Property Rights Protection Act of 2025
Sponsor: April Rose (District 5)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a certain generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by certain conservation easements or will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 58FavorableUNF 4Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Orens, Lisa | Bluebird Hall Farm | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gaver, Lisa | Gaver Farm, LLC | Position only |
| FAV | Hough, Tylerlobbyist | Maryland Farm Bureau | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | parker, jean | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Position only |
| FAV | Frederick, Joanne | Stop MPRP, Inc | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hester, Beth | Stop MPRP, Inc | Position only |
| FAV | Malatt, Jessica | Stop MPRP, Inc. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shaw, Jaane | Stop MPRP,Inc | Position only |
| FAV | Black, Stephen | Sugarloaf Alliance | Position only |
| FAV | Hamidi, Renee | Valleys Planning Council | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bancells, Carol | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Baylor, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Belt, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bond, Charles | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Braun, Kathryn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Cline, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Danmyer, Karen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Danmyer, Karen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Rose, Delegate Roselegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dzimiela Castillo, Carolyn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | EBAUGH, CHERYL | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Freeman, Erin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Galloway, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Harwood, Pembroke | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Holly, Julie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Isaac, Victoria | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Krumrine, Amanda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Leidner, Brooke | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Matthews, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McFarland, Elizabeth (Betsy) | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McFarland, Mike | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Miller, Whitney | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Moore, Rachael | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Moran, Matthew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Moran, Suzannah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | O'Malley, Lauriann | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Parker, Charles | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pearman, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Price, Brysn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Reese, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ringger-Weil, Michele | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rosenblum, Alyssa | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ryan, Shawn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Schulze, Glen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Laura | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Shriver, Elizabeth | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Smith, Nancy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Soderstrom, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Stratton, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Werner, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | mackey, Melissa | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | parker, douglas | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | teeter, jennifer | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Reed, Dytonialobbyist | BGE | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Myers, Brenda | Brenda Myers | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
BGEUNF 1
Bluebird Hall FarmFAV 1
Brenda MyersUNF 1
Gaver Farm, LLCFAV 1
Maryland Farm BureauFAV 1
Stop MPRP, IncFAV 2
Stop MPRP, Inc.FAV 1
Stop MPRP,IncFAV 1
Sugarloaf AllianceFAV 1