State Highway Administration - Vegetation Management - Pollinator Habitat Plan
Sponsor: Sheila Ruth (District 44B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Transportation - HighwaysStatus: Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (as of Nov 9, 2023)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring the State Highway Administration to develop a certain pollinator habitat plan for the maintenance of vegetated areas along State highways and interstate highways that the Administration is responsible for maintaining; requiring the Administration to apply for federal funding that may be used to support the use of pollinator-friendly native plants along State highways and the interstate highways that the Administration is responsible for maintaining; etc.
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Testimony (23)
MGA witness listFAV 21FavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Bassett, Elle | Arundel Rivers Federation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bartolomeo, Kathleen | GCAN, MCRT | Position only |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Goldstein, Mathew | Secular Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pluta, Matt | ShoreRivers | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilpers, Michael | Sierra Club MD Chapter | Oral |
| FAV | Wilpers, Michael | Sierra Club MD Chapter | Oral |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Ruth, Delegate Ruthlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Ruth, Delegate Ruthlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Jasen, Debi | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Parsa, Carolyn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Parsa, Carolyn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ruth, S | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ruth, S | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |