SB 70

Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2023, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; requiring the Department of the Environment to maintain a certain registry and to develop and make available on its website and in print certain resource materials; requiring a certain indoor air quality report; etc.

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Testimony (32)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gilmore , Deniselobbyist	AFSCME Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sarro, Lisa	Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lewis, Jamal	Green & Healthy Homes Initiative	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Losak, Matt	Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc	Oral
FAV	Losak, Matthew	Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Zafar	Renters United Maryland	Oral
FAV	Murray, Kerriann	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Esposito, Lindsay	SURJ - Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sell, Jennifer	SURJ3A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cantori, Renee	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Girdner, Linnie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gorny, Daniel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rochkind, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Patterson, Senator Pattersonlegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Shah, Zafar	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stern, Isadoralobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Butler, Alex	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Welch, Kenneth	Maryland Conference of Local Environmental Health Directors	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)
UNF	May, Lisalobbyist	Maryland REALTORS	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Fiore, Justin	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Fall, Linnell	PPC	Oral
FWA	Thompson, Lindsaylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	abbott, tyler	MDE	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AFSCME MarylandFAV 1

Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.FAV 1

Green & Healthy Homes InitiativeFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)UNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Conference of Local Environmental Health DirectorsUNF 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFWA 1

Maryland REALTORSUNF 1

MDEINFO 1

Montgomery County Renters Alliance, IncFAV 1

Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.FAV 1

PPCFWA 1

Renters United MarylandFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ - BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

SURJ3AFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3

FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors

UNFGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake…

FWAThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit…