Letter of Information
Bill Tracking
2025
| Bill | Crossfile | Bill Title | Sponsor | Synopsis | MGA Committees | MDCC Policy Committee & Position | Leg. Comm. Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1035 | SB 937 | Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D) | 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. | Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/7) |
| HB 1058 | Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority | Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D) | Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the Department of the Environment to approve a county water and sewerage plan does not limit certain authority of the county; requiring the Department to publish certain information on its website by October 1, 2025; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 1273 | Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and Customer-Sited Solar Program - Alterations | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Authorizing the use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants and loans for building electrification and transportation electrification; altering the allowed uses of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction revenue and certain compliance fee revenue; altering certain reporting requirements for the Fund; and altering the definition of "low to moderate income" for purposes of the Customer-Sited Solar Program. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20) | |
| HB 1484 | SB 978 | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Del. Jazz Lewis (24-D) | Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/2) |
| SB 901 | Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7) | |
| SB 937 | 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) | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | 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. | Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7) |
| SB 978 | 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) | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |