CC 2022 Session

Climate Change and the 2022 Session

The UU Legislative Ministry of Maryland expects to support several bills in the 2022 legislative session:

Priority Bills

HB 596 SB 783 - Environmental Human Rights Amendment to the State Constitution
SB 528 - Climate Solutions Now Act

House Bills in Climate Solutions Now

HB 108/SB 524 - Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing
HB 10/SB 61 - Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition

Bills of High Interest

HB 141/ SB 23 - Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses
HB 171/SB 135 - Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act
HB 307/SB 292 - Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility

HB 596 SB 783: Environmental Human Rights Amendment

Provisions of the Amendment

Each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful and sustainable environment and said right shall not be infringed.
The state, as trustee, shall protect, conserve, and enhance Maryland’s natural resources, including its air, lands, waters, wildlife, and ecosystems, for the benefit of both present and future generations.

Rabbi Nina Cardin, Director of the Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human RIghts (mdehr.org), spoke to the UULM-MD 2022 Legislative Kickoff. A video of her remarks is here.

As human beings, we depend on clean air, clean water, healthy soil, and a stable environment. Without these essentials, all other rights are jeopardized. As you can see from the image below, Maryland residents face increasing exposure of pollutants in the air, water, and land which have negatively impacted public health with increased rates of lung disorders, heart disease and cancer. Even worse, the pandemic revealed that these disparities in exposure to air pollution also increased the likelihood of developing Covid19 in black and brown communities.

We can and must do better for our communities:from Maryland landfills with harmful greenhouse gas emissions, to the CAFOs and nitrate pollution on the Eastern shore, to concentrated power plants and superfund sites in Prince George’s and Calvert Counties, to PFAS contaminating drinking water in Montgomery County and fish in Piscataway Creek and the Potomac River, and many more.

The consistent thread across these examples is the reality that communities of color and those who live in low-income neighborhoods are the communities bearing the burden of this pollution and the consequences of health disparities. Our state has created systems that reinforce inequity from generation to generation and it’s time to make fundamental changes to those systems.

To amend the Constitution, the bill must pass each house of the Maryland General Assembly with at least 3/5 of the votes. After passage, the proposed amendment becomes a referendum in the November 2022 General Election. The voters decide!

In support of the passage of the Environmental Human Rights Amendment, UULM-MD is sponsoring the UU Kids for a Livable Planet an intergenerational, congregation-based campaign to persuade the Maryland General Assembly of the need for a constitutional amendment for environmental human rights (see: Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights) and to pass climate justice and environmental protection bills supported by UULM-MD and our partners. We will also encourage and support the ministers of interested congregations to offer prophetic preaching, and pastoral support especially for teens and their parents, who may be anxious about climate change and disasters. A full description of the UU Kids for a Livable Planet project is here.

SB 528: Climate Solutions Now Act (click here for detailed summary)

The Climate Solutions Now Act will be reintroduced this year after almost passing in the 2021 session. Senator Pinsky and Delegate Barve are working together to ensure passage.

The provisions of the Climate Solutions Now 2022 (CSN) will include the following provisions.

Sets Maryland on a path to net zero carbon emissions by 2045 with an interim goal of 60% reductions by 2030.
Requires Methane Emissions Measurements on a 20-year basis
Requires Agency Consideration of Climate.
Creates Green Bank: Climate Catalytic Capital Fund in Maryland Clean Energy Center to promote Environmental Justice and Leverage Private Capital to accomplish goals of CSN
Creates an Environmental Justice (EJ) & Sustainable Communities Commission
Creates a Just Transition Employment & Retraining Working Group to create systematic plans for workers displaced by the shift to clean, renewable energy
Creates a Maryland Climate Justice Corps
Creates a Zero-Emission Vehicle School Bus Transition Fund
Requires the electrification of the State Fleet to Zero Emission by 2030
New Construction for Schools: New Schools will be High Performance Buildings (don’t need to be net-zero or ready)
Requirements for State Facility Energy Procurement: by 2030, energy for state facilities shall be at least 75% low-carbon renewable energy source [Defined as solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, hydro-electric]
Requires the creation of new Buildings Electric Performance Codes
IGCC: International Green Construction Code
Requirements for Building Emission Standards (Existing Buildings).
Creates Climate Transition & Clean Energy Hub- to serve as clearinghouse for information on advanced technology and architectural solutions to reduce GHG emissions from building sector.
Creates Community Solar Tax Incentives:
Increases participation in EmPOWER Limited Income Energy Efficiency Program helps limited income households with installation of materials and equipment at no charge.

