SB 267

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

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Local Government - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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.

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Testimony (46)

MGA witness list

FAV 19FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 13UnfavorableINFO 10Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Guy, Randy	Commissioners of St. Mary's County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Jake	Department of Housing and Community Development	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fitzwater, Jessica	Frederick County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Riley-Alexander, Carol	Garrett County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ball, Calvin	Howard Co Office of County Exec	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keegan-Ayer, M.C.	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral
FAV	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Bailey Thupari, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Maryland State Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Maryland State Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Meister, Pam	Office of County Commissioners, Carroll County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Meister, Pam	Office of County Commissioners, Carroll County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kenney, A.Kaye	Wicomico County, Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Rybczynski, Adam	City of Havre de Grace	Oral
UNF	Price, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
UNF	Reed, Danlobbyist	Greater Greater Washington	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Cassilly, Robert	Harford County Government	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cassilly, Robert	Harford County Government	Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wiggins, Grasonlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	May, Lisalobbyist	Maryland REALTORS	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ballentine, Tom	NAIOP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Powers, Ryan	None	Position only
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
UNF	Van Kirk, Jason	Individual	Oral
FWA	Bailey Thupari, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Anderson, Casey	Rodgers Consulting	Oral
FWA	Hessler, Thereselobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hessler, Thereselobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Cantu, Hugolobbyist	Apartments and Office Building Association	Written (PDF)
INFO	Collins, Reuben	Charles County Government	Written (PDF)
INFO	Groth, Jason	Charles County Government	Oral
INFO	Day, Jake	Department of Housing and Community Development	Written (PDF)
INFO	Westervelt, Patricia	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
INFO	May, Lisalobbyist	Maryland REALTORS	Written (PDF)
INFO	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
INFO	Strachan, Aubri	Reason Foundation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Franklin, Sarah	Individual	Oral

Organizations on record

Apartments and Office Building AssociationINFO 1

Charles County GovernmentINFO 2

City of Havre de GraceUNF 1

Commissioners of St. Mary's CountyFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentFAV 1INFO 1

Frederick County ExecutiveFAV 1

Garrett CountyFAV 1

Greater Greater WashingtonUNF 1

Harford County GovernmentUNF 2

Howard Co Office of County ExecFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 3

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentINFO 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1FWA 1

Maryland REALTORSUNF 1INFO 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 2

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1INFO 1

NAIOP MarylandUNF 1

NoneUNF 1

Office of County Commissioners, Carroll CountyFAV 2

Reason FoundationINFO 1

Rodgers ConsultingFWA 1

Wicomico County, MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFReed, DanGreater Greater WashingtonRegistered for: Greater Greater Washington

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFWiggins, GrasonMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.; Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Family Tree, The; OVG Facilities…

UNFMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors

FWAHessler, ThereseRegistered for: City of Gaithersburg; Elevate Recovery Centers; Evolve Kids Care; Evolve Life Centers; High Roller Technologies; Laila's Gift…

INFOCantu, HugoApartments and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: Apartment & Office Building Association

INFOMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors