SB 630

Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to appoint a Chief Resilience Officer to direct the Office of Resilience; and requiring the Office of Resilience to coordinate with appropriate State agencies and State entities to meet certain goals.

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Testimony (38)

MGA witness list

FAV 29FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 4Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Parts, Chris	AIA Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Colker, Ryan	Alliance for National & Community Resilience	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Snead, Samuel	Anne Arundel County	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kurtz, Joshua	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kurtz, Joshua	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Venable, Victorialobbyist	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Jacob	City of Salisbury	Written (PDF)
FAV	McGilvray, Laurie	Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lynch, Meghan	Howard County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Butchko, Dominic	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bratt, Jonathan	Maryland Emergency Management Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bruskin, Heather	Maryland Food System Resiliency Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fiore, Justin	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Charlotte	Rural Maryland Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Matthews, Dakota	Rural Maryland Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hester, Katie Fry	Senator	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dietz, Michellelobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dietz, Michellelobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	nemazie, david	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Alexander, Peter	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alexander, Peter	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cardin, Nina	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kerr, Cait	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Hester, Senator Hesterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Hester, Senator Hesterlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Ditraglia, Frank	Individual	Position only
UNF	Elbourn, James	Individual	Position only
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Williams, Peggy	Individual	Position only
FWA	Magruder, Katherine	Maryland Clean Energy Center	Written (PDF)
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
INFO	Abbott, Tyler	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
INFO	Strickland, Russell	Maryland Emergency Management Agency	Written (PDF)
INFO	Fahrig, Landon	Maryland Energy Administration	Written (PDF)

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVenable, VictoriaChesapeake Climate Action NetworkRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund

FAVDietz, MichelleThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action

SB 630

What this bill does

Testimony (38)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified