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IntroducedFeb 11, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Residential-in-Commercial-Zone Laws - Study (Bring Back Main Street Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 03, 2026: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1137
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 101
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Fair
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Watson
- Behler
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
NO: 35
Actions
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (101-35)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {103524/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m.
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
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 Testimony, FAV -- Girdner, Linnie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Cassilly, Robert (Harford County Government)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- May, Lisa (Maryland REALTORS)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Kansal, Tushar (Pew Charitable Trusts)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Pipkin, Matthew (Maryland Multi-Housing Association)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Furth, Salim
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Reed, Dan (Greater Greater Washington)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Duvall, Jessamine (Columbia Housing Center, Inc.)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Singer, Elizabeth (Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Wivell, Brian (ATU Local 1300)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Scepaniak, Michael (BaltPOP - Baltimoreans for People-Oriented Places)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Eng, Jackie (Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Stein, Kate (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club (WDC))
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Tobias, Leanne
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Crockett, Gary (Chevy Chase Village)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- McWilliams, Eric (ICSC)

