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SB 566

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State Retirement and Pension System – Investment Climate Risk – Fiduciary Duties

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Budget and TaxationSubject: State Government - Pensions and RetirementStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 25 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a fiduciary of the State Retirement and Pension System to consider certain climate risks on the System's assets; requiring a climate risk assessment to include a certain review of the System's investment portfolio to determine the level of climate risk across certain sectors and asset classes, identification of investment opportunities in certain energy sectors, a process for regular reassessment of certain impact of climate risk, and utilization of the best data and practices for climate risk analyses; etc.

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Testimony (5)

MGA witness list
FAV 5Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVMatheson, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record