Maryland House Bill 1412 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Referred to interim study by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring that, in a contract for the initial sale of a new home, the builder provide the purchaser with specified information about energy-saving alternatives for the home, including green roofing, solar photovoltaic panels or solar/thermal devices, rain gardens and bayscaping, home weatherization, and energy storage systems; requiring the information to cover specified topics; providing a certain penalty; and requiring that the builder facilitate the installation of any energy-saving alternative that the purchaser selects.

Real Property - New Residential Property - Information on Renewable Energy Alternatives

Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	House	Referred to interim study by Environment and Transportation
2016-03-08	House	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1412?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb1412f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb1412.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb1412_env.pdf