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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 894
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors

- Administrationcosponsor

- Allencosponsor
- Ampreycosponsor
- Behlercosponsor
- Bhandaricosponsor
- Boafocosponsor
- Boycecosponsor
- Coleycosponsor
- Ebersolecosponsor
- Edelsoncosponsor
- Fennellcosponsor
- Foleycosponsor
- Guytoncosponsor
- Harrisoncosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Holmescosponsor
- Hornbergercosponsor
- Iveycosponsor
- D. Jonescosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- Kerrcosponsor
- Lewiscosponsor
- Mireku-Northcosponsor
- Mooncosponsor
- Morenocosponsor
- Odomcosponsor
- Palakovich Carrcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Pattersoncosponsor
- Phillipscosponsor
- Pruskicosponsor
- Qicosponsor
- Robertscosponsor
- Rogerscosponsor
- Ruffcosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Simpsoncosponsor
- Solomoncosponsor
- Stewartcosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Turnercosponsor
- Vogelcosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Wimscosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
- Zieglercosponsor
Votes
YES: 37
- Adams
- Fisher
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, M.
- Sample-Hughes
- Anderson
- Ghrist
- Jacobs
- Morgan, T.
- Schmidt
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Kipke
- Nawrocki
- Stonko
- Baker
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Nkongolo
- Szeliga
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Mangione
- Pippy
- Tomlinson
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- McComas
- Reilly
- Valentine
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Miller
- Rose
- Wivell
- Ciliberti
- Howard
NO: 93
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Behler
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wells
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
NOT VOTING: 4
YES: 96
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Taylor
- Allen
- Embry
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ross
- Toles
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Watson
- Behler
- Guyton
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Moreno
- Shetty
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Odom
- Simmons
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Healey
- Palakovich Carr
- Simpson
- Williams
- Chang
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Smith
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Phillips
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stein
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Stewart
- Wu
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Stinnett
- Young
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Stonko
- Ziegler
- Davis
NO: 32
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (96-32)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {573529/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (37-93)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {193626/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 03/20 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)PDF
- Amendments {193626/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {573529/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (37-93) (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Terrence (Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Gina (The BWI Business Partnership Inc.)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Harrison, Michael (Bowie State University)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Ross, Benjamin
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bagwell, Ashlie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- ANDERSON, ARLISA (Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC))
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McGee, Christa (Maryland Realtors)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Baucum Colbert, Jordan (M-NCPPC - Senior Government Analyst)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Hickey, Terry (Baltimore County Government Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Norton, Eric (Central Maryland Transportation Alliance)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Willems, Miranda
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Fani-González, Natali (Montgomery County Council)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Smith, Tim (Maryland Asphalt Association)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Sakata, Michael (MTBMA)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Mendelson, Lindsey (Maryland Sierra Club)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cantu, Hugo (Apartments and Office Building Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hunter, Casey (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cort, Cheryl (Coalition for Smarter Growth)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Shewbridge, Rylie (Fello)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Levine, Brian (Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce)
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Clements, Mark (Greater Greater Washington)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wilson Randall, Claudia (Community Development Network of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Teffeau, Matthew
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Vey, Jennifer (Greater Baltimore Committee)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Luedtke, Dawn (Montgomery County Council District 7)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Corasaniti, Nora
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kingsley, Patrice (CareFirst BCBS)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Aruna Miller, LT Governor
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Sanderson, Michael (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Gedye, Grace (Consumer Reports)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zeigler, Luke (BaltPOP (Baltimoreans for People-Oriented Places))
- ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Magnotto, Lauren (Greater Washington Partnership)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Evan (Maryland Bankers Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Laria, Jon (Baltimore Regional Transit Commission)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sadowski Jr., J. Thomas (Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO))
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hatton, Brandon (JP Morgan Chase)
- ECM Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
