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Subcommittee reports substitute bill on derelict properties after incorporation and amendments
Summary
House Bill 2,745, with a substitute incorporating provisions from HB 1826 (related to derelict buildings), was reported by the subcommittee 7-0 after voice votes to incorporate and to report the substitute.
Delegate O'Quinn presented House Bill 2,745 and described two line amendments extending a vacancy timeframe from two years to five years and removing a specified requirement in section D of the draft. Committee members voted to incorporate House Bill 18 26 into HB 2,745 as a substitute; the subcommittee then voted to report HB 2,745 with the substitute on a recorded roll call of 7 to 0.
Sponsor comments said the amendments address questions raised in earlier committee meetings and that elements of HB 18 26 align closely with the derelict building concerns addressed in 2,745. Delegate Simon indicated interest in folding HB 18 26 into this measure and the sponsor agreed. The clerk recorded the final vote as 7 to 0 in favor of reporting the substitute.
Motion and vote: After incorporation and a substitute motion, the subcommittee reported House Bill 2,745 with substitute by a vote of 7 to 0.
The reported package extends the vacancy threshold (as amended) and removes the cited provision at the end of section D; the precise statutory and programmatic impacts will depend on the final bill text the clerk will publish following committee action.