The House of Delegates and the Senate are taking different strategies, the Senate introduced an omnibus bill SB 528, while the House has introduced separate bills, similar to the Police Reform Act passed in 2021. They are:

HB 806- Building Standards and Emissions Reductions - State and Local Buildings

HB 831- Reducing GHG Emissions - Commercial and Residential Buildings

HB 108- Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency

HB 11- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard

HB 31- Resiliency Hubs

HB 94- State Vehicle Fleet

HB 829- Zero-Emission Truck Act of 2022

For more information, please contact Climate Change Task Force Chair Phil Webster at ClimateChange@uulmmd.org.

Subject	Bill Number	XFile Bill Number	Title	Sponsor	Status	Current Location	Priority	Position	Action	Synopsis
Building standards	HB0806		Building Standards and Emissions Reductions – High Performance, State, and Local Government Buildings, State Operations, and Eligible Projects	Delegate Stein	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Altering the definition of 'high performance building' to include certain schools and public safety buildings and require that the building meet certain building standards; requiring the Department of General Services to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for certain categories of eligible materials used in certain eligible projects; requiring a unit of State government to specify the eligible materials that will be used in an eligible project in the solicitation for an eligible project; etc.
Building Energy Performance Stds	HB0061	SB0081	Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Building Performance Laws (Building Energy Performance Standards Act of 2022)	Delegate Stewart	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Authorizing charter counties to provide for the enforcement of local building energy performance laws by imposing civil fines not exceeding $10 per square foot of gross floor area.
Building Energy Performance Stds	SB0081	HB0061	Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Building Performance Laws (Building Energy Performance Standards Act of 2022)	Senator Feldman	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Authorizing charter counties to provide for the enforcement of local building energy performance laws by imposing civil fines not exceeding $10 per square foot of gross floor area; and providing that a civil fine may be imposed under the Act only if construction on the building was completed at least 3 years and 1 day before the date the civil fine would be imposed.
Environmental Justice	HB0171	SB0135	Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Failed: no vote in committee	Economic Matters	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels; etc.
Environmental Justice	SB0135	HB0171	Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act	Senator Kramer	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; and establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels.
Climate Solutions Now	SB0528		Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022	Senator Pinsky	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38	Governor	X	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, establishing of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, developing certain energy efficiency and emissions reduction requirements for certain buildings, requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings, establishing certain zero-emission vehicle requirements for the State fleet, and establishing an electric school bus pilot program; etc.
Comprehensive Solutions	HB0708		Comprehensive Climate Solutions	Delegate Barve	Failed: no vote in committee	Economic Matters	X	Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions through the use of various measures, including the alteration of statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, the establishment of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, requiring gas companies and electric companies to provide certain programs and services, and requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings through certain programs and services; etc.
Environmental Rights Amendment	HB0596	SB0783	Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights	Delegate Fisher, W.	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland to establish that every person has the fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful and sustainable environment; and requiring the State to serve as the trustee of the State's natural resources, including the air, land, water, wildlife, and ecosystems of the State, and to conserve, protect, and enhance the State's natural resources for the benefit of every person, including present and future generations.
Environmental Rights Amendment	SB0783	HB0596	Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights	Senator Smith	Failed: no vote in committee	Judicial Proceedings	X	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland to establish that every person has the fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful and sustainable environment; and requiring the State to serve as the trustee of the State's natural resources, including the air, land, water, wildlife, and ecosystems of the State, and to conserve, protect, and enhance the State's natural resources for the benefit of every person, including present and future generations.
Zero-emission trucks	HB0829	SB0687	Department of the Environment – Zero–Emission Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles – Regulations (Zero–Emission Truck Act of 2022)	Delegate Love	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2022, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles in the State.
Zero-emission trucks	SB0687	HB0829	Department of the Environment – Zero–Emission Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles – Regulations (Zero–Emission Truck Act of 2022)	Senator Young	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2022, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles in the State.
Energy Distribution	HB0088	SB0525	Electric Distribution System Planning and Required Labor Standards	Delegate Charkoudian	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Establishing certain State policy goals with regard to the State's electric distribution system; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration to provide assistance and support to electric companies for applying for and obtaining access to certain federal funds to meet the State's policy goals for the electric distribution system; requiring the Administration to identify certain funding sources; establishing labor standards for contractors and subcontractors participating in certain projects; etc.
