2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1484: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)

Legislative Summary

Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.

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Bill History

2/7/2025
First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
House of Delegates
3/2/2025
Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation)
House of Delegates
3/2/2025
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Environment and Transportation(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Jazz Lewis
Jazz Lewis
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/7/2025157.8 KB