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SB 250

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Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation

Sponsor: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBassett, ElleArundel Rivers FederationPosition only
FAVStegman, MattChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVStegman, MattChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, WesleyGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVBaker, Jeremy DMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)
FAVKessler, RickMaryland Department of the EnvironmentOral
FAVOrtiz, AdamMaryland Department of the EnvironmentOral
FAVHarbeson, KristenlobbyistMaryland League of Conservation VotersWritten (PDF)
FAVBallentine, TomNAIOP MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVNicholas, BetsyPotomac Riverkeeper NetworkOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMantello, PaulTown of MiddletownWritten (PDF)
FAVBroder, RobinWaterkeepers ChesapeakeWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
UNFLininger, BrettlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWASakata, MichaelMTBMAOral + Written (PDF)
FWAOchsenhirt, LisalobbyistMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesWritten (PDF)
FWAOchsenhirt, LisalobbyistMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesWritten (PDF)
FWABaker, Jeremy DMaryland Department of the EnvironmentOral + Written (PDF)
FWACurrey, LeeMaryland Department of the EnvironmentOral
FWASchafer, ZacharyMaryland Department of the EnvironmentOral
FWAPipkin, MatthewlobbyistMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FAVHarbeson, KristenMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters
UNFLininger, BrettRegistered for: Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company); Amazon.com Services, LLC; American International Group; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC
FWAOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association
FWAOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association
FWAPipkin, MatthewMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Multi-Housing Association