Producer & packaging	HB0307	SB0292	Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility	Delegate Lierman	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Requiring the Department of Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc.
Producer & packaging	SB0292	HB0307	Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility	Senator Augustine	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc.
Equity in Transportation	HB0141	SB0023	Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses	Delegate Ruth	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct a transit equity analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a capital expansion project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Equity in Transportation	SB0023	HB0141	Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses	Senator Carter	Failed: not referred to standing committee	Rules and Executive Nominations	X	Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals, benchmarks, and indicators; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct certain analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a certain project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Resiliency Hubs	HB0031	SB0256	Maryland Energy Administration – Resiliency Hub Grant Program and Fund	Delegate Charkoudian	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Establishing the Resiliency Hub Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to develop resiliency hubs that serve low- and moderate-income households at no cost to the households; defining 'resiliency hub' as a location where solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage are designed to provide electricity during extended grid outages; requiring the Administration to establish certain procedures and criteria for the Program; requiring that certain fines and penalties be credited to a certain fund; etc.
Resiliency Hubs	SB0256	HB0031	Maryland Energy Administration – Resiliency Hub Grant Program and Fund	Senator Beidle	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Establishing the Resiliency Hub Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to develop resiliency hubs that serve low- and moderate-income households at no cost to the households; defining 'resiliency hub' as a location where solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage are designed to provide electricity during extended grid outages; requiring the Administration to establish certain procedures and criteria for the Program; requiring that certain fines and penalties be credited to a certain fund; etc.
Zero-emission buses	HB0010	SB0061	Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions)	Delegate Korman	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan.
Zero-emission buses	SB0061	HB0010	Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions)	Senator Zucker	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan; etc.
Energy Distribution	SB0525	HB0088	Public Utilities - Energy Distribution Planning and Required Labor Standards	Senator Feldman	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance	X	Support	Testimony submitted	Establishing the Distribution System Planning Workgroup to study issues related to energy distribution planning and implementation; requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2024, related to energy distribution planning and implementation; requiring the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration to coordinate efforts with utilities to apply for certain federal funds; and establishing labor standards for contractors and subcontractors participating in certain projects.
Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency	HB0108	SB0524	Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing	Delegate Charkoudian	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve an annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 0.4% starting in 2023; requiring the Department to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by 2030; etc.
Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency	SB0524	HB0108	Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing	Senator Feldman	Returned Passed	Governor	X	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve an annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 0.4% starting in 2023; requiring the Department to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by 2030; etc.
Commercial & residential buildings	HB0831		Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Commercial and Residential Buildings	Delegate Stein	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation	X	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish building emissions standards for certain commercial and residential buildings; establishing the Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force to study certain matters and develop a plan for funding the retrofit of certain buildings; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to update the Maryland Building Performance Standards.
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard	HB0011		Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Tier 1 Renewable Source – Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2022)	Delegate Stewart	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn		X	Support	Signed onto testimony	Altering the definition of 'Tier 1 renewable source' for purposes of excluding energy derived from qualifying biomass, methane from the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials, certain fuel cells, poultry litter-to-energy, waste-to-energy, refuse-derived fuel, and thermal energy from a thermal biomass system from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard.
State Vehicle Fleet	HB0094		State Vehicle Fleet - Conversion to Zero-Emission Passenger Cars and Other Light-Duty Vehicles	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Failed: no vote in committee	Budget and Taxation	X	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Requiring the State to ensure that a certain minimum percent of passenger cars and other light-duty vehicles purchased for the State vehicle fleet in certain fiscal years are zero-emission vehicles, subject to the availability of funding; requiring the Department of General Services to ensure the development of charging infrastructure to support the operation of the zero-emission vehicles in the State vehicle fleet; and requiring a certain annual report to the General Assembly regarding the conversion to zero-emission vehicles.
