Maryland House Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-21 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council to provide information to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the General Assembly on climate change and the distribution of the Fund; etc.

Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council

Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]
Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Elizabeth Embry [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]
Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]
Del. Chao Wu [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-21	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-13	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

HB347 (Carry Over) 2023-01-26 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	14	1401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	14	1402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	14	1403	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0340?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0340f.pdf