SB 321

Environment - Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill - Chain of Custody

Sponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (District 17)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a producer of synthetic turf and turf infill sold or distributed in the State to establish a system to track the chain of custody of the synthetic turf and turf infill and report the chain of custody to the Department of the Environment; requiring a certain owner of synthetic turf and turf infill to report certain information to the Department; requiring the Department to develop and maintain a website that displays certain chain of custody information; and making a violation of the Act a civil offense.

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Testimony (34)

MGA witness list

FAV 27FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Wilkinson, nanci	Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gage, Kit	Friends of Sligo Creek	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seldman, Neil	Institute for Local Self-Reliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schablein, Jared	Lower Shore Progressive Caucus	Position only
FAV	Stewart, Laura	MCCPTA	Oral
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ainsworth, Martha	Maryland Sierra Club	Oral
FAV	Kagan, Sen. Cheryl	Maryland State Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Navolis, Robert	Mid-Atlantic Sports Turf Managers Association - MASTMA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Koravos, JoAnne	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zuckerman, Diana	National Center for Health Research	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conway, Diana	Safe Healthy Playing Fields Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee	Position only
FAV	Ambler, Anne	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Boado, Alexi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Dennis, Peggy	Individual	Oral
FAV	Granier, Leila	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hinz, Andrew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Michels, Kathleen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	O’Keeffe, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Kagan, Senator Kaganlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	fishman, sheldon	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rannie, Mark	Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Tire and Rubber Division	Written (PDF)
UNF	Taylor, Melanie	Synthetic Turf Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Conner, Chuck	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kirton, Kenneth	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Miller, Steve	MACPRA Maryland Association of County Park and Recreation Administrators	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Webber, Scott	Vaping Awareness Public Education Society	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Friends of Sligo CreekFAV 1

Institute for Local Self-RelianceFAV 1

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Tire and Rubber DivisionUNF 1

Lower Shore Progressive CaucusFAV 1

MACPRA Maryland Association of County Park and Recreation AdministratorsFWA 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Sierra ClubFAV 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 1

MCCPTAFAV 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

Mid-Atlantic Sports Turf Managers Association - MASTMAFAV 1

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

National Center for Health ResearchFAV 1

Safe Healthy Playing Fields IncFAV 1

Synthetic Turf CouncilUNF 1

Takoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteeFAV 1

Vaping Awareness Public Education SocietyFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action