Environmental Health

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act) [HB-409] [Energy ] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ]
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites [SB-125] [Environmental ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ] [Housing ] [Public Health ]
Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to include a certain addendum, written in conspicuous type, to the contract for the sale of the property; requiring the addendum to provide notice that within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale and on written notice to the seller, the buyer may void the contract and is eligible to receive a full refund of any money paid to the seller; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act) [SB-37] [Energy ] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ]
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/29/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Board of Environmental Health Specialists – Quorum, Examination, and Apprenticeships [SB-222] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Clarifying that a quorum of the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists consists of a majority of appointed members; altering the circumstances under which an applicant for licensure is qualified to take the examination by adding completion of an apprenticeship approved by the Board as an alternative to obtaining experience in an environmental health specialist-in-training program; and authorizing the Board to approve an examination provider to administer the examination.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 49 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Coast Smart Council - Duties and Authority [SB-299] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Science ]
Altering the duties of the Coast Smart Council to include the development of eligibility criteria, standards, and procedures for categorical exemptions from the application of the Coast Smart requirements for proposed capital projects that have been designed to include adaptation and resiliency features to prevent or mitigate damage to the maximum extent practicable; and authorizing the Council to recommend certain regulations for adoption by the Secretary of Natural Resources.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 111 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ] [Water ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction – Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [SB-56] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Food ] [Environmental ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation [SB-308] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Economic Development ] [Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, to designate certain areas as Just Communities based on certain criteria; and providing for the prioritization of State funding for Just Communities to increase racial, economic, and health equity in the State.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [HB-245] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Water ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Public Health ]
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; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; 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: Rep. Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [HB-163] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Food ] [Environmental ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Protect Burdened Communities/Adverse Impacts [HB-797] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ]
Protect Burdened Communities/Adverse Impacts

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa Gill Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Transformative Climate Communities [HB-775] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Energy ] [Environmental ]
Transformative Climate Communities

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa Gill Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Environmental Justice in North Carolina [HB-689] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Environmental Justice in North Carolina

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Healthy and High Performing Schools [HB-675] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Healthy and High Performing Schools

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Environmental Health Associates [SB-616] [Environmental ] [Public Health ]
Environmental Health Associates

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harold Corbin Reptd Fav Com Substitute on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Carbon Monoxide Detectors/School Bldgs [SB-384] [Public Safety ] [Education ] [Public Health ]
Carbon Monoxide Detectors/School Bldgs

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee Passed 1st Reading on 04/25/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Environmental Justice Considerations [HB-416] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Environmental Justice Considerations

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 03/21/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act [HB-370] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna White Regular Message Sent To Senate on 04/27/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Firefighter PFAS Management/Research [HB-349] [Public Health ] [Environmental ] [Science ] [Water ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ]
Firefighter PFAS Management/Research

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell Passed 1st Reading on 03/14/2023

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