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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Environment - Permit Applications for New Buildings - Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 20, 2026: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 870
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 92
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kerr
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Korman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Embry
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Fair
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Long, J.
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Moon
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Conaway
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Kaiser
NO: 37
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Favorable with Amendments {273628/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (92-37)
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Frances (Elders Climate Action Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Crossley, Nakhia (Washington Gas Light)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Silverman, Scott (Nagle & Zaller, PC)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Majchrzak, Tyler (Chesapeake Utilities Corporation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Cohn, Debbie
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kerr, Cait
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Cassilly, Robert (Harford County Government)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Weintraub, Jason
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rehr, Rebecca (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Vetter, Drew
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Castelli, William (Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bartock, Laura (Maryland Climate Partners)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- York, Amy (Energy Artisans)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Peters, Sarah (HBS)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Waitlevertch, Scott (Columbia Gas of Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Parts, Chris (AIA Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Goldberg, Donald M. (Climate Law & Policy Project)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Korman, Marc
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tulkin, Josh (MD Sierra Club)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)



