HB 171

Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act

Sponsor: David Fraser-Hidalgo (District 15)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: EnergyStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels; etc.

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Testimony (70)

MGA witness list

FAV 43FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 23UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Serrano, Konylobbyist	CASA	Oral
FAV	O'Connor, Monica	CCAN	Position only
FAV	Tidwell, Mikelobbyist	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Oral
FAV	McKay, Jill	Chesapeake Earth Holder Community	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Jeffrey	Chesapeake Earth Holders Community of Engaged Buddhism	Oral
FAV	Day, Jacob	City of Salisbury	Written (PDF)
FAV	Reddy, Shriya	Climate XChange Rebuild Maryland Coalition Student Movement, Sunrise MD, Fridays For Future MD	Oral
FAV	Dawson, Shondra	ClimateXChange	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cosgrove, Emily	Climatexchange Rebuild Maryland Coalition, The Sunrise Movement Howard County, The Climate Reality Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Watts, Roslyn	Families of Smithville Road	Oral
FAV	Miller, Leah	Howard County Office of Community Sustainability	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Virginia	Indivisible HoCo Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hunter, Caseylobbyist	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Waterman, Thaddeus	Maryland Citizens Climate Lobby	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Boyd, Linda	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Koravos, JoAnne	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	LeGrande, David	Our Revolution, Howard County, MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marguerite, Christianne	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Alyson	Rebuild Maryland Coalition Student Movement	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldstein, Mathew	Secular Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeWitt, Lynda	Solar Mowing	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nicholas, Elizabeth	WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ashley-Williams, Wandralobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Benn, Sarahia	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cardin, Nina	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Hope	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo, Delegate Fraser-Hidalgolegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Englum, Ren	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser-Hidalgo, David	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Law, Jonathan	Individual	Position only
FAV	McCutchen, Susan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Miicke , Sarahlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Lore	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Saunders, David	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon, Travis	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wharton, Leslie	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Clark, Rachellobbyist	Evans & Associates, LLC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
UNF	Willey, Amy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Voytek, Maddy	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sakata, Michael	MTBMA	Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
UNF	Belford, Tina	Moms for Liberty-AAC Chapter	Position only
UNF	Lanzarotto, Katie	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Written (PDF)
UNF	McCauley, Kirk	WMDA/CAR	Written (PDF)
UNF	BURGER, JON MARIE	Individual	Position only
UNF	Canning, Mariam	Individual	Position only
UNF	Diefenbach, Linda	Individual	Position only
UNF	Ditraglia, Frank	Individual	Position only
UNF	Elbourn, James	Individual	Position only
UNF	Ennis, Ella	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

CASAFAV 1

CCANFAV 1

Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkFAV 1

Chesapeake Earth Holder CommunityFAV 1

Chesapeake Earth Holders Community of Engaged BuddhismFAV 1

City of SalisburyFAV 1

Climate XChange Rebuild Maryland Coalition Student Movement, Sunrise MD, Fridays For Future MDFAV 1

ClimateXChangeFAV 1

Climatexchange Rebuild Maryland Coalition, The Sunrise Movement Howard County, The Climate Reality ProjectFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Evans & Associates, LLCUNF 1

Families of Smithville RoadFAV 1

Greater Baltimore CommitteeUNF 1

Howard County Office of Community SustainabilityFAV 1

IndividualUNF 1

Indivisible HoCo MarylandFAV 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Citizens Climate LobbyFAV 1

Maryland Department of General ServicesINFO 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentINFO 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy NetworkFAV 1

Maryland Farm BureauUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

MD Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 1

Moms for Liberty-AAC ChapterUNF 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

MTBMAUNF 1

Our Revolution, Howard County, MDFAV 1

Pepco and Delmarva PowerUNF 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Rebuild Maryland Coalition Student MovementFAV 1

Secular MarylandFAV 1

Solar MowingFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKEFAV 1

WMDA/CARUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSerrano, KonyCASARegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

FAVTidwell, MikeChesapeake Climate Action NetworkRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund

FAVHunter, CaseyLeague of Women Voters of MarylandRegistered for: League of Women Voters of Maryland

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

FAVAshley-Williams, WandraRegistered for: Climate XChange

FAVMiicke , SarahRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council

UNFClark, RachelEvans & Associates, LLCRegistered for: Accenture LLP; Arundel Amusements/Bingo World; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; CALSTART; Carvana; Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 89…

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

UNFQuinn, JohnRegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company