Eligible Projects - Procurement of Construction Materials (Buy Clean Maryland Act)
What this bill does
Requiring producers of any cement or concrete mixture used in the construction of an eligible project to submit environmental product declarations to the Department of General Services by December 31, 2024; requiring the Department to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for certain categories of eligible materials by January 1, 2026; establishing an Environmental Product Declaration Assistance Fund to support the development of certain environmental product declarations; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (31)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rouse, Anne | Maryland General Assembly | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harbeson, Kristenlobbyist | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harbeson, Kristenlobbyist | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Kerr, Delegate Kerrlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Kerr, Delegate Kerrlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Loll, Michael | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Clark, Rachellobbyist | Evans & Associates, LLC | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Evans, Thomas | MRMCA | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Schulze, Dana | USAF Veteran | Position only |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Atkins, Robert | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Klaus | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | MANOHAR, KRISHNA | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Clow, Christopher | Holcim US | Oral |
| FWA | Lovett, Zachary | Holcim US | Oral |
| FWA | Favazza, Johnlobbyist | Manis Canning & Associates | Oral |
| INFO | Robertson, Ellen | Maryland Department of General Services | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Robertson, Ellen | Maryland Department of General Services | Written (PDF) |