Maryland Senate Bill 478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee to develop on or before January 1, 2022, a certain methodology, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of General Services, for a unit to estimate greenhouse gas emissions that occur through the life cycle of certain food; requiring each unit to report to the Committee on the unit's progress in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with food procured by the unit on or before August 1, 2024 and each August 1 thereafter; etc.

Maryland Green Purchasing Committee - Food Procurement - Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-29	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB772 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-16 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
State Finance and Procurement	11	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	410.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0478?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0478f.pdf