Maryland Senate Bill 781

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-10 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.

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)

Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-10	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB1268 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-13 - Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	1	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	702	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	708	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	710	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	712	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	713	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	714	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	715	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	2	404.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0781?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0781f.pdf