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SB 716

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

Sponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (District 38)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 611 (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; prohibiting a person from organizing or participating in a mass balloon release; requiring a person who violates the Act to perform 6 hours of community service or watch a video on environmental damage or both; establishing a $100 civil penalty; etc.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 26Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDylewsky, KateAnimal Welfare InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVGaither, NancyAssateague Island AllianceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSantacroce, FerrellBeached Paws PhotographyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSchablein, JaredLower Shore Progressive CaucusWritten (PDF)
FAVDillon, CindyMD Sierra ClubOral
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVRadov, LisaMaryland Votes for AnimalsWritten (PDF)
FAVCox, EffieOcean City Surf ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVBunting, KerrieOcean Pines Chamber of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRoss, JacobOceanaWritten (PDF)
FAVFalstad, JohnQueen Anne’s Conservation AssociationOral
FAVSoutherland, MarkSafe Skies MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVFine, MaureenSalutationWritten (PDF)
FAVWeber, JohnlobbyistSurfrider FoundationOral
FAVFeeser, MarinaSurfrider Foundation Ocean City, MD ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVKullberg, KathrynThe Humane Society of the United StatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBassett, ElleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCarozza, Senator Mary BethIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCarozza, Senator Mary BethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFredriksson, RyanlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHucker, TomIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRobinson, ShaneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Carozza, Senator CarozzalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Carozza, Senator CarozzalegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVWeber, JohnSurfrider FoundationRegistered for: National Rifle Association
FAVFredriksson, RyanRegistered for: National Aquarium