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General Assembly - Environmental Impact Statements - Pilot Program

Sponsor: Emily Shetty (District 18)Committee: Rules and Executive NominationsSubject: State Government - General AssemblyStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting certain subcommittees of certain standing committees of the General Assembly from recommending an action on a bill unless an environmental impact statement accompanies the bill; authorizing a certain subcommittee to waive the environmental impact statement requirement under certain circumstances; requiring a certain subcommittee to ask the Department of Legislative Services to prepare a certain environmental impact statement on referral of a bill to the subcommittee; etc.

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Testimony (6)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVEilenberg, RobinChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Shetty, Delegate ShettylegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKickenson, JerryIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSlater, TinaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSoutherland, MarkIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMBIAOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFGraf, LoriMBIARegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association