AN ACT relating to biosolids. [SB-213]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 503.
SB-213: AN ACT relating to biosolids.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 22) on 03/20/2023
Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund - Establishment [SB-900]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide early-stage funding for start-up companies focused on qualified projects in climate technologies; requiring the Center to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, each year, on the use of the Fund and outcomes of investments made from the Fund; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025, $500,000 for the Fund.
SB-900: Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2023
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-1089]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Redeemable 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; establishing a framework for the redemption of redeemable beverage containers sold in the State; requiring that each redeemable beverage container sold in the State depict certain information beginning January 1, 2025; etc.
HB-1089: Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
Wetlands and Waterways Program - Authorizations for Stream Restoration Projects [HB-942]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to revise certain criteria, standards, and requirements for wetlands and waterways authorizations for certain stream restoration projects on or before October 1, 2024; and requiring the Department to provide public notice and hold a certain public information meeting before issuing a wetlands and waterways authorization for a stream restoration project under certain circumstances.
HB-942: Wetlands and Waterways Program - Authorizations for Stream Restoration Projects
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 [HB-840]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; and altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies.
HB-840: Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund - Establishment [HB-911]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide early-stage funding for start-up companies focused on qualified projects in climate technologies; requiring the Center to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, each year on the use of the Fund and outcomes of investments made from the Fund; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $500,000 for the Fund.
HB-911: Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [HB-915]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for certain climate change adaptive or mitigation infrastructure projects and efforts to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
HB-915: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/10/2023
Offshore Wind Energy – State Goals and Procurement (Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act) [HB-793]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring an application for any new qualified offshore wind project and a certain proposal for an offshore wind transmission facility to be subject to a certain community benefit agreement; requiring the Public Service Commission to request that PJM Interconnection conduct a certain analysis of transmission system upgrade and expansion options; establishing that the State be exempted from the renewable energy portfolio standard requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-793: Offshore Wind Energy – State Goals and Procurement (Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/10/2023
AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. [HB-197]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "PFAS chemicals"; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before January 1, 2024, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for drinking water provided by public and semi-public water systems and maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for discharges into the waters of the Commonwealth; require that maximum PFAS chemical limits be designed to protect public health and be updated; provide
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HB-197: AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
AN ACT relating to water pollution control. [HB-160]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 224.16-080 to provide that any Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) permittee seeking to rely on a mixing zone for a bioaccumulative chemical concern assigned before September 8, 2004, include information identifying the mixing zone in its application for a modification or approval of a KPDES permit; require that any change or extinguishment in a mixing zone requirement for a bioaccumulative chemical of concern only be accomplished through a formal KPDES permitting action by the Energy and Environment Cabinet conducted
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HB-160: AN ACT relating to water pollution control.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny R. Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 37) on 03/21/2023
AN ACT relating to the recording of greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreements. [HB-187]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to define "greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement"; require that a greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreement be properly recorded pursuant to the requirements of KRS 382.110 for it to be binding on subsequent purchasers or creditors.
HB-187: AN ACT relating to the recording of greenhouse gas emissions reduction agreements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [SB-843]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for certain climate change adaptive or mitigation infrastructure projects and efforts to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
SB-843: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) And Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/07/2023
Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 [SB-743]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; and altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies.
SB-743: Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
Offshore Wind Energy - State Goals and Procurement (Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act) [SB-781]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring an application for any new qualified offshore wind project and a certain proposal for an offshore wind transmission facility to be subject to a certain community benefit agreement; requiring the Public Service Commission to request that PJM Interconnection conduct a certain analysis of transmission system upgrade and expansion options; altering the requirements for a certain report on offshore wind projects; requiring the Commission, by a certain date each year starting in 2024, to report on its Supplier Diversity Program; etc.
SB-781: Offshore Wind Energy - State Goals and Procurement (Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 95 on 04/21/2023
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-470]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to exercise certain remedies under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from making any false statements affecting a Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program loan; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
SB-470: Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/08/2023
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [HB-631]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
HB-631: Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/10/2023