Maryland Senate Bill 389

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Engrossed on March 23 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-04-13 - Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Beidle and Hershey)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loans under the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on land located near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and certain development impact fees; etc.

Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)

Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]
Sen. Kevin Harris [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]
Sen. Sara Love [D]	Sen. Dawn Gile [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 102 N: 34 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-03-23 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Beidle and Hershey)
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (102-34)
2026-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {873127/1 Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2026-04-02	House	Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2026-04-02	House	Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
2026-04-02	House	Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2026-04-02	House	Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
2026-03-24	House	Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2026-03-23	House	Referred Economic Matters Environment and Transportation
2026-03-23	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2026-03-20	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {153227/1 Adopted
2026-03-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-02-02	Senate	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2026-02-02	Senate	Hearing canceled (Finance)
2026-01-29	Senate	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2026-01-27	Senate	First Reading Finance and Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB894 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Economic Development	10	134	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	20	128	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Land Use	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Land Use	1	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Land Use	10	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Land Use	4	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Land Use	7	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0389?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0389f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0389t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0389_15322701.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0389_87312701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0389_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0389_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0389_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0389_ent.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0639.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1479.pdf