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Environment - Weather Engineering - Prohibition

Sponsor: Johnny Mautz (District 37)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from injecting, releasing, or dispersing a chemical compound, substance, or apparatus into the atmosphere within the State for the purpose of affecting the temperature, weather, climate, or intensity of the sunlight; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, to establish a method for evaluating a report of weather engineering activity and investigate any report that the Department of the Environment deems in need of further review.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDemiray, SoniaClimate Communications CoalitionPosition only
FAVFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Mautz, Senator MautzlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFScott, QuentinChesapeake Climate Action NetworkOral
FWAFerrell, ValerieIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record