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2026 Legislative Session
The Maryland General Assembly convened on January14, 2026 and will sit for 90 days, adjourning on April 13, 2026. You can find out where specific bills are in the process by checking Current Status of Priority Bills under The Latest, or follow bills on a particular issue on each issue's 2026 Session page. Each week, we post a blog on our Home page providing a summary of recent events and upcoming matters, including bill hearings, important votes and approaching deadlines.
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Upcoming Hearings
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Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Economic Matters | HB0711 | Delegate Charkoudian | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Support | Immigration | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Data Privacy | SB0504 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Economic Matters | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Commercial Law - Consumer Protection | i3 | 2026 Regular Session | Defense | 2/20/2026 | x | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0386 | President | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Lower Bills and Local Power Act | HB0897 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/27/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB0897 | Speaker | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Lower Bills and Local Power Act | SB0386 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/4/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0830 | Senator Waldstreicher | Handgun Roster Reform | Support w/Amendments | Gun Violence | Watch | Handgun Roster Reform | HB1339 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain determination before a handgun is placed on the handgun roster; requiring the Maryland State Police, or a certain accredited laboratory, to conduct certain testing on a handgun; altering the responsibilities of the Handgun Roster Board; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0752 | Senator Sydnor | Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System | HB1309 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | Racism | 2/20/2026 | x | Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice system and other criminal justice issues in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before September 1, 2028. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0692 | Senator Smith | Firearms Dealers and Employees - Required Training and Exam | Support | Gun Violence | Watch | Firearms Dealers - Required Training | HB0741 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring the Secretary of State Police to approve a certain training course and offer a certain exam for certain individuals licensed as, applying to be licensed as, or employed by, a State-regulated firearms dealer; requiring certain individuals to complete training and satisfactorily pass a certain exam described in the Act; requiring the Secretary to disapprove an application for a dealer's license under certain circumstances; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0155 | Delegate Williams | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Support | Immigration | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Face Coverings Prohibited | SB0001 | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Judiciary | 2/24/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | Defense | 2/20/2026 | x | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a model policy prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt a policy consistent with the model policy developed by the Commission; and prohibiting a certain law enforcement officer from wearing a certain face covering while in the performance of duty in the State, except when actively engaged in an undercover operation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Budget and Taxation | SB0059 | Senator Hettleman | Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Transportation and Climate Alignment | HB0437 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Budget and Taxation | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Transportation - Highways | r1 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0908 | Senator Love | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | Support | Criminal Justice | Watch | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | HB1154 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; requiring a certain individual in restrictive housing to be offered a certain amount of time outside the individual's cell each day; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0741 | Delegate Taylor | Firearms Dealers and Employees - Required Training and Exam | Support | Gun Violence | Watch | Firearms Dealers - Required Training | SB0692 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/3/2026 | Judiciary | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Requiring the Secretary of State Police to approve a certain training course and offer a certain exam for certain individuals licensed as, applying to be licensed as, or employed by a State-regulated firearms dealer; requiring certain individuals to complete training and satisfactorily pass a certain exam described in the Act; requiring the Secretary to disapprove an application for a dealer's license under certain circumstances; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB1339 | Delegate Embry | Handgun Roster Reform | Support w/Amendments | Gun Violence | Watch | Handgun Roster Reform | SB0830 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/12/2026 | Judiciary | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/23/2026 | x | Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain determination before a handgun is placed on the handgun roster; requiring the Maryland State Police, or a certain accredited laboratory, to conduct certain testing on a handgun; altering the responsibilities of the Handgun Roster Board; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | Finance | SB0626 | Senator Lam | Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) | Support | Health Care | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Birth Certificate Modernization | HB1589 | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) | 2/5/2026 | Finance | 2/25/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | No | Public Health | j1 | 2026 Regular Session | Trans Care | 2/23/2026 | x | Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0590 | Senator Kramer | Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Study on Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program | HB1199 | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/5/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Energy and Climate | m5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | x | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | SB0504 | Senator Lam | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Support | Immigration | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | Data Privacy | HB0711 | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/2/2026 | Finance | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Commercial Law - Consumer Protection | i3 | 2026 Regular Session | Defense | 2/24/2026 | x | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Government, Labor, and Elections | HB1154 | Delegate Phillips | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | Support | Criminal Justice | Watch | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | SB0908 | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/11/2026 | Government, Labor, and Elections | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | x | Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; requiring