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Climate Communications Coalition

Bills
126
99 for · 31 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
30%
38 of 125 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 Session63 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 40
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 53
Criminal Law – Nondomesticated Animal Prohibitions – Alterations
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 54
Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 143
Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 167
Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase and Use - Prohibitions
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 331
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 345
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 395
Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 437
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 437
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 509
Campaign Finance - Contributions by Gas and Electric Utility Companies - Prohibition
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 560
Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 620
Commemorative Months - Maryland Climate Education Month
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 723
Electric Companies - Cost Containment Plans - Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 796
Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 799
Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 870
Environment - Permit Applications for New Buildings - Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 940
Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 950
Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 958
Natural Gas – Connection and Line Extension – Discounts and Payment Plans
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 970
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Nuclear Energy and Renaming
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1040
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Mandated Uses - Climate Change Programs
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1199
Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act)
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1237
Pesticide Applications - Subscription Contract Requirements and Registry Establishment
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1253
Gas Companies - Infrastructure Investments - Cost Recovery and Customer Notification (Break STRIDE Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1267
Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
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)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1287
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1360
Maryland Public Ethics Law - Regulated Lobbyists - Reporting Requirements
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1388
Oysters - Rotational Harvest - Pilot Program
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1411
Data Center Planning and Transparency Act
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1465
Environment - Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects - Requirements and Limitations
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1532
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 1532
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 1560
Forest Conservation - Incentives - Pilot Program and Fund
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1572
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Eligible Sources – Waste–to–Energy
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 2
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 23
Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits (GREEN) Loan Program and Fund - Establishment
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 59
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 62
Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2026)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 108
Environment - Water Resources and Wetlands - Enforcement
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 181
Hunting - Restrictions of Venison Donation
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 189
Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law)
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 225
Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 225
Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 266
Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Trees
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 280
Natural Resources - State Parks - Terminology
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 341
Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 342
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 371
Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 427
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 431
Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds - Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 523
Department of Natural Resources - Water Resources - Identification of Vernal Pools (Jack Cover Vernal Pools Act of 2026)
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 590
Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act)
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 669
Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program - Eligibility and Generating Capacity
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 674
Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 686
PFAS Chemicals – Product Phase Outs and Registration Requirements
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 687
Environment - Flood Risk Review Process - Establishment
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 688
Environment - Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects - Requirements and Limitations
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 706
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Alterations
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 780
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid 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)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 911
Environment - Weather Engineering - Prohibition
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
2025 Regular Session47 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 62
Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 84
Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 84
Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 121
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 128
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaVetoed
HB 220
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 257
Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 270
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaVetoed
HB 340
Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 505
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 640
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Overhead Transmission Lines – Conservation Easements
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 701
Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase, Use, and Sale - Prohibitions (Clean Air Quiet Communities Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 731
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 878
Department of the Environment - Water Resources - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2025)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 960
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations and Reporting Requirements (Ratepayer Freedom Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1258
Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025)
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1329
Public Utilities - Energy Generation and Transmission
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1342
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1360
Environment - Road Salt - Outdoor Storage
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1406
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1484
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 10
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 34
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 96
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 116
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaVetoed
SB 134
Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 149
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaVetoed
SB 189
Eminent Domain – Agricultural and Conservation Easements – Prohibited Taking
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 253
Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 316
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
FWAPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 317
Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 346
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 395
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 399
Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 420
State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund - Alteration and Extension
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 425
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 434
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 461
Environment - Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund - Renaming and Alterations
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 480
Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 684
Public Health - Health Equity Dashboard
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 716
Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025)
UNFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 722
Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 882
Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 898
Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 901
Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans
FAVDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 932
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat
FAVDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 978
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
2024 Regular Session18 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 24
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 166
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 397
Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
HB 505
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Membership and Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaPassed both chambers
HB 579
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 836
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 993
Commemorative Weeks - Maryland Climate Education Week
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1247
Environment – Advanced Clean Cars II Program – Application and Enforcement
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1407
County Tier 1 Renewable Sources – Generating Systems, Capacity, and Generation – Prohibition, Studies, and Plans
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
HB 1438
Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 96
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 146
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 474
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 681
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 682
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 808
Anaerobic Digestion Technology - Coordination and Guidance
UNFDemiray, SoniaEnacted
SB 861
Public Utilities - High-Energy-Use Facilities - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 1063
Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program - Application and Enforcement
UNFPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
2023 Regular Session2 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 718
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2023)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance
SB 590
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2023)
FAVPDFDemiray, SoniaDid not advance