Organization on the record
Center for Progressive Reform
Bills
55
55 for · 10 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
30%
16 of 54 decided
Lobbyists hired
0
none registered
Reported lobbying spend
$0
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file
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Testimony history
2026 Regular Session20 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1 Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 40 Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 66 Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act) | UNF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 540 Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 572 Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 674 Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | UNFPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 940 Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 1253 Gas Companies - Infrastructure Investments - Cost Recovery and Customer Notification (Break STRIDE Act) | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 1268 Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 1287 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 1561 Electricity Generation and Storage - Investor-Owned Electric Companies and Front-of-the-Meter Storage (Affordable Energy Act) | UNFPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 92 Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 201 Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 270 Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | UNFPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 270 Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation | UNFPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 371 Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations | UNF | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
| SB 373 Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act) | UNF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 432 Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 780 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 781 Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
2025 Regular Session8 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 128 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Vetoed |
| HB 340 Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 398 Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 1036 Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) | FWAPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
| SB 10 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025) | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 149 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Vetoed |
| SB 316 Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 804 Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025) | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
2024 Regular Session8 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 24 Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications | FWAPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 397 Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
| HB 505 Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Membership and Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) | FAV | Dunning, Bryan | Passed both chambers |
| HB 731 Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| HB 864 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
| HB 864 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
| SB 96 Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions | FAVPDF | Dunning, Bryan | Did not advance |
| SB 474 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024) | UNF | Dunning, Bryan | Enacted |
2023 Regular Session9 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 11 Private Well Safety Act of 2023 | FAV | Loeb, Sophie | Enacted |
| HB 11 Private Well Safety Act of 2023 | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| HB 169 Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing | FAV | Holm, Federico | Enacted |
| HB 840 Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| HB 904 Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Alterations and Requirements (Energy Savings Act) | FAVPDF | Holm, Federico | Did not advance |
| HB 1035 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans and Green and Healthy Task Force | UNF | Holm, Federico | Did not advance |
| SB 483 Private Well Safety Act of 2023 | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| SB 483 Private Well Safety Act of 2023 | FWAPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| SB 743 Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
2022 Regular Session7 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 250 Private Well Safety Act of 2022 | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| HB 250 Private Well Safety Act of 2022 | FAV | Minovi, Darya | Did not advance |
| HB 596 Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| HB 880 Environment - Impact of Actions on Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice | FAV | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| HB 880 Environment - Impact of Actions on Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice | FAVPDF | Minovi, Darya | Did not advance |
| HB 880 Environment - Impact of Actions on Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice | FAVPDF | Chaudry, M. Isabelle | Did not advance |
| SB 783 Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights | FAV | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
2021 Regular Session11 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 295 Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| HB 577 Health and Welfare of H–2 Visa and Migrant Workers – COVID–19 Pandemic – Regulations (Healthy Farmworkers Act) | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| HB 1069 Water Supply - Private Well Safety Program | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| HB 1069 Water Supply - Private Well Safety Program | FAV | Minovi, Darya | Enacted |
| HB 1069 Water Supply - Private Well Safety Program | FAVPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| HB 1069 Water Supply - Private Well Safety Program | FAV | Minovi, Darya | Enacted |
| SB 151 Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights | FAVPDF | Minovi, Darya | Did not advance |
| SB 334 Water Pollution Control - Intervention in Civil Actions - Rights and Authority | FAV | Schmitt, Katlyn | Enacted |
| SB 346 Department of Natural Resources - Public Notices and Hearings | UNFPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| SB 347 Environment - Public Hearing and Notification Modernization Act | FWAPDF | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |
| SB 528 Coast Smart Siting and Design Criteria - Private Construction or Reconstruction Projects and Enforcement | FAV | Schmitt, Katlyn | Did not advance |