Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement [HB-1556]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from implementing the Advanced Clean Trucks Program until a certain needs assessment and deployment plan is published, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the Department to apply certain enforcement or penalty provisions to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet any requirements under the Advanced Clean Cars II Program for model years 2027 and 2028 only under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1556: Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Second Reading Passed With Amendments on 04/04/2025
Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) [SB-1028]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the provisions of the Act.
AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units. [HB-519]
[Energy ]
[Retirement ]
Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from authorizing any decommissioning surcharge or recovery of any retirement or stranded asset costs through rates for a utility that has received approval from the commission to retire a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit in which the utility has any undepreciated investment.
HB-519: AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Fugate
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/28/2025
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [SB-998]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
SB-998: Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2025
Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees [HB-1457]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain alternative fuel vehicles, fuel-efficient vehicles, and plug-in electric drive vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a voluntary annual Mileage-Based User Fee Program within the Department of Transportation; allowing the owners of certain vehicles to participate in the Program in lieu of paying the annual highway use fee; etc.
HB-1457: Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2025
Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment [HB-1417]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc.
HB-1417: Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase [HB-1269]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
HB-1269: School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
HB-1484: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
You have voted HB-1484: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act).
Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization [HB-1217]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of natural gas generating facilities in the State until the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to work with the owners and operators of natural gas generating facilities in the State to decrease the production of energy from natural gas after the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources.
HB-1217: Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025) [HB-1258]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a local government or unit of State government from restricting the sale, purchase, or use of a certain consumer good solely on the basis of the energy source used to power the consumer good; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a certain low emissions vehicle program; repealing provisions of law requiring the Department to establish requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; and applying the Act retroactively.
HB-1258: Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) [HB-1322]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the Act.
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation [HB-1149]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
HB-1149: Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to utility disconnection protections. [HB-326]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends,
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HB-326: AN ACT relating to utility disconnection protections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic [HB-1092]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
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; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process.
HB-1092: Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
HB-1035: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-1035: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act).
Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act) [HB-1088]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Imposing a coal transportation fee on a person that transports coal in the State; providing that the rate of the coal transportation fee is $13 per short ton transported in the State; providing the fee does not apply to the transportation of coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc.
HB-1088: Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for alternative jet fuel. [HB-296]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Aerospace ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable income tax credit for alternative jet fuel producers and consumers; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.
HB-296: AN ACT relating to a tax credit for alternative jet fuel.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding [SB-849]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program from $500,000 to $1,000,000; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to use up to 20% of Program funds to support research centers in the collection, analysis, and processing of Program outcome data for the purposes of assessing, maximizing, and improving the effectiveness and clinical utility of the cancer screening funded by the Program.
SB-849: Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/20/2025