| MD | HB318 | Pass | Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who provide on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 419 |
| MD | SB354 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to provide a certain intended use plan to the General Assembly within 5 days of the plan's publication for public comment; altering the definition of "privately owned wastewater facility" as it relates to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 341 |
| MD | HB714 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to provide a certain intended use plan to the General Assembly within 5 days after a plan's publication for public comment; altering the definition of "privately owned wastewater facility" as it relates to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 |
| MD | HB1205 | Pass | Requiring a public or private water or sewer system that serves 10,000 or more users and receives financial assistance from the State to, on or before a certain date, assess its vulnerability to a cyber attack, develop a cybersecurity plan if appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 |
| MD | SB479 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who provide on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1487 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, for a sewerage system or refuse disposal system for which the Maryland Environmental Service has taken charge, to produce a report detailing the parts of the system or works that are deficient and the plan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-30
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB221 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment to notify the Attorney General each time the Department initiates a certain administrative action; altering the enforcement authority of the Department under various provisions of law, including provisions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-22
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB834 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain period of time as SepticSmart Week; requiring the Department to use certain educational materials and other resources during SepticSmart Week to promote community awareness regarding ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-22
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB492 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing inspection and reporting requirements for certain permit holders; establishing administrative penalties for certain permit holders determined to be in significant noncompliance of certain State or federal water quality standards, effluen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB810 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to take action to reduce the disaster risk and vulnerability of critical infrastructure; establishing the Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Grant Program in the Department to leverage certain fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1339 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to take action to reduce the disaster risk and vulnerability of critical infrastructure; establishing the Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Grant Program in the Department to leverage certain fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB509 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the tax collector in Baltimore City to withhold from tax sale real property that is owned by a nonprofit entity that is exempt from property taxation and receives less than $750,000 in annual donations, exclusive of government funds; and pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1033 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before December 1, 2022, to develop certain policies and recommendations to require at least 40% of overall spending on certain programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain overburdened comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-18
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB402 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the enforcement authority of the Department of the Environment under various provisions of law, including provisions relating to waterway construction and dam safety, tidal and nontidal wetlands, drinking water, and waterworks, wastewater wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-15
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricting the use of the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund to certain purposes directly related to addressing pollution from wastewater treatment facilities, on-site sewage disposal systems, sewer systems, and stormwater management systems; repealing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-15
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1126 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the use of a certain graywater system to serve a public or private building that is located on a former dredge site or is located in a remote area with minimal public access and operates on a seasonal basis; and requiring the owner or ope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-14
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1068 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a database or system created by the Department of the Environment for local health departments to be designed in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to take certain actions regarding applications for the installati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-11
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB580 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person responsible for a sewer overflow, treatment plant bypass, or unlawful discharge from a wastewater treatment plant that results in an area being closed to shellfish harvesting to pay restitution to certain shellfish harvesters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-10
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | HB729 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2035; specifying certain requirements that a public senior higher education institution must meet to ach...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB854 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the use of a certain graywater system to serve a public or private building that is located on a former dredge site or is located in a remote area with minimal public access and operates on a seasonal basis; and requiring the owner or ope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-09
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | HB843 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the governing body of certain counties and municipal corporations located in Western Maryland to grant a property tax credit on certain newly constructed dwellings; allowing certain persons who construct more than 10 middle-income homes in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-08
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the governing body of certain counties and municipal corporations located in Western Maryland to grant a property tax credit on certain newly constructed dwellings; allowing certain persons who construct more than 10 middle-income homes in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-05
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB621 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment to monitor effluent discharged from sewage treatment plants, evaluate whether the effluent and any nutrients in the effluent impacts midge populations in the surrounding land and water areas, and hire an in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB654 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an independent third party to oversee all water quality testing conducted at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant; requiring the Department of the Environment to select the independent third ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-31
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB471 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2035; specifying certain requirements that a public senior higher education institution must meet to ach...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-31
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB113 | Intro
Sine Die | Transferring certain provisions of law governing environmental health specialists, including the Board of Environmental Health Specialists, from the Maryland Department of Health to the Department of the Environment; requiring the Department of the E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-20
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | HB333 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing, in Baltimore County, a property owner to request an adjustment to a sewer service charge if there is a water leak in the interior plumbing of the property; requiring the property owner to submit a receipt from a licensed plumber verifyin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
