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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, and Sequestration Projects - Regulations and Standards for Biochar and Wood Vault Technologies
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 625
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 43
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Folden
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gallion
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Benson
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Simonaire
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
OTHER: 0
YES: 110
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Tomlinson
- Anderson
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rose
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Long, R.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 25
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (43-4)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (110-25)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {703624/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {273322/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (40-0)
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Carbon Removal Technology and Practices - Regulations and Use of FundingPDF
- Amendments {273322/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, and Sequestration Projects - Regulations and StandardsPDF
- Amendments {703624/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, and Sequestration Projects - Regulations and Standards for Biochar and Wood Vault TechnologiesPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Zeng, Ning (Select)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ellis, Linda
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tidwell, Mike (Chesapeake Climate Action Network)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hegberg, Charles (Private practice)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Videnieks, Markus (US Biochar Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Zeng, Ning (Select)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Videnieks, Markus (US Biochar Coalition)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- DeMarco, Jamie (DeMarco Advocacy)