a certain individual in restrictive housing to be offered a certain amount of time outside the individual's cell each day; etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0921 | Delegate Moreno | Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/5/2026 | Judiciary | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Juvenile Law | e3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | x | Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing; establishing that a minor may not be placed in restrictive housing solely for the purposes of discipline, punishment, administrative convenience, retaliation, or staff shortages; authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; and specifying certain protocols for minors placed in restrictive housing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) | Economic Matters | HB0894 | Speaker | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Transit-Oriented Development | SB0389 | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) | 2/4/2026 | Economic Matters | 2/26/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | No | Transportation - Generally | r2 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/24/2026 | x | Providing for the automatic designation of certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones; requiring the Maryland Development Corporation to prioritize certain redevelopment projects when making loans under the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on land located near certain transit stations; delaying the collection of certain development excise taxes and development impact fees for certain residential real estate projects; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0781 | Senator Brooks | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | CHERISH Our Communities Act 2 | HB1268 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | x | Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | SB0780 | Senator Brooks | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Senator on Committee | Priority | CHERISH Our Communities Act 1 | HB1287 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Education, Energy, and the Environment | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | x | Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | SB0775 | Senator Smith | Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms | Support | Gun Violence | Watch | Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/6/2026 | Judicial Proceedings | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes | e1 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | x | Requiring a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to destroy each firearm and all its component parts that is traded in as part of a gun buyback program; authorizing a licensee or agency to contract with a law enforcement agency or a business to destroy certain firearms; requiring a law enforcement agency operating a program to determine if a firearm is a crime firearm or has been reported lost or stolen before destroying the weapon; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0310 | Delegate Kaufman | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Restrictive Housing - Disabilities | SB0268 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/15/2026 | Judiciary | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Corrections | e5 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | x | Authorizing an incarcerated individual to undergo a certain assessment at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a certain recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; and prohibiting a State correctional facility from putting a certain incarcerated individual in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days in a 30-day time period unless the individual commits a certain prohibited act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB0187 | Delegate Taylor | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Expungement -Terminated without Finding | SB0320 | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Judiciary | 3/3/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | 2/27/2026 | x | Authorizing the expungement of a disposition under a certain provision of law if the disposition was included in a case that was disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or designated by the court as having been terminated without finding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB1199 | Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo | Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act) | Support | Climate Change | Watch | Study on Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program | SB0590 | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/11/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 3/4/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Energy and Climate | m5 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/2/2026 | x | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Energy Administration, and in coordination with certain entities and persons, to complete a study and develop a report evaluating the potential design and implications of implementing an economy-wide cap-and-invest program that will help the State achieve certain emissions reductions and provide a sustainable funding source for certain initiatives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | HB1309 | Delegate Crutchfield | Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment | Support | Criminal Justice | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System | SB0752 | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/12/2026 | Judiciary | 3/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Criminal Law - Procedures | e2 | 2026 Regular Session | Racism | 3/3/2026 | x | Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice system and other criminal justice issues in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before September 1, 2028. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Ways and Means | HB0197 | Delegate Mireku-North | Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act | Support | Gun Violence | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | Community Safety Funding Act | SB0118 | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2026 | Ways and Means | 3/5/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Taxes - Miscellaneous | q7 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/3/2026 | x | Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB1268 | Delegate Behler | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | CHERISH Our Communities Act 2 | SB0781 | Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/12/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 3/10/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/6/2026 | x | Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | HB1287 | Delegate Johnson, A. | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Support | Climate Change | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Priority | CHERISH Our Communities Act 1 | SB0780 | Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/12/2026 | Environment and Transportation | 3/10/2026 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Utility Regulation | c5 | 2026 Regular Session | 3/6/2026 | x | Requiring that an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain generating stations located within a certain at-risk area to include with the application a baseline understanding of risk, disparities, and environmental needs (BURDEN) report describing and including information on certain environmental and public health burdens; altering the contents of a certain notice that must be provided on receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc. |
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