Urban Farming	HB0540	SB0437	Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance	Delegate Henson	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172			Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent dedicated to urban farm production methods and crop management and an extension agent dedicated to urban farm and agribusiness management; requiring the agents to perform certain applied research and provide certain education to urban farmers; and requiring the Governor to annually include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the extension agents hired under the Act.
Urban Farming	SB0437	HB0540	Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance	Senator McCray	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173			Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent dedicated to urban farm production methods and crop management and an extension agent dedicated to urban farm and agribusiness management; requiring the agents to perform certain applied research and provide certain education to urban farmers; and requiring the Governor to annually include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the extension agents hired under the Act.
AG suits	HB0363		Attorney General - Climate Change Actions - Authorization	Delegate Ruth	Failed: no vote in committee	Health and Government Operations		Support	Signed onto testimony	Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds accountable a publicly traded entity with a market capitalization greater than $1,000,000,000 or its subsidiaries for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; and authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel on a contingency fee basis to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a determination that it is in the best interests of the State.
Community solar commission	HB0936	SB0999	Blue Ribbon Community Solar Land Use Commission	Delegate Barve	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance				Establishing the Blue Ribbon Community Solar Land Use Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the land use needs to meet the full generation capacity authorized under the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
Green Buildings	SB0588	HB1165	Capital Projects - High Performance and Green Buildings	Senator Hettleman	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs				Altering the definition of 'high performance building' to include certain schools and public safety buildings; altering the definition of 'major renovation' to mean a renovation of a certain size or value or resulting in a change in occupancy or replacement of certain utility installations; altering the type of capital projects to which certain high performance building standards apply; repealing a requirement that the Maryland Green Building Council develop certain guidelines for new public school buildings; etc.
Clean Cars	HB1391		Clean Cars Act of 2022	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 234					Establishing the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program for certain vehicles and equipment to be administered by the Maryland Energy Administration; altering, for certain fiscal years, the vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; decreasing, from $63,000 to $50,000, for purposes of the electric vehicle excise tax credit, the limitation on the maximum base purchase price of certain electric vehicles; reducing the vehicle excise tax credit for certain electric drive vehicles; etc.
Community healthy air	HB0798		Community Healthy Air Act	Delegate Jalisi	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Establishing the Committee on Air Quality to create, on or before January 1, 2023, an air quality sampling and monitoring protocol for the collection of air quality and public health data associated with certain large animal-feeding operations.
Comunity solar-property tax exemption	HB0076	SB0264	Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Exemption From Property Taxes	Delegate Smith	Returned Passed	Governor				Exempting certain community solar energy generating systems from personal property taxes; prohibiting the supervisor of a county or a municipal corporation from accepting applications for the exemption after December 31, 2024; and requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to report to certain committees of the General Assembly, by October 1 each year on the number and location of projects that, in the immediately preceding taxable year, have received the exemption.
Comunity solar-property tax exemption	SB0264	HB0076	Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Exemption From Property Taxes	Senator Elfreth	Failed: no vote in committee	Ways and Means		Support	Signed onto testimony	Exempting from personal property taxes a community solar energy generating system that provides at least 50% of the energy it produces to low- or moderate-income customers at a cost that is at least 20% less than the amount charged by the electric company that serves the area where the system is located and is installed on a rooftop, parking facility canopy, or brownfield; prohibiting the supervisor of a county or a municipal corporation from accepting applications for the exemption after December 31, 2024; etc.
Conservation finance	HB0653	SB0348	Conservation Finance Act	Delegate Love	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237					Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Conservation finance	SB0348	HB0653	Conservation Finance Act	Senator Elfreth	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238					Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sustainable Buildings	HB0043		Department of General Services – Energy–Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2022)	Delegate Hill	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs				Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in any requirements that the Council establishes for participation in a higher-performance building program in the State; and defining 'State building'.
Community solar capacity	SB0110	HB0440	Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Generating Capacity	Senator Kramer	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance				Increasing the maximum generating capacity of a community solar energy generating system from 2 megawatts to 5 megawatts.
Community solar capacity	HB0440	SB0110	Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity	Delegate Clippinger	Returned Passed	Governor				Altering the maximum generating capacity of a community solar energy generating system for purposes of net energy metering; increasing the maximum generating capacity of a community solar energy generating system from 2 megawatts to 5 megawatts; and specifying that a community solar energy generating system is not a generating station if the generating capacity of the community solar energy generating system does not exceed 2 megawatts.
