| MD | SB20 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee; and requiring the Committee to monitor and provide input and feedback to the Maryland Port Administration regarding the management of dredged material at the Cox Creek Dredged Mat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 806 |
| MD | HB343 | Pass | Requiring the Cox Creek Oversight Committee to provide input to the Maryland Port Administration regarding management of dredged material at the Cox Creek Dredge Material Containment Facility; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 807 |
| MD | SB362 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 |
| MD | HB468 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; requiring the Commission to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 950 |
| MD | SB532 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, and other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 949 |
| MD | SB258 | Pass | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | HB233 | Pass | Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| MD | SB178 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| MD | HB22 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 |
| MD | SB337 | Pass | Adding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| MD | SB325 | Pass | Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| MD | HB1 | Pass | Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 587 |
| MD | HB323 | Pass | Adding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| MD | HB345 | Pass | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life needs, habitat requirements, and status of the species; requiring the Secretary of Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | SB148 | Pass | Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| MD | HB449 | Pass | Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 |
| MD | HB437 | Pass | Codifying provisions relating to the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; altering and clarifying the composition of the Council to include certain public and private sector members; requiring the Council to submit interim ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB457 | Pass | Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 |
| MD | SB536 | Pass | 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 Depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 |
| MD | HB680 | Pass | 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 Depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| MD | SB653 | Pass | Providing certain persons standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet certain standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 |
| MD | HB807 | Pass | Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| MD | SB783 | Pass | Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipalit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | SB777 | Pass | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing certain related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | HB864 | Pass | Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| MD | SB835 | Pass | Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit, on or before December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for certain well ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 561 |
| MD | HB918 | Pass | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Commission...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB991 | Pass | Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | HB992 | Pass | Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit, by December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for certain well and septic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562 |
| MD | HB979 | Pass | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | SB915 | Pass | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589 |
| MD | SB960 | Pass | Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | HB990 | Pass | Altering the definition of "manufacturing" for purposes of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements to exclude the production of cement; altering the application of certain provisions of law regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| MD | SB916 | Pass | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a specie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| MD | SB959 | Pass | Requiring an investor-owned electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring an investor-owned electric company to attempt to achieve a reasonable enrollment target for the tariffs by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 |
| MD | SB922 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oyste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 |
| MD | SB956 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by October 1, 2024; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for signific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 |
| MD | SB1074 | Pass | Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 532 |
| MD | SB969 | Pass | Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| MD | HB1165 | Pass | Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | HB1101 | Pass | Providing certain persons standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, under certain cir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 |
| MD | HB1153 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for certain sig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| MD | HB1203 | Pass | Establishing the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to make loans for targeted investments in real estate and infrastructure projects located in sustainable communities, priority funding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449 |
| MD | HB1231 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oyste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 |
| MD | HB1256 | Pass | Requiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| MD | HB1266 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of an environmental outcome, to allow for nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and authorizing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| MD | SB1144 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of a certain environmental outcome, to allow certain nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 |
| MD | HB1509 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| MD | HB929 | Pass | Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, under certain circumstances, a program to use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to control or eliminate nuisance insects in the State; and requiring, instead of authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
