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Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act)

Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (District 47)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 24FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCoronado Flores, JoseCASAPosition only
FAVKobold, DougCalifornia Product Stewardship CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVVan De Walle, GinaHoward County Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSmith, VirginiaIndivisible HoCo MarylandPosition only
FAVGreen, YosefLS Enterprise GroupWritten (PDF)
FAVButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVMcIlroy, KittyMaryland Recycling NetworkOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAinsworth, MarthaMaryland Sierra ClubOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVDesrouleaux, SashaPrince George's County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVSoutherland, MarkSafe Skies MarylandPosition only
FAVOldendorf, KristynSolid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVRodriguez, EdelSteinertOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDoordan, KellylobbyistTrash Free MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVSunkara, SonieRevivalWritten (PDF)
FAVArndt, DaveIndividualPosition only
FAVCohn, DebbieIndividualPosition only
FAVDavlin, SharonIndividualPosition only
FAVGriffin, ChristineIndividualOral
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Augustine, Senator AugustinelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVVetter, DrewIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFPrice, SarahlobbyistMaryland Retailers AllianceOral
INFOBaker, Jeremy DMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDoordan, KellyTrash Free MarylandRegistered for: Trash Free Maryland
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AllianceRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association