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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act [SB-171]
[Environmental ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to hold certain public meetings and hearings regarding certain licensing, permitting, and regulatory responsibilities using teleconference or Internet-based conferencing technology under certain circumstances; requiring that certain hearings regarding sewage sludge permits be held in accordance with provisions of law regarding public participation rather than with the Administrative Procedure Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 93 on 04/12/2022
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Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Pre-application Determinations - Criminal Convictions [SB-111]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a process for potential applicants for an occupational license or certificate to obtain a determination, before submitting an application, from a department as to whether certain criminal convictions would be the basis for the denial of an application for a certain occupational license or certificate; requiring a department to provide a determination in writing to the potential applicant; authorizing a department to set a reasonable fee to cover the cost of performing the service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Supplemental Environmental Projects Database [SB-90]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to create and maintain a database of supplemental environmental projects that the Department may consider for implementation as part of a settlement of an enforcement action; and requiring the Department to prioritize the selection of a supplemental environmental project located in the same geographic area as the alleged violation and to ensure that the scope and cost of a chosen project are sufficient to allow the Department and the alleged violator to reach a settlement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act [SB-135]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; and establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 01/31/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environmental Health Specialists and On–Site Sewage Disposal Systems – Transfer of Responsibilities and Standards, Regulations, Applications, and Plans [SB-113]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Healthcare ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Transferring certain provisions of law governing environmental health specialists, including the Board of Environmental Health Specialists, from the Maryland Department of Health to the Department of the Environment; requiring the Department of the Environment to take certain actions regarding applications and plans for the installation of on-site sewage disposal systems; requiring that an application for the installation of an on-site sewage disposal system be approved or denied within 2 months after receipt by the approving authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - New Motor Vehicles - Pollution Fee [SB-126]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Establishing a certain pollution fee to be charged by the Department of the Environment and collected by the Comptroller on certain new motor vehicles sold or registered in the State based on certain pollution ratings; exempting certain motor vehicles from the fee; and requiring the fee to be deposited in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and used for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [SB-143]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring certain producers or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment on or before January 1, 2023, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment, submitted in accordance with the Paint Stewardship Program; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Environment - Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill - Chain of Custody [HB-131]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a producer of synthetic turf and turf infill sold or distributed in the State to establish a system, by January 1, 2023, to track the chain of custody of the synthetic turf and turf infill and report the chain of custody to the Department of the Environment, except under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to maintain a website that displays all chain of custody information, names and contact information of certain persons, and a list of the brands; making a violation of the Act a civil offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment – New Motor Vehicles – Pollution Fee [HB-60]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Establishing a certain pollution fee to be charged by the Department of the Environment and collected by the Comptroller on certain new motor vehicles sold or registered in the State based on certain pollution ratings; exempting certain motor vehicles from the fee; and requiring the fee to be deposited in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and used for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-18]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
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 on or before January 1, 2023, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment, submitted in accordance with the Paint Stewardship Program; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act [HB-171]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - Sealant Products - Prohibitions (Safer Sealant Act of 2022) [HB-133]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2023, a person from supplying, selling, or offering for sale a high-PAH sealant product for application to a driveway or parking area in the State; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2023, a person from applying or soliciting the application of a high-PAH sealant product to a driveway or parking area in the State; establishing a civil penalty up to $2,500 for each violation and an administrative penalty up to $2,500 for each violation, but not exceeding $100,000 total; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 709 on 05/29/2022
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Wetlands and Waterways – Riparian Rights – Voluntary Registry and Notice [HB-149]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a voluntary registry on the Department's website for property owners who have registered a claim of riparian rights with the Department; requiring the Governor to appropriate funds to the Department to cover the cost of establishing and maintaining the registry; requiring the holder of a covenant for riparian rights to be provided notice of a proposed project in the immediate area at the beginning of the State or local permitting process or other approval process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption [HB-184]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to exempt an on-farm composting facility from the requirement to obtain a permit if the on-farm composting facility uses 40,000 square feet or less in support of food scrap composting and meets any other condition for a permit exemption specified in regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Emily Shetty
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment – Single–Use Plastics – Restrictions [HB-135]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2023, a food service business from providing certain single-use food or beverage products to a customer ordering carryout or delivery from or dining inside the food service business unless the customer requests or accepts an offer for the single-use products; requiring a food service business to maintain a limited stock of single-use plastic straws for certain customers; and authorizing a food service business to submit a request to a governmental entity for a waiver of up to 3 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [HB-1362]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the State's renewable energy portfolio standard to be the clean and renewable energy standard; altering certain legislative findings regarding and purposes of the standard; requiring certain percentages of certain energy in the State to be derived from certain clean energy sources and certain renewable energy sources in certain years; altering certain required percentages of certain energy to satisfy the standard in certain years; establishing certain qualifications for certain clean energy resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Office of Resilience [SB-822]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
[Insurance ]
Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be responsible for guiding State resilience initiatives, leveraging federal and private emergency response funding resources, and building partnerships with public, private, and non-governmental organizations in all stages of emergency planning and management; providing for the duties of the Office; and requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to coordinate with the Office to administer the national flood insurance program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [HB-1207]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; requiring the Commission's membership to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least six times a year; requiring the Commission to host at least four community listening sessions a year; requiring the Commission to conduct its meetings and sessions in different geographic locations in the State; requiring the sessions and meetings of the Commission to be accessible to all attendees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 634 on 05/30/2021
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Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency - Investment in Low-Income Communities [HB-1310]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities to develop certain policies and recommendations to place certain priorities in certain years for directing certain spending on clean energy and energy efficiency programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain low-income communities; providing for the application of certain priorities to certain programs, projects, and investments; requiring the Commission to consult with the Department of the Environment and certain other agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattresses and Box Springs [HB-1146]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring a county to include, in a certain recycling plan by December 31, 2024, a certain plan for decreasing the amount of mattresses and box springs disposed of in landfills; requiring the Office of Recycling within the Department of the Environment to provide to local communities certain encouragement, information, and examples relating to certain programs that divert mattresses and box springs from disposal in landfills and incinerators and that recycle or reuse mattresses and box springs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/26 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021