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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives [HB-419]
[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: Rep. Lily Qi
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/28/2021
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Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting [SB-324]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to receive and process complaints involving alleged violations of certain air and water quality requirements in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to keep an electronic record of certain complaints for 10 years; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to report, on or before September 30 each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly certain information relating to the enforcement of natural resources and conservation laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control - Intervention in Civil Actions - Rights and Authority [SB-334]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person who meets certain threshold standing requirements under federal law has an unconditional right and authority to intervene in a civil action that the State initiates in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures; requiring a person exercising a certain right of intervention to intervene in accordance with the applicable practices, procedures, and laws in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 12/28/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources - Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement - Information Maintenance and Reporting [HB-204]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to receive and process complaints involving alleged violations of certain air and water quality requirements in a certain manner; requiring the Department to keep an electronic record of certain complaints for 10 years; requiring the Department Natural Resources to report, on or before September 30 each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly certain information relating to the enforcement of natural resources and conservation laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Hearing 1/27 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties [SB-70]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2023, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; requiring the Department of the Environment to maintain a certain registry and to develop and make available on its website and in print certain resource materials; requiring a certain indoor air quality report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/13/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update [SB-227]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to update certain stormwater management regulations at least once every 5 years to incorporate certain updated precipitation data; requiring the Department to review and update certain regulations in a certain manner; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on the most recent precipitation data and the Department's plans for updating water quantity control standards for watersheds where flooding events occurred on or after January 1, 2000; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Green Purchasing Committee - Food and Beverage Procurement - Greenhouse Gas Emissions [HB-317]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, in consultation with certain units of State government and other stakeholders, to develop, by January 1, 2023, a certain methodology for a unit to estimate greenhouse gas emissions of food and beverages procured, to establish a certain baseline measurement by January 1, 2024, and to consider the nutrition of individuals fully or partially dependent on the State for their diet when developing strategies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Gilchrist
Hearing 1/21 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements [SB-195]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing certain fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing a certain rug or carpet in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a manufacturer or distributor from manufacturing, selling, or distributing certain food packaging in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/13/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-127]
[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, 2022, 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 on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Hester) Adopted on 04/08/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority [HB-76]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Providing that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and authority to intervene in a civil action that the State initiates in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures; requiring a person exercising a certain right of intervention to intervene in accordance with the applicable practices, procedures, and laws of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 1/20 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [HB-302]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who perform on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater systems; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board, to set by regulation certain fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and other Board-provided services; requiring the Board to establish a certain code of ethics; establishing the On-Site Wastewater Professionals Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 1/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Real Property – Required Notices for Contracts of Sale – Zones of Dewatering Influence [HB-399]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop and publish on its website a searchable map of zones of dewatering influence; defining "zones of dewatering influence" as the area around a surface mine in karst terrain; requiring a contract for the sale of real property in Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County, or Washington County include a notice about property located in a certain zone; establishing that a purchaser of real property that does not receive the required notice has a right to rescind a contract; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 1/19 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Environment – Wetlands and Waterways – Riparian Rights [HB-160]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Real Estate ]
Specifying that the riparian rights of a community association or other entity may not be terminated or impaired as a result of erosion, sea level rise, or the issuance of certain approvals by a county, the Department of the Environment, or the Board of Public Works; requiring the Department to establish and maintain on the Department's website a publicly accessible repository to keep record of community associations or other entities that possess riparian rights; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing 1/27 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Environment – Recycling – Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic [HB-21]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel through a certain chemical conversion process; and authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to implement certain provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 1/29 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Driveway Sealers - Prohibitions (Safer Sealant Act of 2021) [HB-77]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2022, a person from supplying, selling, offering for sale, or manufacturing a high-PAH driveway sealer for use in the State; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2022, a person from applying or soliciting the application of a high-PAH driveway sealer to pavement in the State; requiring the Department of the Environment to develop labeling requirements for a person supplying, selling, offering for sale, or manufacturing a driveway sealer for use in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 1/20 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [HB-103]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to set a date by which the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment must submit certain materials with regard to a certain proceeding for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring those departments to submit the materials before the date set by the Commission unless waived by the Commission; authorizing the office of planning and zoning for certain counties or municipal corporations to submit a certain report to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Beverage Container Deposit Program - Establishment and Advisory Commission [HB-99]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a beverage container deposit program on or before September 1, 2022; establishing the Advisory Commission to Develop a Beverage Container Deposit Program; requiring the Advisory Commission to develop a framework for a beverage container deposit program; requiring the Advisory Commission to report its framework and recommendations to certain members and committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/09 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/26/2021
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Environment - Single-Use Plastics - Restrictions [HB-69]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2022, a food service business from providing certain single-use food or beverage products to a certain customer unless requested by the customer; requiring a food service business to maintain a limited supply of certain single-use food and beverage products for certain customers; prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2024, an owner, an operator, or a manager of a lodging establishment with 51 or more rooms from providing certain personal cleansing products in small plastic bottles; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/20/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Climate Crisis and Education Act [HB-33]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; establishing a greenhouse gas reduction target of 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2045; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to reach the reduction targets and submit it to the General Assembly by December 31, 2022; requiring the Council to have the plan verified in a certain manner; requiring a greenhouse gas pollution fee on all fossil fuels brought into the State for combustion in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere [HB-391]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
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, with certain exceptions; prohibiting a person from organizing or participating in a mass balloon release of 10 or more balloons; requiring a certain unit of a local government with delegated enforcement authority to report certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 1/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021