HB 729

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

Sponsor: Jared Solomon (District 18)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2035; specifying certain requirements that a public senior higher education institution must meet to achieve the carbon neutral requirements under the Act; requiring each public senior higher education institution to designate, on or before August 1, 2022, a certain individual to implement and monitor the institution's progress with certain requirements; etc.

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Testimony (37)

MGA witness list

FAV 32FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Worthman, Sandi	AIA Maryland, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Connor, Monica	CCAN	Position only
FAV	Kurtz, Joshua	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	M Douglas, Davonte	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	McGilvray, Laurie	Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barrett, Reese	MaryPIRG Student Climate Action Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	De Alwis, Donald	MaryPIRG Student Climate Action Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jeffries, Nina	MaryPIRG Student Climate Action Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Balaji, Akshaya	MaryPIRG Students	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Andrew	Salisbury University Student Government Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jankowski, Joseph	Select...	Written (PDF)
FAV	RUdo, Emily	St. Mary's College of Maryland Student Government Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	A Cronin, Scott	UMD Residence Hall Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barrett, Nancy	UMD's SGA Sustainability Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Written (PDF)
FAV	Iyer, Aishwarya	University of Maryland, Baltimore University Student Government Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Berit, Steven	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Solomon, Delegate Solomonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Green, Emma	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kato, Margaret	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kessinger, Hayden	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kosloski, Erin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Leas, Stephen	Individual	Position only
FAV	Mariappan, Nivetha	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McCoy, Emily	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Patel, Kajal	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Solomon, Jared	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thorne, Caroline	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yang, Marilyn	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Burton, Jonathan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
FWA	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
INFO	Yates, Anna	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AIA Maryland, Inc.FAV 1

CCANFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkFAV 1

Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland PIRGFAV 1

MaryPIRG Student Climate Action CoalitionFAV 3

MaryPIRG StudentsFAV 1

MD Sierra ClubFWA 1

Salisbury University Student Government AssociationFAV 1

Select...FAV 1

St. Mary's College of MarylandINFO 1

St. Mary's College of Maryland Student Government AssociationFAV 1

Strong Future MarylandFAV 1

UMD Residence Hall AssociationFAV 1

UMD's SGA Sustainability CommitteeFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

University of Maryland, Baltimore University Student Government AssociationFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby

FAVWilkerson, AliceStrong Future MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland

FWATulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter