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Bills/2023 Regular Session

HB 976

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Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation

Sponsor: Delegate HensonCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation to study information on mold assessment and remediation to determine the best practices for identifying mold, preventing the development of mold within indoor environments, and remediating indoor molding conditions harmful to public health; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2024.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 19FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAgarin, UfuomaBlack CaucusWritten (PDF)
FAVChoney, ColinGreen&Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVChoney, ColinGreen&Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVShah, ZafarMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVShah, ZafarMaryland Legal AidWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVLosak, MatthewMontgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVWinstead, DavidNORMIOral
FAVEisen, LanceNational Organization of Remediators and Mold Inspectors (NORMI™)Oral
FAVJones Oden, JeneseOden Strategic Design Group, LLCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSauer, KimOffice of Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (District 8)Oral
FAVDelegate Henson, Delegate HensonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Henson, Delegate HensonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHenson, DelegateIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHenson, DelegateIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHill, MattIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWelch, FranklinIndividualPosition only
FWAWashington, RyanlobbyistApartment and Office Building AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FWAAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)
FWAHoward, KatherinelobbyistRegional Management, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)
INFO(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Apartment and Office Building AssociationFWA 1
Black CaucusFAV 1
Green&Healthy Homes InitiativeFAV 2
Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFWA 1INFO 1
Maryland Legal AidFAV 2
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2
Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.FAV 1
National Organization of Remediators and Mold Inspectors (NORMI™)FAV 1
NORMIFAV 1
Oden Strategic Design Group, LLCFAV 1
Office of Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (District 8)FAV 1
Regional Management, Inc.FWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAWashington, RyanApartment and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: AOBA; National Apartment Association; Apartment & Office Building Association
FWAHoward, KatherineRegional Management, Inc.Registered for: Regional Management Inc
FWAGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake…