HB 131

Enacted

Housing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements

Sponsor: Vaughn Stewart (District 19)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 213 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring local jurisdictions with at least 150,000 residents to report certain information for each building or development permit application that includes a residential housing component as part of the development to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning on or before July 1 each year; and requiring a local jurisdiction to make a copy of the report publicly available on its website.

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Testimony (26)

MGA witness list

FAV 18FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cook, Chuck	Department of Housing and Community Development	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cook, Chuck	Department of Housing and Community Development	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Sean	MBIA	Oral
FAV	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Andrew	Maryland Department of Planning	Written (PDF)
FAV	May, Lisalobbyist	Maryland REALTORS	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ballentine, Tom	NAIOP Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Forman, Nathaniel	O'Malley, Miles, Nylen and Gilmore	Oral
FAV	Coale, Tomlobbyist	PWRJ	Oral
FAV	WAGNER, CLARK	Pleasants Development, LLC	Oral
FAV	Ryan, Doug	Prosperity Now	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Enten, robert	md bankers assoc	Oral
FAV	Delegate Stewart, Delegate Stewartlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Stewart, Delegate Stewartlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Holloway, Bernard	Individual	Oral
FAV	Stewart, Vaughn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Vaughn	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	McShane, Jolie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Reed, Danlobbyist	Greater Greater Washington	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	BaucumColbert, Jordan	M-NCPPC - Governement Affairs Liaison	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FWA	Anderson, Casey	Rodgers Consulting	Oral
FWA	Wessel, Matthew	Rodgers Consulting Inc.	Oral
INFO	BaucumColbert, Jordan	M-NCPPC - Governement Affairs Liaison	Oral + Written (PDF)