SB 835

Facilitating University Transformations by Unifying Reductions in Emissions (FUTURE) Act

Sponsor: Jim Rosapepe (District 21)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before certain dates; specifying certain requirements that a certain public senior higher education institution must meet in order to achieve the carbon neutral requirements under the Act; authorizing a certain public senior higher education institution to use carbon offsets that do not meet the requirements of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Phillips, Kathy	Assateague Coastal Trust	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Robin Jessicalobbyist	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldberg, Donald M.	Climate Law & Policy Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arrington, Melody	MaryPIRG Student Action Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barrett, Reese	MaryPIRG Student Climate Action Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jeffries, Nina	MaryPIRG Student Climate Action Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bush, Emma	Sunrise Movement Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Anand, Greeshma	UMD MaryPIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mader, Melissa	University of Maryland Residence Hall Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alpert, Dan	University of Maryland Student Government Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Breimann, Kate	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holland, Margaret	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Lore	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Rosapepe, Senator Rosapepelegislator	Individual	Oral
FWA	Nemazie, Dave	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science	Written (PDF)
INFO	Yates, Anna	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Assateague Coastal TrustFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Climate Law & Policy ProjectFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

MaryPIRG Student Action CoalitionFAV 1

MaryPIRG Student Climate Action CoalitionFAV 2

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 1

St. Mary's College of MarylandINFO 1

Strong Future MarylandFAV 1

Sunrise Movement Howard CountyFAV 1

UMD MaryPIRGFAV 1

University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceFWA 1

University of Maryland Residence Hall AssociationFAV 1

University of Maryland Student Government AssociationFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVClark, Robin JessicaChesapeake Bay FoundationRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation; American Heart Association; Indivior, Inc.

FAVWilkerson, AliceStrong Future MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland