Patuxent River Commission - Membership
Sponsor: Senator PinskyCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: First Reading Environment and Transportation (as of Nov 15, 2022)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Increasing the membership of the Patuxent River Commission to 36 voting members, one of which must represent an organization or unit of local government engaged in watershed management and restoration, and adding the Patuxent Riverkeeper and the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science or a designee.
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Testimony (13)
MGA witness listFAV 12FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Guitarra, Denisselobbyist | Audubon Naturalist Society | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Volpitta, Alice | Blue Water Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Clark, Robin Jessicalobbyist | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dyer, Cheryl | Laurel for the Patuxent | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tulkin, Joshlobbyist | MD Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | nemazie, david | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nicholas, Elizabeth | WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Villazon, Alexander | Waterkeepers Chesapeake | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sollner-Webb, Barbara | personal, or Trail Riders of Today or West Laurel Civic Assn | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schneider, Alan | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Pinsky, Senator Pinskylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Tutman, Frederick | Patuxent Riverkeeper) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Blue Water BaltimoreFAV 1
MD Sierra ClubFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVClark, Robin JessicaChesapeake Bay FoundationRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation; American Heart Association; Indivior, Inc.