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Environment - Statewide Green Business Certification Program - Establishment

Sponsor: Emily Shetty (District 18)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and administer a statewide green business certification program; requiring the green business certification program to recognize businesses operating in a way that reduces their environmental footprint and to provide consumers with information how to identify those businesses; requiring the Department to update and enhance the statewide green business certification program in consultation with the Montgomery County Green Business Certification Program; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVEwall, MikeEnergy Justice NetworkOral
FAVGuier, DavidGlobal CommunitiesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGatlin, DougGreen SealOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSwanson, TriciaMCCCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSamman, AmyMoCoWritten (PDF)
FAVWeisburger, DougMontgomery County DEPOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTabuteau, RichardlobbyistVolvo Group TrucksWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Shetty, Delegate ShettylegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAAbbott, TylerMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTabuteau, RichardVolvo Group TrucksRegistered for: Bolt Technology OÜ dba Hopp; Boyd Gaming Corporation; ChargePoint; Chevy Chase Village; Elev8 Baltimore, Inc.; Fortinet