Community solar-consolidated billing	HB0818		Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generation - Consolidated Billing	Delegate Clippinger	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance		Support		Authorizing a subscriber organization for a community solar energy generating system to participate in consolidated billing provided by the electric company serving the territory of the community solar energy generating system.
Labor Standards	SB0418	HB0569	Energy Generation Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards	Senator Feldman	Failed: no vote in committee	Economic Matters		Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring a person who is a developer of a project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
Labor Standards	HB0569	SB0418	Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards	Delegate Carey	Failed: no vote in committee	Economic Matters		Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring the Public Service Commission to condition the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the requirement that the developer of the project take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
Crisis Plan	SB0552	HB0695	Environment - Climate Crisis Plan - Requirement (Better Together to Save Our Weather Act of 2022)	Senator Kramer	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs				Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2023; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2023; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2024; and requiring each county to review and update its plan once every 3 years.
EV Charging-Env Justice	HB0507	SB0924	Environment - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Environmental Justice Considerations	Delegate Proctor	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Requiring a unit of State government that develops electric vehicle charging infrastructure or administers public funding for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure to use environmental justice guidelines when selecting communities for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Climate & labor impact	HB0880	SB0931	Environment - Impact of Actions on Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice	Delegate Boyce	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Prohibiting a certain governmental unit from taking an action unless the governmental unit has conducted certain evaluations and assessments of the impact of the action on the climate, labor and employment, environmental justice, and any overburdened community; authorizing a governmental unit to deny, condition, approve, or amend an action based on certain findings; and requiring governmental units to coordinate and seek federal funding to meet the requirements of the Act.
Overburdened Communities	HB1033		Environment and Energy - Investment in Overburdened Communities	Delegate Rosenberg	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations				Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before December 1, 2022, to develop certain policies and recommendations to require at least 40% of overall spending on certain programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain overburdened communities, starting with fiscal year 2024; defining an 'overburdened community' as any census tract where the median house hold income is not more than 75% of the statewide median household income and certain environmental indicators are above the 75th percentile; etc.
Crisis Plan	HB0695	SB0552	Environment – Climate Crisis Plan – Requirement (Better Together to Save Our Weather Act of 2022)	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2023; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2023; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2024; and requiring each county to review and update its plan once every 3 years.
PFAS	HB0275	SB0273	Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)	Delegate Love	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138			Support	Signed onto testimony	Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing Class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing a certain rug or carpet in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a manufacturer or distributor from manufacturing, selling, or distributing certain food packaging intended for direct food contact in the State; etc.
PFAS	SB0273	HB0275	Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)	Senator Elfreth	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139			Support	Signed onto testimony	Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing Class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from manufacturing or knowingly selling or distributing a certain rug or carpet; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, certain persons from manufacturing or knowingly selling or distributing certain food packaging designed for direct food contact in the State; etc.
Permits-environmental justice	HB1200	SB0818	Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening	Delegate Wells	Returned Passed	Governor				Requiring a person applying for a certain permit from the Department of the Environment to include in the application the EJ Score from the Maryland EJ tool for the census tract where the applicant is seeking the permit; requiring the Department, on receiving a certain permit application, to review the EJ Score for the census tract where the applicant is seeking a permit using the Maryland EJ tool to verify the applicant's information; etc.
Permits-environmental justice	SB0818	HB1200	Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening	Senator Ellis	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Requiring a person applying for a certain permit from the Department of the Environment to include in the application the EJ Score from the Maryland EJ tool for the census tract where the applicant is seeking the permit; requiring the Department, on receiving a certain permit application, to review an environmental justice analysis of the census tract where the applicant is seeking a permit using the Maryland EJ tool; and requiring notices regarding certain permit applications to include information related to EJ Scores and certain analyses.
