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HoCo Climate Action

Bills
129
102 for · 32 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
33%
43 of 129 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 Session57 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 1
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 40
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 54
Task Force to Study Restructuring Maryland's Electric Utility Industry
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 66
Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act)
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 87
Income Tax - Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 120
Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 143
Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 167
Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase and Use - Prohibitions
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 309
Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 331
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 345
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 395
Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 405
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Documents - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 429
On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 437
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 444
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 460
Solar Energy - Construction of Generating Stations in Priority Preservation Areas and Study
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 509
Campaign Finance - Contributions by Gas and Electric Utility Companies - Prohibition
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 517
Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 521
Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Bill Surcharge - Repeal
UNFPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 540
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 560
Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 572
Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 620
Commemorative Months - Maryland Climate Education Month
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 648
Office of Home Energy Programs - Uniform Redetermination Process - Age
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 674
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 695
Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits (GREEN) Loan Program and Fund - Establishment
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 958
Natural Gas – Connection and Line Extension – Discounts and Payment Plans
UNFPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1017
Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Zoning Requirement
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 1018
Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1040
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Mandated Uses - Climate Change Programs
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1104
Residential Solar Energy Systems - Local Inspections and Permitting
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1195
Net Energy Metering, SUNRISE Program, and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program (SUNRISE Act)
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1199
Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program (Maryland Climate Crisis Equity Act)
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1217
Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid 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)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1287
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1465
Environment - Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects - Requirements and Limitations
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1476
Public Service Commission - Net Energy Metering - Successor Program
FWAPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
HB 1532
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
FWAPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
HB 1532
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionEnacted
SB 2
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 92
Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 201
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 265
Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Prohibited Locations - Adjacent Parcels
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 270
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 341
Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 342
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 373
Environment - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Withdrawal (Restoring Energy Freedom Act)
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 381
Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report
FAVOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 427
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 432
Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 596
Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 596
Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 598
Electric Companies - Cost Containment Plans - Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act)
FAVPDFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 749
Residential Retail Customer and Retail Electricity Suppliers - Definition and Alterations
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
SB 841
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
UNFOrganization, HoCo Climate ActionDid not advance
2025 Regular Session74 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 42
On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 49
Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis
FAVPDFFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 62
Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 69
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 80
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 84
Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 121
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 128
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports
FAVPDFFeighner, LizVetoed
HB 145
Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 220
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 232
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 270
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
FAVPDFFeighner, LizVetoed
HB 340
Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 386
Pesticides - PFAS Chemicals - Prohibitions
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 398
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 505
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 639
Sports Venues - Reusable Beverage Containers - Use During Sporting Events
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 827
Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 829
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 829
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 900
Electricity - Data Centers - Rate Schedule and Requirements
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 902
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 931
Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act)
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 960
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations and Reporting Requirements (Ratepayer Freedom Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 973
Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1006
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1035
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
UNFPDFFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 1036
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
FAVFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 1037
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
FAVFeighner, LizVetoed
HB 1058
Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1079
Public Service Commission - Study on the Electric Transmission and Distribution System
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1088
Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1092
Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1217
Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1222
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)
FAVFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 1222
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)
FAVFeighner, LizEnacted
HB 1225
Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act)
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1233
Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Subscription Eligibility
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1258
Consumer Goods - Restrictions Based on Energy Source - Prohibition (Energy Equality Act of 2025)
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1417
Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1419
Electric Distribution System Support Services - Energy Storage and Data Use
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1431
State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)
FAVFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1451
Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025
UNFFeighner, LizDid 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)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
HB 1556
Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement
UNFPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 10
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 37
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizEnacted
SB 96
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
FAVFeighner, LizEnacted
SB 105
Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 116
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
FAVPDFFeighner, LizVetoed
SB 116
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
FAVPDFFeighner, LizVetoed
SB 134
Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 149
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports
FAVPDFFeighner, LizVetoed
SB 253
Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements
UNFFeighner, LizEnacted
SB 256
Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Compliance and Reporting
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 316
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 332
Task Force to Study the Premature Retirement of Electricity Generation Facilities
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 434
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 478
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Local Approval
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 479
Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 483
Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 640
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Eminent Domain
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 643
Public Utilities – Energy Generation
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 675
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 716
Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025)
UNFPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 737
Property Rights Protection Act of 2025
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 779
Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025
UNFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 804
Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 882
Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 901
Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans
FAVFeighner, LizEnacted
SB 908
Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 966
Howard County - Ambient Air Quality Control - Permit Applications, Permit Holders, and Property Tax Credit Ho. Co. 6-25
FAVFeighner, LizDid 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)
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
SB 983
Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance
2024 Regular Session1 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 457
Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
FAVPDFFeighner, LizEnacted
2020 Regular Session2 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 561
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program
FAVPDFWhite, Ruth AliceDid not advance
SB 315
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy
FAVPDFFeighner, LizDid not advance