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SB 121

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Zoning - Environmental Justice Considerations

Sponsor: Senator PattersonCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Counties - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a local governing body, on receipt of an application for a special exception to construct or operate a permitted facility in an area zoned for residential use, to require the preparation, at the applicant's expense, of a detailed analysis of the environmental and public health impacts of the permitted facility on the surrounding community; requiring the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities to recommend strategies for increasing State support in addressing environmental justice concerns; etc.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVKraska, MJMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVKraska, MJMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPhilip, DianaNARAL Pro-Choice MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVPhilip, DianaNARAL Pro-Choice MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVElliott, Richard DeShayPrince George's County Young DemocratsWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaTakoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Patterson, Senator PattersonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Patterson, Senator PattersonlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFHale, TerryCecil County Councils OfficeWritten (PDF)
UNFButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFEvans, HayleylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFEvans, HayleyRegistered for: Academy Bus; Accenture LLP; Arundel Amusements/Bingo World; Atmosphere DC Dickerson Property Owners LLC; Beltway Fine Wine; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence