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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Healthy Climate Initiative [SB-702]
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Establishing a Healthy Climate Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and rebate functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution charge on certain fuels and certain greenhouse gas-emitting priorities for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2019
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Gettr Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Sale and Application of Coal Tar and Coal Tar Pavement Products - Prohibition [HB-411]
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[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2020, a person from selling, offering for sale, or applying to certain surfaces coal tar or coal tar pavement products; and establishing a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for a first offense and not exceeding $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense for certain violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Healthy Climate Initiative [HB-1235]
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[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a Healthy Climate Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and rebate functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution charge on certain fuels and certain greenhouse gas-emitting priorities for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2019
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To A Coal-free Hawaii. [HB-563]
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[Climate Change ]
Prohibits the issuance of covered source air permits for coal-burning electricity generation facilities after 2022. Prohibits the approval of a new, modified, or renewed power purchase agreement for electricity generated from coal. (HB563 HD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Eep (stand. Com. Rep. No. 8) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Cpc. on 01/31/2019
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Alabama Regular Session 2019
Coal, excise and privilege tax, proceeds distribution further provided, termination of tax on October 1, 2033, Secs. 40-13-6, 40-13-8 am'd. [SB-329]
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Coal, excise and privilege tax, proceeds distribution further provided, termination of tax on October 1, 2033, Secs. 40-13-6, 40-13-8 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Garlan Gudger
Read For The First Time And Referred To The Senate Committee On Finance And Taxation General Fund on 04/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging the Public Service Commission to consider all costs related to the importation of coal for electricity generation. [HR-144]
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[Air Quality ]
Urge the Public Service Commission to consider all costs related to the importation of coal for electricity generation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
3rd Reading, Passed 99-1 on 03/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-75]
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Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition
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Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-350]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mine safety. [HB-33]
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[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351.010 to 351.194 to require that miners wear clothing with at least 100 square inches of reflective material while in an underground mine and clothing with at least 50 square inches of reflective material at a surface mine site; require that coal operators provide the reflective clothing at no cost to the miner; amend KRS 351.990 to impose civil penalties on an operator of not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first violation and not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each subsequent violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Harris
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the distribution of coal severance receipts. [HB-198]
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Create a new section of KRS 42.450 to 42.495 to change the distributions of coal severance tax receipts; amend various other sections to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coal severance tax. [HB-152]
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Amend KRS 143.010 to eliminate the deduction for transportation expenses from coal severance tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Stewart
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/11/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Reducing Environmental Degradation for the Underserved Through Community Engagement (The REDUCE Act) [SB-398]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to require an applicant for a specified permit to construct or modify a specified source to report to the Department specified information regarding the diesel vehicles that are needed during the construction and operation of a source or proposed source and to solicit input on specified issues from the affected community, and any community advisory board or similar organization in the affected area; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Reducing Environmental Degradation for the Underserved Through Community Engagement (The REDUCE Act) [HB-820]
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[Community Development ]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to require an applicant for a specified permit to construct or modify a specified source to report to the Department specified information regarding the diesel vehicles that are needed during the construction and operation of a source or proposed source and to solicit input on specified issues from the affected community and any community advisory board or similar organization in the affected area; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals [SB-9]
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Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch B. Carmichael
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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US Congress 114th Congress
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. [SR-252]
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Official Titles: Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced: An original resolution expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate relating to easing the burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses. This bill amends provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
By Senator Vitter From Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-424. on 12/20/2016
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US Congress 114th Congress
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [SJR-24]
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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Veto Message Received In Senate. Ordered Held At The Desk. (text Of Veto Message: Cr 01/11/2016 S28-29) on 01/11/2016
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US Congress 114th Congress
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [SJR-23]
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[Energy ]
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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Veto Message Received In Senate. Ordered Held At The Desk. (text Of Veto Message: Cr 01/11/2016 S28-29) on 01/11/2016
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US Congress 114th Congress
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress relating to the disapproval of certain activities of certain companies, trade associations, foundations, and organizations. [SCR-45]
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[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress relating to the disapproval of certain activities of certain companies, trade associations, foundations, and organizations. Disapproves of activities by certain corporations and trade associations, foundations, and organizations funded by those corporations deliberately to: (1) mislead the public and undermine peer-reviewed scientific research about the dangers of their products, and (2) cast doubt on science in order to protect their financial interests. Urges fossil fuel companies and allied
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S4947) on 07/11/2016
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US Congress 114th Congress
An original bill to exclude from gross income certain clean coal power grants to non-corporate taxpayers. [S.919]
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[Budget and Spending ]
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An original bill to exclude from gross income certain clean coal power grants to non-corporate taxpayers. This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by a non-corporate taxpayer as a clean coal power grant, award, or allowance under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. To the extent that such grant, award, or allowance is related to depreciable property, the adjusted basis of such property is reduced by the amount excluded from gross income. Each non-corporate taxpayer allowed a tax exclusion under this Act must
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Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
Committee On Finance. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Hatch. With Written Report No. 114-29. on 04/14/2015
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US Congress 114th Congress
American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015 [S.791]
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American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015 Amends the Natural Gas Act regarding natural gas exports to exclude from the expedited application and approval process any nation subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks, and related materials or equipment. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to repeal limitations on oil exports. Amends the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/18/2015