Transit-Oriented Development	SB0516	HB0710	Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act	Senator Augustine	Failed: not referred to standing committee	Rules and Executive Nominations				Establishing the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund; authorizing the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of Housing and Community Development, to use the Fund to provide financial assistance to local jurisdictions to be used for certain purposes within a transit-oriented development; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to submit a certain report by November 30, 2025, on efforts to increase transit-oriented development throughout the State; etc.
Transit-Oriented Development	HB0710	SB0516	Equitable and Inclusive Transit–Oriented Development Enhancement Act	Delegate Lewis, J.	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Altering the More Jobs for Marylanders Program to allow certain businesses located in certain transit-oriented developments to qualify for certain Program benefits; extending the deadline after which the Department of Commerce may not certify certain businesses to participate in the Program; establishing the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund; authorizing the Department of Transportation to use the Fund to provide financial assistance related to transit-oriented development; etc.
FUTURE Act	HB0729	SB0471	Facilitating University Transformations by Unifying Reductions in Emissions (FUTURE) Act	Delegate Solomon	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations		Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2035; specifying certain requirements that a public senior higher education institution must meet to achieve the carbon neutral requirements under the Act; requiring each public senior higher education institution to designate, on or before August 1, 2022, a certain individual to implement and monitor the institution's progress with certain requirements; etc.
FUTURE Act	SB0471	HB0729	Facilitating University Transformations by Unifying Reductions in Emissions (FUTURE) Act	Senator Rosapepe	Failed: no vote in committee	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs		Support	Signed onto testimony	Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2035; specifying certain requirements that a public senior higher education institution must meet to achieve the carbon neutral requirements under the Act; requiring each public senior higher education institution to designate, on or before August 1, 2022, a certain individual to implement and monitor the institution's progress with certain requirements; etc.
Energy Efficiency Upgrades	HB0058	SB0045	Income Tax - Credit for Energy Efficiency Upgrades - Passive Houses	Delegate Brooks	Failed: no vote in committee	Ways and Means				Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain costs, paid or incurred after July 1, 2022, by an owner of certain residential property for certain energy efficiency upgrades; requiring the owner to obtain a tax credit certificate from the Maryland Energy Administration; and prohibiting a taxpayer from claiming the tax credit for a taxable year during which the Governor declares a state of emergency.
Energy Efficiency Upgrades	SB0045	HB0058	Income Tax - Credit for Energy Efficiency Upgrades - Passive Houses	Senator Kramer	Failed: no vote in committee	Budget and Taxation				Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain costs, paid or incurred after July 1, 2022, by an owner of certain residential property for certain energy efficiency upgrades; requiring the owner to obtain a tax credit certificate from the Maryland Energy Administration; and prohibiting a taxpayer from claiming the tax credit for a taxable year during which the Governor declares a state of emergency.
Civilian Climate Corps	HB0443	SB0228	Maryland Corps Program - Revisions	Delegate Rosenberg	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations				Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program; establishing that the Program is exempt from certain provisions of law relating to procurement but is subject to a certain review by the Office of Legislative Audits; altering the membership of the Board of Directors of the Program; establishing that the Board is a body politic and corporate and is an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to meet at least once every two months and that Board meetings are subject to the Open Meetings Act; etc.
Civilian Climate Corps	SB0228	HB0443	Maryland Corps Program – Revisions	Senator Ferguson	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 37	Governor				Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program by allowing participants to transition to the workforce as well as to higher education institutions; requiring that Program funds be used to expand the Chesapeake Conservation Corps and the Maryland Conservation Corps and create a Maryland Civilian Climate Corps and a Maryland Historic Trades Corp; restructuring the Board as a body politic and corporate and as an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to prioritize certain individuals for participation in the Program; etc.
Office of Resilience	HB0706	SB0630	Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience	Delegate Sample-Hughes	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to appoint a Chief Resilience Officer to direct the Office of Resilience; and requiring the Office of Resilience to coordinate with appropriate State agencies and State entities to meet certain goals.
Office of Resilience	SB0630	HB0706	Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience	Senator Hester	Returned Passed	Governor		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to appoint a Chief Resilience Officer to direct the Office of Resilience; and requiring the Office of Resilience to coordinate with appropriate State agencies and State entities to meet certain goals.
Efficiency Standards	HB0772	SB0494	Maryland Energy Administration - Energy and Water Efficiency Standards - Alterations	Delegate Ruth	Returned Passed	Governor				Altering the application of certain testing, certification, and enforcement requirements for certain efficiency standards; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to review certain efficiency standards on or before January 1, 2023; prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, and installation of certain products in the State under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations on efficiency standards for certain products on or before January 1, 2023; etc.
Efficiency Standards	SB0494	HB0772	Maryland Energy Administration - Energy and Water Efficiency Standards - Alterations	Senator Pinsky	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation				Altering the application of certain testing, certification, and enforcement requirements for certain efficiency standards; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to review certain efficiency standards on or before January 1, 2023; prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, and installation of certain products in the State under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations on efficiency standards for certain products on or before January 1, 2023; etc.
Natural Gas infrastructure	HB0801		Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement - Surcharge and Plans (STRIDE Act of 2022)	Delegate Branch, T.	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn					Including infrastructure replacement project costs under the Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement Program in certain gas company base rates during a multiyear rate plan; and continuing an annual surcharge for eligible future infrastructure project costs not included in certain gas company base rates during a multiyear rate plan.
Agrivoltatics	HB1039	SB0860	Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics	Delegate Luedtke	Passed Enrolled	Governor				Exempting certain community solar energy generating systems from personal property taxes; requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to assess certain land used by a community solar energy generating system in a certain manner; requiring the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the property tax imposed on real property on which a certain community solar energy generating system is installed; establishing a tax credit against the State property tax imposed on certain real property; etc.
Agrivoltatics	SB0860	HB1039	Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics	Senator King	Passed Enrolled	Governor				Requiring a local school system constructing a new school to consider whether the school should be constructed with solar panels on the roof; exempting certain community solar energy generating systems from personal property taxes; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to assess certain land used by a community solar energy generating system in a certain manner; establishing a tax credit against the State property tax on certain real property on which a community solar energy generating system is installed; etc.
Buy Clean Maryland	SB0961		Public Projects – Global Warming Potential of Materials (Buy Clean Maryland Act)	Senator Elfreth	Failed: no vote in committee	Budget and Taxation				Requiring the Department of General Services to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for certain categories of eligible materials used in certain eligible projects; requiring a unit of State government to specify the eligible materials that will be used in an eligible project in the solicitation for an eligible project; requiring a successful bidder or offeror of an eligible project to submit certain information about each eligible material proposed to be used in an eligible project; etc.
Green Schools	HB0365		Public School Construction - Fossil Fuel-Based Energy System Costs - Prohibition (Green School Construction Act of 2022)	Delegate Korman	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations		Support		Prohibiting the Interagency Commission on School Construction from considering a new or replacement fossil fuel-based energy system as a construction or capital improvement cost.
School composting grants	HB0150	SB0124	Public Schools - Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste	Delegate Charkoudian	Failed: not referred to standing committee	Rules		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste to award grants to county boards of education and public schools to develop and implement programs for reducing food waste and to establish composting of pre- and post-consumer waste; and requiring the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education to review grant applications and select recipients to be awarded grants by the State Department of Education.
School composting grants	SB0124	HB0150	Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste	Senator Hettleman	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205			Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste to award grants to county boards of education and public schools to develop and implement programs for reducing food waste and to establish composting of pre- and post-consumer waste; requiring the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education to review grant applications and select recipients to be awarded grants by the State Department of Education; and the requiring the Governor to include at least $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
Electric School Bus Pilot	HB0696	SB0948	Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Passed Enrolled	Governor		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing an electric school bus pilot program; requiring the Public Service Commission to implement and administer the pilot program; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement an electric school bus pilot program with a participating school system if the pilot program meets certain standards; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to recover certain costs under the pilot program, subject to the approval of the Commission; etc.
Energy Efficiency & Conservation	SB0966		Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Alterations	Senator Feldman	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance				Requiring energy efficiency and conservation programs and services provided by gas companies and electric companies to encourage and promote the electrification of certain products and beneficial electrification beginning with calendar year 2024; prohibiting the energy efficiency and conservation programs and services from providing financial assistance for equipment or appliances that use fossil fuel; etc.
Electric School Bus Pilot	SB0948	HB0696	Public Utilities – Electric School Bus Pilot Program	Senator Kramer	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing an electric school bus pilot program; requiring the Public Service Commission to implement and administer the pilot program; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement an electric school bus pilot program with a participating school system if the pilot program meets certain standards; and authorizing investor-owned electric companies to recover certain costs under the pilot program, subject to the approval of the Commission.
