HB 1155

Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration

Sponsor: Dana Stein (District 11B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Defining the term 'ecological restoration' as an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or processes, returning natural or historical functions or services, or protecting or improving resiliency.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 21FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Swanson, Taylor	Assateague Coastal Trust	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Jim	Audubon Mid-Atlantic	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rogers, Thomas	Audubon Society of Central Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Conway, Mark	Chesapeake Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bean, Carol	Eastern Shore Land Conservancy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Frances	Elders Climate Action Maryland	Position only
FAV	Lawrence, Julia	Indivisible HoCoMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Olszewski, Marisa	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Written (PDF)
FAV	Todd, Robin	Maryland Ornithological Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ostdahl, Maggielobbyist	National Aquarium	Written (PDF)
FAV	Southerland, Mark	Safe Skies Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	de Regt, Jan	Southern Maryland Audubon	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sharif, Humnalobbyist	The Nature Conservancy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Cohn, Debbie	Individual	Position only
FAV	Delegate Stein, Delegate Steinlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Glassman, Barrylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stein, Dana	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Arundel Rivers FederationFAV 1

Assateague Coastal TrustFAV 1

Audubon Mid-AtlanticFAV 1

Audubon Society of Central MarylandFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake ConservancyFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Eastern Shore Land ConservancyFAV 1

Elders Climate Action MarylandFAV 1

Indivisible HoCoMDFAV 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFWA 1

Maryland League of Conservation VotersFAV 1

Maryland Ornithological SocietyFAV 1

National AquariumFAV 1

Safe Skies MarylandFAV 1

Southern Maryland AudubonFAV 1

The Nature ConservancyFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVOstdahl, MaggieNational AquariumRegistered for: National Aquarium

FAVSharif, HumnaThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The

FAVGlassman, BarryRegistered for: AFT Maryland; Aligned Data Centers; Associated Builders & Contractors; Baltimore Industrial Group; Center for Ecosystem Recovery; Earth Funeral Group, Inc.…