Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
Sponsor: Jen Terrasa (District 13)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 46FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 15UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Berard, Johnathan | Beyond Plastics | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | NARAYANAN, SREEVATSAN | Cedar Creek | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Oldenburg, Aaron | Chesapeake climate Action Network | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Preston, Shamieka | Columbia for clean air | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bartolomeo, Kathleen | GCAN, MCRT | Position only |
| FAV | Cooper, Charlie | Get Money Out -- Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | HoCo Climate Action | Position only |
| FAV | Smith, Virginia | Indivisible HoCo Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Lawrence, Julia | Indivisible HoCoMD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Blair, Peterlobbyist | Just Zero | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Less Plastic Please | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Liz Feighner, self | Position only |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schwarz, Kurt | Maryland Ornithological Society | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ainsworth, Martha | Maryland Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ostdahl, Maggielobbyist | National Aquarium | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boies, Sharon | Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kulik, Jennifer Robin | Stop Grace | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Krausz, Lisa | Stop Grace Project | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Krausz, Lisa | The Stop Grace Plastic Project | Position only |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Broder, Robin | Waterkeepers Chesapeake | Position only |
| FAV | Ochoa, Daniela | Zero Waste Montgomery County | Oral |
| FAV | Mathew, Denny | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Aulakh, Ramnik | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Chowdhury, Aamir | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Cohn, Debbie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cook, Kristin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Davlin, Sharon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Terrasa, Delegate Terrasalegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Gallagher, Patrice | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Godfrey, Emily | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kranz, Rhonda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maldonado, Rene | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mariappan, Nivetha | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Morrell, Sara | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rosencrantz, Gretchen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Siddique, Nusrat | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Taylor, Tom | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tupino, Christine | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Uy, Kathleen | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Wilson, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | patel, Purvita | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Terrie, Omar | Alterra | Oral |
| UNF | Mitchell, Dana | American Chemistry Council | Oral |
| UNF | Peer, Adam | American Chemistry Council | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Matthews, Todd | Bailey & Glasser, LLP | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | DePriest, Heath | Braven Environmental | Oral |
| UNF | Kiddoo, David | CCCA Assoc. | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Castaldi, Marco | City University of New York, City College | Oral |
| UNF | Richard, John | Flexible Packaging Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kopa, Michelle | Household & Commercial Products Assoc | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Heilman, Joel | LyondellBasell | Oral |
| UNF | Allen, Hannahlobbyist | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Price, Sarahlobbyist | Maryland Retailers Alliance | Oral |
| UNF | Fortunato, Danielle | Plastics Industry Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
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Organizations on record
AlterraUNF 1
Beyond PlasticsFAV 1
Braven EnvironmentalUNF 1
CCCA Assoc.UNF 1
Cedar CreekFAV 1
GCAN, MCRTFAV 1
HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1
Indivisible HoCoMDFAV 1
Just ZeroFAV 1
Less Plastic PleaseFAV 1
Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1
LyondellBasellUNF 1
Maryland Sierra ClubFAV 1
National AquariumFAV 1
NoneFWA 1
selfFAV 1
Sierra ClubFAV 1
SpG Consulting, LLCINFO 1
Stop GraceFAV 1
Stop Grace ProjectFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AllianceRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association