Renewable Energy Portfolio	SB0903	HB1085	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass and Thermal Biomass Systems	Senator Hershey	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance		Oppose	Signed onto testimony	Altering the components of fuels that qualify a generating facility as a Tier 1 renewable source under the renewable energy portfolio standard by altering the definitions of 'qualifying biomass' and 'thermal biomass system'.
Solar sources	HB0864		Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Solar Energy Sources	Delegate Boyce	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters					Altering the eligibility of solar energy sources for meeting certain portions of Tier 1 requirements of the renewable energy portfolio standard to require that the source is only eligible if it is connected with the electric distribution grid serving Maryland.
Offshore Wind Credits	HB0622	SB0526	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind	Delegate Brooks	Conference Committee Appointed	Senate Floor				Altering the application of the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard to apply only to distribution sales of electric companies; altering the manner in which an electric company may reflect and recover offshore wind renewable energy credit costs; altering certain compliance fees for shortfalls from the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
Offshore Wind Credits	SB0526	HB0622	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind	Senator Feldman	Returned Passed	Governor				Altering the application of the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard to apply only to distribution sales of electric companies; altering the manner in which an electric company may reflect and recover offshore wind renewable energy credit costs; altering certain compliance fees for shortfalls from the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
Waste-to-Energy	SB0616		Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Eligible Sources – Waste–to–Energy and Refuse–Derived Fuel	Senator Hough	Failed: no vote in committee	Finance				Making energy derived from waste-to-energy or refuse-derived fuel ineligible for the creation of credits under the renewable energy portfolio standard.
Renewable Energy Portfolio	HB1085	SB0903	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Qualifying Biomass and Thermal Biomass Systems	Delegate Buckel	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters			Oppose	Signed onto testimony	Altering the components of fuels that qualify a generating facility as a Tier 1 renewable source under the renewable energy portfolio standard by altering the definitions of 'qualifying biomass' and 'thermal biomass system'.
Solid Waste Disposal	HB1070		Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On–Farm Composting and Compost Use	Delegate Boyce	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation		Oppose	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the On-Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge to be paid, on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2023, to the Comptroller by owners or operators of refuse disposal facilities in the State; establishing the Environmental Stewardship Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Comptroller to, on an annual basis, transfer certain solid waste disposal surcharge revenue to certain funds for certain purposes; etc.
Recycling Policy TF	HB0217		Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland	Delegate Love	Failed: no vote in committee	Environment and Transportation		Support	Signed onto testimony	Establishing the Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland to review the Maryland Recycling Act, study the recycling and waste systems in Maryland, and make recommendations on updating the Maryland Recycling Act and implementing regional recycling and waste disposal facilities; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to certain legislative Committees by June 30, 2023.
Regional Rail Transformation	HB0778	SB0514	Transportation - Investment Program - MARC Rail Service (Maryland Regional Rail Transformation Act)	Delegate Solomon	Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 54					Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to establish certain investment programs for enhancing certain rail lines and services operated by the Maryland Area Regional Commuter rail service; requiring the Administration to advance certain rail projects in fiscal year 2023; requiring the Administration to conduct a MARC Cornerstone Plan Implementation Study; and establishing the Transportation Trust Fund Workgroup to study certain matters and make its recommendations by December 16, 2022.
Regional Rail Transformation	SB0514	HB0778	Transportation - Investment Program - MARC Rail Service (Maryland Regional Rail Transformation Act)	Senator Beidle	Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 52					Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to establish certain investment programs for enhancing certain rail lines and services operated by the Maryland Area Regional Commuter rail service; requiring the Administration to advance certain rail projects in fiscal year 2023; requiring the Administration to conduct a MARC Cornerstone Plan Implementation Study; and establishing the Transportation Trust Fund Workgroup to study certain matters and submit a report of its recommendations by December 16, 2022.
Rail investment	HB1324		Transportation - Maryland Rail Authority - Establishment (Maryland Rail Investment Act of 2022)	Delegate Korman	Failed: no vote in committee	Appropriations				Establishing the Maryland Rail Authority; adding the Executive Director of the Rail Authority as an ex officio member of the Maryland Transportation Authority; prohibiting the Transportation Authority from passing an operating budget or capital improvement plan that exceeds $2,800,000,000; authorizing the Transportation Authority, by resolution, to finance the cost of transportation facilities projects and borrow money for that purpose, after obtaining the consent of the Rail Authority; etc.
Zero-emission resources	HB1366		Zero–Emission Energy Resources and Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Study	Chair, Economic Matters Committee	Failed: no vote in committee	Economic Matters				Including a zero-emission energy resource as a Tier 1 renewable source eligible for meeting certain Tier 1 obligations under the renewable energy portfolio standard; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, the Department of the Environment, and the Department of Natural Resources, to conduct a study on carbon capture, use, and sequestration.