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Maryland Transit Administration – Conversion to Zero–Emission Buses (Zero–Emission Bus Transition Act)

Sponsor: Marc Korman (District 16)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Transportation - GenerallyStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Maryland Transit Administration from purchasing buses for the Administration's State transit bus fleet that are not zero-emission buses; requiring the Administration, on or before January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; requiring the report to include a schedule for converting to zero-emission buses and a plan for transitioning any adversely affected State employees; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWashington, CharleslobbyistBaltimore Gas & ElectricWritten (PDF)
FAVHershkowitz, StevenCCAN Action FundOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLanzarotto, KatieExelonWritten (PDF)
FAVLoll, MikeIndivisible HoCo MDWritten (PDF)
FAVHybl, LoisLWVMDWritten (PDF)
FAVPalencia-Calvo, RamonMaryland League of Conservation VotersOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMendelson, LindseylobbyistSierra ClubOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCaucus, Maryland TransitIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Korman, Delegate KormanlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMendelson, LindseylobbyistIndividualPosition only
FWAWilson, ScottElectric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington DCWritten (PDF)
INFOvalentino, ellenmapdaOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWashington, CharlesBaltimore Gas & ElectricRegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
FAVMendelson, LindseySierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVMendelson, LindseyRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter