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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Lands Formed by Excavation Materials - Transfer of Authority [HB-54]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Transferring the use, management, and, subject to Board of Public Works approval, ownership of certain lands created or formed by excavation materials in Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight, and Chincoteague bays from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Natural Resources; and repealing certain approval authority of the Board over the use and management of certain lands created or formed by excavation materials in Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight, and Chincoteague bays.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/25/2019
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Statewide Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Carbon Sequestration [HB-514]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the publication requirements for the statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory; requiring the Department of the Environment, beginning January 1, 2020, and on January 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter through 2030, to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target; requiring that the target be set at a certain amount and expressed in a certain manner; providing that the Department is not required to sequester more than a certain amount of carbon dioxide emissions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2019
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Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattresses and Box Springs [HB-502]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
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; and requiring the Office, in coordination with the Maryland Environmental Service, to include in a certain report certain information relating to mattresses and box springs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2019
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Department of the Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Environmental Hazards [HB-496]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt certain regulations under certain circumstances and to require periodic inspections for the presence of environmental hazards in each occupied public and nonpublic school facility; authorizing the Department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from the inspection requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Procurement - Carbon-Intensive Foods [HB-492]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee to publish a list of carbon-intensive foods, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of General Services, and to establish best practices for units to reduce the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased to the maximum extent practicable as a percentage of gross food purchases; establishing as a goal for the Department of General Services a reduction, to the extent practicable, of the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased by State procurement units; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/21/2019
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Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program – Awards for Flood Damage and Mandatory Funding [HB-428]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the policy and purpose of provisions of law governing flood control and watershed management to include establishing a grant program to assist local jurisdictions with infrastructure repairs, watershed restoration, and emergency protection work associated with a flood event; authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the comprehensive flood management grant program to award grants to subdivisions that incurred infrastructure damage of least $1,000,000 caused by a flood event on or after January 1, 2009; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 651 on 05/25/2019
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Water Pollution Control – Notification of Sewer Overflows and Treatment Plant Bypasses – Alteration [HB-417]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Repealing a requirement that a report of a sewer overflow or treatment plant bypass provided to the Department of the Environment by an owner or operator of certain sewer systems or wastewater treatment plants be made by telephone; specifying the content of the procedures that the Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Health, local health departments, and local environmental health directors, is required to develop to provide public notification of a sewer overflow or treatment plant bypasses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 310 on 04/30/2019
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Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets [HB-410]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation; requiring the Task Force, by November 1, 2019, to report its findings and to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the preventing plastic bottles and other debris from entering storm drains and stormwater inlets; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/29/2019
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Wetlands and Waterways Program - State-Owned Lakes - Structural Shoreline Stabilization [HB-406]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Specifying that the application fee for a structural shoreline stabilization project located on or adjacent to a State-owned lake may not exceed $250; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, to identify up to three types of structural stabilization practices that may be implemented on or adjacent to a State-owned lake.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 04/30/2019
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Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies [HB-36]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a surface mining permittee, on the discovery of a sudden subsidence of the surface of the land, to immediately implement appropriate safety measures to protect public health and safety; requiring a surface mining permittee to permanently replace a water supply within a certain zone of dewatering influence within 45 days of the date on which the permittee knew of the water supply failure; authorizing a surface mining permittee to seek reimbursement for water supply replacement costs under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 136 on 04/18/2019
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Natural Resources - Shellfish Nursery Operations - Wetlands License Requirements [HB-28]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Exempting certain activities and the use of certain equipment that is associated with a shellfish nursery operation from the requirement to obtain certain licenses or permits; establishing that the use of certain equipment associated with a shellfish nursery operation is not included as a nonwater-dependent project for the purposes of obtaining a tidal or State wetlands license; providing that the installation of certain equipment for the cultivation of shellfish seed under a certain permit is a lawful use on private wetlands; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Clark
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 236 on 04/30/2019
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Regional Initiative to Limit or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transportation Sector - Authorization (Regional Transportation and Climate Protection Act of 2019) [HB-277]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
Authorizing the Governor to include the State as a full participant in a regional governmental initiative, agreement, or compact that limits or reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Transportation to submit a report on the status of any regional initiative, agreement or compact that limits or reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 605 on 05/25/2019
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General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Environmental Impact Statements [HB-246]
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[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include an environmental impact statement indicating whether the bill may or will have an environmental impact and, if so, to specify the type and category of environmental impact, including any impact on the environment from climate change; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with the Department of the Environment or another relevant agency, to determine the type and category of environmental impact by completing a certain environmental assessment form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Department of the Environment - SepticSmart Week in Montgomery County MC 17-19 [HB-202]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish the third week in September as SepticSmart Week in Montgomery County; and requiring the Department to use certain educational materials and other resources to promote community awareness regarding the proper use and maintenance of on-site sewage disposal systems and certain impacts of proper design, installation, operation, and maintenance of on-site sewage disposal systems.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/26/2019
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Environment - Failing On-Site Sewage Disposal System - Definition [HB-190]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Defining the term "failing on-site sewage disposal system" for certain provisions of law to mean an on-site sewage disposal system or a cesspool, or a component of an on-site sewage disposal system or a cesspool, that is a threat to the public health due to certain conditions; providing that the Act may not be construed to preempt or prevail over any county ordinance, law, or rule that provides a more stringent definition of the term "failing on-site sewage disposal system"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 04/30/2019
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Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1427]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the application of certain design and siting criteria established by the Coast Smart Council to apply only to certain State and local capital projects; extending the date the projects must comply with the criteria to July 1, 2020, and the date certain local jurisdictions must develop a plan to address certain nuisance flooding to October 1, 2020; requiring the Department of Planning, by October 1, 2019, to develop guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in data collection to establish nuisance flooding baselines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/13/2019
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Prince George's County Environmental Justice Commission - Alterations and Extension PG 421-19 [HB-1362]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the composition of the Prince George's County Environmental Justice Commission to include certain individuals; altering the date by which the Commission is required to report its findings on environmental justice issues in the County and recommendations to the Prince George's County House Delegation from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/30/2019
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Aquaculture - Leases in Water Column - Riparian Right of First Refusal [HB-1309]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing that a riparian property owner or lessee shall have the right of first refusal to apply for and, if approved, obtain a water column lease, or an aquaculture lease for use in the water column in an Aquaculture Enterprise Zone, in an area that fronts the riparian property, subject to certain standards and requirements; establishing that the requirement for active use of a lease does not apply to a riparian leaseholder who obtains a water column lease through a right of first refusal; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/29/2019
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School Bus Transition – Zero–Emission Vehicles – Grant Program and Fund [HB-1255]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Transportation to jointly provide technical assistance to certain entities on certain matters; establishing the Zero-Emission Vehicle School Bus Transition Grant Program to provide grants to county boards of education and entities that contract with county board to provide transportation services to purchase zero-emission school buses, install charging infrastructure, and develop plans for transitioning to the use of zero-emission vehicles; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 492 on 05/13/2019
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Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings – Lead Testing and Reporting Requirements and Grant Programs [HB-1253]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Stating the findings and intent of the General Assembly that any exposure to lead in drinking water is dangerous to children, that schools should be proactive in reducing lead in drinking water outlets to 5 parts per billion, and that State and federal funds should be made available to schools for that purpose; specifying that the Interagency Commission on School Construction is required to give priority in awarding grants from the Healthy School Facility Fund to schools where lead is found to be present in drinking water; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 557 on 05/13/2019