SB 791

Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act)

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 3/09 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing a Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2024 budget bill for the Fund; etc.

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Testimony (33)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cowan, Eleanorlobbyist	Compass Advocacy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ramotnik, Sara	Eastern Shore Land Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hastings, Josh	Forever Maryland Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon, Robert	Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home	Written (PDF)
FAV	allen, gary	Maryland Forestry Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Dietz, Michellelobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	EGAN, KIMBERLY	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	EGAN, KIMBERLY	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elfreth, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fisher, Eriklobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fredriksson, Ryanlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Elfreth, Senator Elfrethlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Kuhns, Theresa	Maryland Realtors	Written (PDF)
UNF	Belkov, Cynthia	Individual	Position only
UNF	Diefenbach, Klaus	Individual	Position only
UNF	Diefenbach, Linda	Individual	Position only
UNF	D’Orazio , Daniela	Individual	Position only
UNF	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Sirkel, Robin	Individual	Position only
UNF	Williams, Peggy	Individual	Position only
FWA	Lautar, Katherine	Baltimore Green Space- A Land Trust for Community Managed Open Space Inc.	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dunn, Joel	Chesapeake Conservancy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Rose, Jodilobbyist	Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FWA	McHenry, Steve	MARBIDCO (Maryland Ag/RBI Development Corp.)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hopkins, Barbara	NeighborSpace of Baltimore County	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Luffman, Bunky	Department of Natural Resources	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 1

Baltimore Green Space- A Land Trust for Community Managed Open Space Inc.FWA 1

Chesapeake ConservancyFWA 1

Compass AdvocacyFAV 1

Department of Natural ResourcesINFO 1

Eastern Shore Land ConservancyFAV 1

Forever Maryland FoundationFAV 1

Interfaith Partners for the ChesapeakeFWA 1

MARBIDCO (Maryland Ag/RBI Development Corp.)FWA 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Catholics for Our Common HomeFAV 1

Maryland Forestry FoundationFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland RealtorsUNF 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

NeighborSpace of Baltimore CountyFWA 1

The Nature ConservancyFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCowan, EleanorCompass AdvocacyRegistered for: Acusensus; Alley Cat Allies; American Society of Travel Advisors, Inc; Chesapeake Solar & Storage Association (CHESSA); Critical Response Group; Giffords…

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVDietz, MichelleThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The

FAVFisher, ErikRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation

FAVFredriksson, RyanRegistered for: National Aquarium

FWARose, JodiInterfaith Partners for the ChesapeakeRegistered for: Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake