Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase, Use, and Sale - Prohibitions (Clean Air Quiet Communities Act)
Sponsor: Linda Foley (District 15)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting the State from purchasing gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning July 1, 2025; establishing a certain process to phase out on or before a certain date the use by the State of gasoline-powered leaf blowers; requiring a person that sells or offers for sale a gasoline-powered leaf blower in the State to provide certain notice to the purchaser or potential purchaser; prohibiting the sale of gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning on January 1, 2027; etc.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 31FavorableUNF 19UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Brown, Jim | Audubon Mid-Atlantic | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Coronado Flores, Jose | CASA | Position only |
| FAV | Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Hoffman, Kirsten | Green Towson Alliance | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lawson, Nancy | Humane Gardener | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lawrence, Julia | Indivisible HoCoMD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kelly, Anna | Live Sust Inc. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hoffman, Kirsten | Maryland Native Plant Society | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cox, Amelia | Monarch Mowing LLC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fulton, Judith | Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mosher, David | Sierra Club MD Chapter | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pease-Scheeler, Mary Ellen | The Maryland member clubs of The Garden Club of America | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wray, Amanda | Wild Ones Greater Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shaffer, Carol | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Balkan, Evan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Broadman, Dorothy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Ralph | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cohn, Debbie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | DeCarlo, Peter | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Foley, Delegate Foleylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Ellis, Michael | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Foley, Linda | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Horn, Mercedes | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jarrett, Beth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kabara, Ilona | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | LAPORTE, MARIE | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Reilly, Kathleen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Richardson, Suzanne | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Bauer Farace , Danielle | Maryland Arborist Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Graf, Lorilobbyist | Maryland Building Industry Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hough, Tylerlobbyist | Maryland Farm Bureau | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | locklair, caileylobbyist | Maryland Retailers Association | Oral |
| UNF | Sands, Brandon | Maryland Turfgrass Council | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Reinhardt, Richardlobbyist | Percy Public Affairs, LLC | Oral |
| UNF | Lerol, Travis | Travis Lerol | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kilpatrick, Amanda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Schwarz, Mimi | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Sybert, Christine | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Thompson, Chuck | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Thompson, Lindsaylobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | chambers, kim | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Wilson, Emily | Department of Natural Resources | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Baker, Jeremy D | Maryland Department of the Environment | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Audubon Mid-AtlanticFAV 1
CASAFAV 1
Humane GardenerFAV 1
Indivisible HoCoMDFAV 1
Live Sust Inc.FAV 1
Maryland Farm BureauUNF 1
Monarch Mowing LLCFAV 1
selfFAV 1
Sierra ClubFAV 1
Travis LerolUNF 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
UNFlocklair, caileyMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: HPSO Investments LLC, T/A Riverboat on the Potomac; Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association
UNFReinhardt, RichardPercy Public Affairs, LLCRegistered for: Allegany County Historical Society; Allegany Museum, Inc.; City of Cumberland; City of Frostburg; Diamond Game; Inncuvate Community Development Partners, Inc.…
UNFThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit…