Legislation - HB0548

Title: Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)
Sponsored by: Delegates Behler, Acevero, Addison, Allen, Amprey, Boafo, Boyce, Edelson, Fair, Holmes, Ivey, Lewis, Moreno, Palakovich Carr, Pasteur, Qi, Ross, Ruff, Schindler, Simmons, Stewart, Vogel, and Wims
Status: In the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring the approval of a housing development project application by a local regulatory authority or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be governed only by certain laws and regulations in effect at the time of submission of a substantially complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for a certain time period; etc.

Committees

Original:: Economic Matters

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0325

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0503 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2026 Legislative Date 1/27/2026 Action First Reading Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/27/2026	1/27/2026	First Reading Economic Matters
			Text - First - Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act)

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