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HB 391

EnactedCrossfile SB 716
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Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere

Sponsor: Wayne A. Hartman (District 38C)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 610 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person who is at least 13 years old, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a nonprofit entity, the State, or any unit or political subdivision of the State from knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing to be released, a balloon into the atmosphere, with certain exceptions; prohibiting a person from organizing or participating in a mass balloon release of 10 or more balloons; requiring a certain unit of a local government with delegated enforcement authority to report certain violations; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list
FAV 20Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDylewsky, KateAnimal Welfare InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVSchablein, JaredLower Shore Progressive CaucusWritten (PDF)
FAVDillon, CindyMD Sierra ClubOral
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVRadov, LisaMaryland Votes for AnimalsWritten (PDF)
FAVHucker, Councilmember TomMontgomery County GovernmentOral
FAVBankey, LauraNational AquariumOral
FAVGove, MattOcean City Chapter of the Surfrider FoundationOral
FAVBunting, KerrieOcean Pines Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVRoss, JacobOceanaWritten (PDF)
FAVCooney, BentePlastic Free QACWritten (PDF)
FAVFalstad, JohnQueen Anne’s Conservation AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSoutherland, MarkSafe Skies MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVChambers, WilliamSalisbury Area Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVKullberg, KathrynThe Humane Society of the United StatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Hartman, Delegate HartmanlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVFredriksson, RyanlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRobinson, ShaneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWeiland, BillyIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVFredriksson, RyanRegistered for: National Aquarium