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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Waterway Incident Notification System (WINS) - Study [SB-166]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to study issues and factors regarding the feasibility of establishing a Waterway Incident Notification System (WINS) to notify members of the public of certain waterway emergencies; and requiring the Department to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2024, and a final report on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 547 on 05/09/2024
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Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility - Establishment [SB-135]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees [SB-196]
Authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation district, in developing a fee system for small pond plans, to determine for the succeeding year the reasonable cost of reviewing the plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 523 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities [SB-148]
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 516 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program – Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [HB-233]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, climate resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction – Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [SB-56]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Study on Deathcare and Funeral Practices [HB-152]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (senators M. Washington, Hester And Simonaire) on 04/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [SB-306]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/31 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures and Predetermination Review Process [SB-54]
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Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a department from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application and establishing a predetermination review process; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of no more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 01/17/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [HB-245]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process [HB-175]
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Establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of not more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Referred Finance Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-1]
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 587 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-168]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register and pay a certain annual registration fee to the Department of the Environment; establishing certain minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/07 At 2:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [HB-163]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Tidal Wetlands - Pier Platforms [HB-1299]
Prohibiting the total area of fixed pier platforms and floating pier platforms from exceeding 400 square feet per pier; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a person to obtain a license or permit for the construction or installation of a floating pier platform under certain circumstances; prohibiting a floating pier platform from exceeding 200 square feet or being located in a certain area; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund [SB-937]
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give priority to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and requiring that a certain fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State in a certain manner be adjusted annually for inflation in a certain manner beginning October 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Aquaculture - Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission, Oyster Advisory Commission, and Leases [HB-1262]
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Altering the composition of the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission and the Oyster Advisory Commission; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Aquaculture Coordinating Council, the Department of the Environment, the Wetlands Administrator for the Board of Public Works, and the Department of General Services, to identify State-owned land that is adjacent to certain waterways; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability [SB-936]
Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2023