia (Community Development Network of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Wilkins, Michael (Frederick County Government)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Greenfield, Aaron
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bagwell, Ashlie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Pipkin, Matthew (Maryland Multi-Housing Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- East, Heather (Chase Home, Inc. and Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Sanderson, Michael (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Jones, Samantha
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rigby, Christiana
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Reed, Dan (Greater Greater Washington)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- May, Lisa (Maryland REALTORS)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schandelmeier, Brooks
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Westervelt, Patricia (Maryland Department of Transportation)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Willems, Miranda
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ellis, Dan (Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Scepaniak, Michael (BaltPOP - Baltimoreans for People-Oriented Places)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- January, Brianna (Chamber of Progress)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Pickard, Allison
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Behler, Dylan (Delegate District 30A)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- McCarthy, Jaime (Greater Washington Partnership)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- WAGNER, CLARK (Pleasants Development, LLC)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- ANDERSON, ARLISA (Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC))
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Westrick, Sara (AARP Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ateto, Philip
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Budlow, Lisa
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kisicki, Carrie (Coalition for Smarter Growth)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bergan, Courtney (Maryland Legal Aid)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Hessler, Therese
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Randolph, Ash-Lynn (Fello)
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