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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [HB-131] [ ]
Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Returned Passed on 04/04/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established [HB-42] [ ]
Establishing, beginning July 1, 2027, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, on the impact of the grants awarded on jobs, producers, and food waste prevention; authorizing the Governor to transfer $3,000,000 to certain programs in fiscal years 2027 through 2031; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Third Reading Passed (122-14) on 03/17/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-232] [ ]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250] [ ]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; 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; 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: Sen. Returned Passed on 04/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [HB-270]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby Returned Passed on 04/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information [HB-140] [ ] [ ]
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use information from a soil conservation and water quality plan for certain enforcement actions and statistical purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149] [ ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester Returned Passed on 04/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information [SB-176] [ ] [ ]
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use information from a soil conservation and water quality plan for certain enforcement actions and statistical purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [HB-128] [ ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization [HB-272]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to electronically submit certain precinct boundary information to the Secretary of Planning; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing population projections for the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas to authorize the use of population figures developed by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and their member jurisdictions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/08/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Tire Recycling Fee - Alterations [HB-83] [ ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, instead of the Board of Public Works, to establish a tire recycling fee to be imposed on the first sale of a new tire in the State by a tire dealer; requiring the Department to set the tire recycling fee at $1 per tire beginning January 1, 2026; authorizing the Department to adjust the tire recycling fee for inflation every 2 fiscal years; and prohibiting the tire recycling fee from exceeding $2 per tire.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/08/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [SB-117] [ ]
Prioritizing funding first to failing sewage systems and holding tanks in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, second to those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model, third to failing systems with the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester Third Reading Passed (134-4) on 04/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements [HB-62]
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding chemical warfare material requirements under a controlled hazardous substance facility permit do not apply to the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a certain research facility if the incineration is done for research, development, or demonstration purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-69] [ ]
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 yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis [HB-49] [ ] [ ]
Altering the requirements for certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment relating to building energy performance standards to include certain exclusions, considerations, and a certain annual reporting fee to cover certain costs; requiring the Department to certify a certain building energy performance standards program adopted by a county under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to conduct an analysis of the potential costs and benefits of certain building energy performance standards policy options; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Utilities - Natural Gas Energy Generation - Authorization and Limitation [HB-213] [ ]
Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of energy generating systems that produce energy from natural gas until the State meets 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources, including nuclear energy; establishing certain requirements for energy generating systems that produce energy from natural gas; requiring the Department of the Environment to approve or deny an application for the construction of a new energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status [SB-89] [ ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish a certain process in collaboration with one or more boards under the Department's direction and control that requires a board to include a notation indicating veteran status on a professional license or certificate.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 05/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements [SB-253]
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding chemical warfare material requirements under a controlled hazardous substance facility permit do not apply to the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a certain research facility if the incineration is done for research, development, or demonstration purposes; and establishing additional requirements applicable to research, development, and demonstration permits issued for the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a research facility.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Passed Enrolled on 04/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment – Reservoir Augmentation Permit – Establishment [HB-25] [ ]
Establishing the Reservoir Augmentation Program in the Department of the Environment; defining "reservoir augmentation" as the planned placement of reclaimed water into a surface water reservoir used as a source for a drinking water treatment facility; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Department to perform reservoir augmentation; establishing an Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program in the Department to make recommendations on whether the program should be extended or made permanent and any statutory or regulatory changes necessary; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Third Reading Passed (109-30) on 04/02/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management [SB-42] [ ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to designate the watersheds of Carroll Creek in Frederick City and Frederick County, Gwynns Falls and Jones Falls in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, and Herring Run, including the Herring Run Stream in Baltimore City and Baltimore County and all their headwaters and tributaries as interjurisdictional flood hazard watersheds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025

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