- 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 Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (34-12)
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
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 complete application; granting the proponent of an approved housing development project certain vested rights related to use and development for the longer of 5 years or a period determined by the local regulatory authority of the Commission; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Economic Matters Click to view Recorded Media
- Opposite:
- Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Testimony
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
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