HB 653

Conservation Finance Act

Sponsor: Delegate LoveCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.

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Testimony (34)

MGA witness list

FAV 28FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Myers, Doug	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Doug	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lowe, Amelia	Chesapeake Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Griffin, John	Chesapeake Conservation Partnership	Oral
FAV	dilks, nicholas	Ecosystem Investment Partners, LLC	Oral
FAV	Huntley, Harry	Environmental Policy Innovation Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Male, Timothy	Environmental Policy Innovation Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eckel, Jeffrey	Hannon Armstrong	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Position only
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Position only
FAV	Nelson, Jen	Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
FAV	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tosi III, Byron	Maryland Environmental Service	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ferguson, Colby	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coble, Kim	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bailey, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bailey, Angelica	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dietz, Michellelobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dietz, Michellelobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Love, Delegate Lovelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Love, Delegate Lovelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Love , Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Meyer, Isaac	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Porter, Hollylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
FWA	Luffman, Bunky	Department of Natural Resources	Written (PDF)
FWA	Luffman, Bunky	Department of Natural Resources	Written (PDF)
FWA	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Meyer, Isaac	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Ochsenhirt, Lisalobbyist	Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 2

Chesapeake ConservancyFAV 1

Chesapeake Conservation PartnershipFAV 1

Department of Natural ResourcesFWA 2

Ecosystem Investment Partners, LLCFAV 1

Environmental Policy Innovation CenterFAV 2

Hannon ArmstrongFAV 1

Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesINFO 1

Maryland Association of Soil Conservation DistrictsFAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 2

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFAV 2

Maryland Environmental ServiceFAV 1

Maryland Farm BureauFAV 2

Maryland League of Conservation VotersFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 2

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 2

The Nature ConservancyFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDietz, MichelleThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The

FAVPorter, HollyRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association

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

INFOOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association…