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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Deep Creek Lake - Lower Lake Levels - Requirement and Impact Study [HB-910]
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Requiring the Water and Science Administration in the Department of the Environment to require Brookfield Power Piney & Deep Creek LLC to lower the level of Deep Creek Lake for at least 4 weeks between November 30 and February 28; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct a certain study while the lake level is lowered to determine the impact of the lower levels on the spread of invasive plants and accumulated sediment deposits; requiring certain units of the State to consider the reports when taking certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Environment - Suppliers of Water - Notification Requirements [HB-908]
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Altering certain notice requirements that a supplier of water must give to the Department of the Environment and certain individuals and entities under certain circumstances; requiring a supplier of water to give notice to the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management if there is a positive test for E. coli in the system and immediately begin certain preparations; requiring each community water system to ensure that certain testing is performed on water provided by the system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund [SB-788]
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Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated with lithium-ion battery storage systems installed with solar arrays; requiring the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to consult with certain entities in determining how to meet the purpose of the Program with the grants awarded under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board, Stream Restoration Contractors, and Stream Restoration Project Requirements [SB-798]
Establishing the Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board; requiring a person to be licensed as a stream restoration contractor or be employed by an individual or entity that is licensed as a stream restoration contractor before the person performs or solicits to perform stream restoration contractor services in the State, subject to a certain exception; requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to develop a certain assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses - Decommission of Wastewater Treatment Lagoon [SB-726]
Altering the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include, beginning in fiscal year 2026, certain costs related to the decommissioning of certain wastewater treatment lagoons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [HB-830]
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Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environmental Justice - Investment in Infrastructure Construction Projects [HB-842]
Requiring a State agency, in administering certain federal funds, to allocate 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in overburdened communities and underserved communities and an additional 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in communities of color and communities with a high percentage of low- to moderate-income households in the State; establishing the Justice40 Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Bottle Waste Reduction - Water Bottle Filling Stations and Reporting [HB-841]
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Requiring that a water bottle filling station be installed in certain new construction beginning October 1, 2024; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain survey, gather certain data, and identify alternative methods for providing drinking water on or before October 1, 2025; and requiring the Department, on or before December 1, 2025, to submit the survey and alternative methods to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Floor Amendment {563920/1 (senator Ready) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Tidal Wetland Permit - Ownership of Land [HB-752]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer certain interest in land to a riparian landowner in fee simple if the landowner obtains a tidal wetland permit for the purpose of creating a living shoreline or other shoreline stabilization measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hutchinson
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [HB-836]
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Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; establishing the Workgroup to Study Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects to make certain recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, related to certain impact assessments and mitigation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [SB-681]
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Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to use the impact assessment to determine whether a project meets certain requirements; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [SB-686]
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Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [SB-642]
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: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act) [SB-645]
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and collect certain information regarding trails; establishing a Director of the Maryland Office of Trails to oversee the Office and collaborate with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Trails Advisory Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing 2/16 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-735]
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. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Nontidal Wetlands - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2024) [HB-729]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to protect and preserve vernal pools; and requiring the Department to complete a plan for identifying vernal pools in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Collection and Reporting of Drinking Water and Wastewater Documents, Data, and Information - Requirements [SB-572]
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Requiring a water utility operating in the State to post on its website or provide to the Department of the Environment documents, data, and information required as part of the water utility's annual water quality consumer confidence report; requiring a certain local government to provide or post on its website certain data and information to a certain water utility; prohibiting the Department from imposing more than a certain amount in fines on certain water utilities for each reporting year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment on 01/25/2024
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Environment - Nuclear Power Plants - Emergency Preparedness (Radiation and Emergency Preparedness and Protection Act) [HB-680]
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Establishing the Radiation Emergency Response Program in the Department of the Environment; requiring the Department to serve as an offsite response organization and the lead State agency for all nuclear incidents within the State; requiring the Department to prepare a technical emergency radiation response plan, respond to emergencies involving a nuclear power plant, participate in a certain federal program, and procure certain specialized equipment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrie Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 644 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Stabilization Measures [HB-655]
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Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting a person from the requirement to use certain shoreline stabilization measures for certain erosion protection projects solely on the basis of replacing a structural shoreline stabilization measure with the same or similar type of structural shoreline stabilization measure; authorizing the Tidal Wetlands Compensation Fund to include grant funding for the replacement of structural shoreline stabilization measures with nonstructural shoreline stabilization measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act of 2024 [HB-642]
Requiring professional and occupational regulatory boards to issue licenses, certifications, and registrations to individuals who complete an apprenticeship program that is established under the Maryland Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act, pass a certain examination, and pay a certain fee; authorizing the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a standard apprenticeship program for a licensed occupation or profession; and establishing a workgroup to establish group-sponsored apprenticeships in certain professions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024