STATE BILLMD SB 267ENGROSSED

Land Use - Residential Housing - Oversight and Approval (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act)

Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish an administrative process to review, approve, modify, or deny certain housing development project applications; etc.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Mar 19, 2026; 238 days ago
Current chamber: House of Delegates
Session: 2026 Regular Session

MD SB 267 · EngrossedMar 19

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Bill details

Last action: Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m. · Apr 2, 2026
Pending committee: Economic Matters

Sponsor

BBBenjamin BrooksSenator · Democrat · SD-010Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Apr 2, 2026Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.House

Apr 2, 2026Hearing canceledHouse

Apr 2, 2026Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.House

Apr 2, 2026Hearing canceledHouse

Mar 21, 2026Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.House

Mar 20, 2026Referred Economic MattersHouse

Mar 19, 2026Third Reading Passed (42-3)Senate

Mar 18, 2026Second Reading Passed with AmendmentsSenate

Show 4 earlier actions

Mar 18, 2026Favorable with Amendments {293726/1 AdoptedSenate

Mar 18, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSenate

Jan 23, 2026Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)Senate

Jan 19, 2026First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and TaxationSenate

Recorded vote

Third Reading PassedMar 19, 2026 · Senate · 42 yea · 3 nayPassed

Subjects

Local Government - Generally
Taxes - Property - Local
Taxes - Recordation and Transfer
Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local
Administrative Agencies
Agriculture, Department of
Applicants and Applications
Assessments and Taxation, Department of
Associations
Baltimore City
Building Permits
Business Trusts
Census
Certifications
Commercial Property
Committees and Commissions
Communications
Comptroller
Construction
Corporations
Counties
Data
Demographics
Development Fees and Taxes
Education
Education, State Department of
Electronic Government
Energy Matters
Energy Technology and Infrastructure
Environment, Department of the
Evaluations and Reviews
Excise Tax
Exemptions
Fees
Governor
Health
Health, Department of
Highways
Housing and Community Development, Department of
Housing
Identification
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Labor, Department of
Landlords and Tenants
Laws and Ordinances
Leases and Rent
Limited Liability Companies
Local Government Mandates
Low-Income
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Mass Transit
Municipal Corporations
Natural Resources, Department of
Nonprofit Organizations
Notices
Oaths
Open Government
Parking
Partnerships
Pedestrians
permits
Planning, Department of
Plans and Proposals
Property Tax
Public Information
Public Schools
Real Estate
Real Property
Reports
Residential Property
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Sewage
Signs and Billboards
Standards and Best Practices
studies
Tax Returns
Time
Transfer Tax
Transportation, Department of
Transportation
Utilities
Washington Suburban Sanitary District
Wastewater
Water
Wells
Work, Labor, and Employment
Zoning and Planning

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