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IntroducedJan 17, 2024
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2024
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Passed SenateApr 02, 2024
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Signed into LawMay 09, 2024
Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 09, 2024: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 397
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 99
- Speaker
- Cullison
- Jackson
- Patterson
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Attar
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Vogel
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Korman
- Rogers
- Watson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Grossman
- Long, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Love
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harris
- Martinez
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hill
- Moon
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Hornberger
- Pasteur
- Stewart
NO: 38
YES: 98
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Addison
- Davis
- Jackson
- Patterson
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Toles
- Anderton
- Fair
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Turner
- Attar
- Feldmark
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Foley
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Korman
- Rogers
- Watson
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Grossman
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Long, J.
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harris
- Lopez
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Love
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Martinez
- Smith
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Henson
- McCaskill
- Solomon
- Young
- Conaway
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Holmes
- Moon
NO: 34
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- May 09, 2024 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
- Apr 05, 2024 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (98-34)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 02, 2024 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (36-9)
- Apr 01, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {923322/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 29, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {923322/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- Mar 13, 2024 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 12, 2024 | House
- Third Reading Passed (99-38)
- Mar 08, 2024 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {443623/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 07, 2024 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Feb 01, 2024 | House
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 17, 2024 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)PDF
- Amendments {443623/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)PDF
- Amendments {923322/1 (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)PDF
- Text - Chapter - Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Shriner, Mariah (Sierra Club Maryland Chapter)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Demiray, Sonia (Climate Communications Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Lewis, Jamal (Rewiring America)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Rehr, Rebecca (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Albacarys, Rico (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 24)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Charkoudian, Lorig
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Villasenor, Ernesto (CCAN)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Anthony, Hadley (Department of the Environment)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Guitarra, Denisse (Nature Forward)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Pavlak, Alex (Future of Energy Initiative)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Geraldo, Manuel (Washington Gas)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Collins, Carville (Maryland Employers for Civil Justice Reform Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Held, Karl (Climate Coalition Montgomery County)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Terwilliger, Brian (IBEW Local Union 410)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoover, Frederick (Maryland PublicService Commission)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Cohn, Debbie
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ascher, Jason (Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Leonard, Victoria (Baltimore-DC Building Building Trades)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- White, Ruth (www.HoCoClimateAction.org)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Barry, Justin (Green & Healthy Homes Initiative)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Rosales, Mariana (The Nature Conservancy)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Novey, Joelle (Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa))
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Kraska, Martin (ABC Chesapeake Shores)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Lombardi, Joyce (Maryland Energy Administration)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Jackson, Gerald (UA Local 486/Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Cook, Chuck (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Washington, Charles (BGE)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Goldberg, Donald M. (Climate Law & Policy Project)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lapp, David (Office of People's Counsel)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Santry, Adam (Maryland Geothermal Association)
- ECM Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All