Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB894: Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act)
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
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 near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and impact fees, subject to a certain exception; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) FOR the purpose of 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…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) FOR the purpose of 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 development impact fees for certain residential real estate projects, subject to a certain exception exceptions; adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund; applying certain provisions of this Act retroactively; and generally relating to transit-oriented development. BY renumbering Article - Economic Development Section 5-709 to be Section 5-710 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Economic Development Section 5-701(a) and 10-134(b) Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Economic Development Section 5-701(d), 5-707(e)(1), and 10-134(d) Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Economic Development Section 5-709 Annotated Code of …