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HB 1263

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Environment – Office on Climate Change – Establishment

Sponsor: Delegate Young, P.Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Office on Climate Change in the Office of the Governor to coordinate with the Commission on Climate Change to ensure certain recommendations are implemented, ensure that each State agency addresses ways the agency can mitigate the causes of climate change and certain impacts of climate change, initiate and oversee certain climate change research and investigations, and work with local governments on the development and implementation of local climate change plans.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 14FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWorthman, SandiAIA Maryland, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVAiosa, JenBaltimore CountyOral
FAVBeller, JoelBaltimore County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVO'Connor, MonicaCCANWritten (PDF)
FAVWilkinson, nanciCedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryWritten (PDF)
FAVKurtz, JoshuaChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVKraska, MJMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSollner-Webb, Barbarapersonal, or Trail Riders of Today or West Laurel Civic AssnOral
FAVDelegate Young, P., Delegate Young, P.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVMatheson, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
FWAButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)
INFOFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter