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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.

Altering the name of the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund to be the Howard County Agricultural Preservation and Innovation Fund; and specifying that certain transfer tax proceeds that are distributed to the Fund are to be used to support the Agricultural Land Preservation Program and other programs, services, or initiatives to enhance the commercial viability or environmental sustainability of agriculture in the County.

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.

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.

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.