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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Workgroup to Evaluate the Establishment of a Regional Waste Disposal Facility [HB-1094]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to convene a workgroup to evaluate the establishment of a regional waste disposal facility to serve Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, and Howard County; providing for the composition of the workgroup; and requiring the workgroup to report certain findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/02/2021
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Water Supply - Private Well Safety Program [HB-1069]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring an owner of residential rental property that is served by a private water supply well to provide water quality testing every 3 years and to disclose to a tenant certain results; requiring the owner of a residential rental property that is served by a private water supply well to notify the Department of the Environment and the local health department about well contamination, provide an on-going potable water supply and resolve the contamination within 60 days; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 622 on 05/30/2021
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Task Force to Study Recycling and the Processing of Solid Waste [HB-1103]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Recycling and the Processing of Solid Waste to study recycling and the new technologies available for processing of municipal solid waste for purposes of reducing the amount of solid waste being landfilled; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/20/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Comprehensive Conservation Finance Act [SB-737]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain programs to participate in and receive compensation from certain markets, credits, or programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 4/01 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) And Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/24/2021
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Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021 [HB-991]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the use of qualified conservation in a forest mitigation bank of all or a part of certain existing forests as a standard for meeting certain afforestation or reforestation requirements; altering the defined term "forest mitigation banking" to include the qualified conservation of forests; requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a certain technical study; establishing the Urban Trees Program to be administered by the Chesapeake Bay Trust; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Gilchrist
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 on 05/30/2021
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Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021 [HB-993]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of certain nutrient load reductions, not to exceed $10,000,000 per year in fiscal years 2020 through 2030 inclusive; requiring certain regulations to be adopted in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with certain accounting procedures and purchased through a certain procurement approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2021
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Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere [SB-716]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a person who is at least 13 years old, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a nonprofit entity, the State, or any unit or political subdivision of the State from knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing to be released, a balloon into the atmosphere; prohibiting a person from organizing or participating in a mass balloon release; requiring a person who violates the Act to perform 6 hours of community service or watch a video on environmental damage or both; establishing a $100 civil penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 611 on 05/30/2021
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Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [SB-674]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
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: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 on 05/30/2021
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Environment - Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund - Funding, Reallocation, Reimbursements, and Study [SB-661]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
Altering the basis for calculating a certain license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; authorizing the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund to be used, in fiscal years 2022 through 2029, to reimburse a certain residential owner of a heating oil tank; extending the date by which a residential owner may apply to the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund for reimbursement of certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 690 on 05/30/2021
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Environment - Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill - Chain of Custody and Reuse [HB-857]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring a certain producer of synthetic turf and turf infill to establish a system to track the chain of custody of the synthetic turf and turf infill from their manufacture to their reuse, recycling, and final disposal on or before January 1, 2022, subject to a certain exception; requiring a certain owner of synthetic turf and turf infill to establish a system to track the chain of custody of the synthetic turf and turf infill from their use to their reuse, recycling, and final disposal under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2021
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Power Plant Research Program – Review of Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Alterations [HB-777]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
[Construction ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Public Service Commission must notify the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment about an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity associated with power plant construction; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to complete an independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report within 6 months after the Commission determines the application to be complete; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/28/2021
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Aquaculture Coordinating Council - Application of Tidal Wetlands Permit Requirements to Aquaculture Operations - Study [HB-799]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Aquaculture Coordinating Council, in coordination with the Department of the Environment, to review policies regarding the application of State or tidal wetlands license and permit requirements to aquaculture operations; and requiring, by December 1, 2021, the Council and the Department to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly their findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, on changes necessary to eliminate conflicts or redundancies in the oversight of aquaculture operations in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Clark
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 457 on 05/30/2021
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Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland [HB-807]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on how to update the Maryland Recycling Act; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2021
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Workgroup to Evaluate the Establishment of a Regional Waste Disposal Facility [SB-650]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to convene a workgroup to evaluate the establishment of a regional waste disposal facility to serve Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, and Howard County; providing for the composition of the workgroup; and requiring the workgroup to report certain findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act) [SB-546]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Water ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law requiring the periodic testing for the presence of lead in drinking water outlets in occupied public and nonpublic school buildings; requiring by August 1, 2022, a school to take certain remedial measures on a drinking water outlet tested on or before June 1, 2021, if the test indicated a concentration of lead that was more than 5 parts per billion but less than 20 parts per billion; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 238 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Department of Transportation, and Department of the Environment – Study on Historic and Recent Flooding in Prince George’s County PG 407–21 [HB-635]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Environment to study flooding in Prince George's County; requiring that the study analyze, evaluate, and examine certain information, measures, and issues; requiring that the study develop certain recommendations; requiring the Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Environment to report the findings and recommendations, on or before October 15, 2021, to certain individuals and entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/03 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Primary and Secondary Education – School District Energy Use – Policy and Study [HB-630]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring each school district to adopt or update a school district energy policy beginning July 1, 2022; specifying the contents of a school district energy policy; encouraging school districts to set targets to increase the school district's use of renewable energy and reduce the school district's greenhouse gas emissions; requiring that a school district energy policy be posted on the school district's website and updated every 3 years; requiring the development of a certain standardized reporting template for school districts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 608 on 05/30/2021
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School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act) [HB-636]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Environmental ]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law requiring the periodic testing for the presence of lead in drinking water outlets in occupied public and nonpublic school buildings; requiring by August 1, 2022, a school to take certain remedial measures on a drinking water outlet tested on or before June 1, 2021, if the test indicated a concentration of lead that was more than 5 parts per billion but less than 20 parts per billion; and providing for the construction of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/18/2021
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Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives [SB-460]
[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering references to the term "clean energy" to be "advanced clean energy" for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the Maryland Clean Energy Center and the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute; altering certain findings of the General Assembly, the purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the development of clean energy industries in the State, and the purposes, powers, and duties of the Center and Institute to include certain actions supporting clean energy innovation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/28/2021
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Climate Solutions Now Act of 2021 [HB-583]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing certain energy conservation requirements for certain buildings by July 1, 2022; establishing a goal of planting and helping to maintain in the State 5,000,000 sustainable trees of species native to the State by the end of 2030; terminating certain provisions of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/11 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/28/2021