2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB425: Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations

Legislative Summary

Altering the factors that the Department of the Environment is required to consider in establishing a certain fee; requiring the Department to use certain excess fees collected from certain generators of coal combustion by-products for certain purposes; establishing the Statewide Coal Combustion By-Products Coordinating Committee to share information, monitoring results, and certain remedial actions with respect to certain coal combustion by-product sites; etc.

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Bill History

1/21/2025
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
1/23/2025
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
3/17/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
3/17/2025
Favorable with Amendments {793728/1
Senate
3/17/2025
Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
Senate
3/17/2025
Favorable with Amendments {793728/1 Adopted
Senate
3/17/2025
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hester) Adopted
Senate
3/17/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/17/2025
Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hester) Adopted
Senate
3/17/2025
Third Reading Passed (35-11)
Senate
3/18/2025
Referred Environment and Transportation Economic Matters
House of Delegates
3/19/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (98-33)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Returned Passed
Senate

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 793728/1

Favorable with Amendments 793728/1

3/17/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/7/2025
98
Yea
33
Nay
10
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/17/2025
35
Yea
11
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/7/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/17/2025134.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/21/2025111.4 KB
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