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                        IntroducedOct 28, 2024
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                        Passed HouseFeb 14, 2025
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                        Passed SenateApr 04, 2025
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
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                         executive • May 16, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
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                Votes
                        YES: 34
                                                
                                        - Adams
 - Chisholm
 - Hinebaugh
 - McComas
 - Reilly
 - Arentz
 - Ciliberti
 - Hornberger
 - Metzgar
 - Rose
 - Arikan
 - Fisher
 - Howard
 - Miller
 - Schmidt
 - Baker
 - Ghrist
 - Hutchinson
 - Morgan, T.
 - Stonko
 - Beauchamp
 - Grammer
 - Jacobs
 - Nkongolo
 - Szeliga
 - Bouchat
 - Griffith
 - Long, R.
 - Otto
 - Tomlinson
 - Buckel
 - Hartman
 - Mangione
 - Pippy
 
NO: 92
                                            - Speaker
 - Crutchfield
 - Johnson, A.
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Stewart
 - Acevero
 - Cullison
 - Johnson, S.
 - Phillips
 - Taylor
 - Addison
 - Davis
 - Jones, D.
 - Pruski
 - Terrasa
 - Allen
 - Ebersole
 - Kaiser
 - Qi
 - Toles
 - Alston
 - Edelson
 - Kaufman
 - Queen
 - Turner
 - Amprey
 - Embry
 - Kerr
 - Roberson
 - Valderrama
 - Atterbeary
 - Fair
 - Korman
 - Roberts
 - Vogel
 - Bagnall
 - Feldmark
 - Lehman
 - Rogers
 - Watson
 - Barnes
 - Fennell
 - Lewis, J.
 - Rosenberg
 - White Holland
 - Bartlett
 - Foley
 - Lewis, R.
 - Ruff
 - Wilkins
 - Behler
 - Forbes
 - Lopez
 - Ruth
 - Williams
 - Bhandari
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Martinez
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Wilson
 - Boafo
 - Guyton
 - McCaskill
 - Schindler
 - Wims
 - Boyce
 - Guzzone
 - Mireku-North
 - Shetty
 - Wolek
 - Cardin
 - Harris
 - Moon
 - Smith
 - Woods
 - Chang
 - Harrison
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Solomon
 - Woorman
 - Charkoudian
 - Healey
 - Pasteur
 - Spiegel
 - Young
 - Clippinger
 - Hill
 - Patterson
 - Stein
 - Ziegler
 - Conaway
 - Holmes
 
YES: 125
                                                
                                        - Speaker
 - Crutchfield
 - Hutchinson
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Stewart
 - Acevero
 - Cullison
 - Jacobs
 - Pasteur
 - Stonko
 - Adams
 - Davis
 - Johnson, A.
 - Patterson
 - Taveras
 - Addison
 - Ebersole
 - Johnson, S.
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Taylor
 - Allen
 - Edelson
 - Jones, D.
 - Phillips
 - Terrasa
 - Amprey
 - Embry
 - Kaiser
 - Pippy
 - Toles
 - Arentz
 - Fair
 - Kaufman
 - Pruski
 - Tomlinson
 - Atterbeary
 - Feldmark
 - Kerr
 - Qi
 - Turner
 - Bagnall
 - Fennell
 - Kipke
 - Queen
 - Valderrama
 - Baker
 - Foley
 - Korman
 - Reilly
 - Valentine
 - Barnes
 - Forbes
 - Lehman
 - Roberson
 - Vogel
 - Bartlett
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Lewis, J.
 - Roberts
 - Watson
 - Beauchamp
 - Ghrist
 - Lewis, R.
 - Rogers
 - Wells
 - Behler
 - Griffith
 - Long, J.
 - Rose
 - White Holland
 - Bhandari
 - Guyton
 - Long, R.
 - Rosenberg
 - Wilkins
 - Boafo
 - Guzzone
 - Lopez
 - Ruth
 - Williams
 - Bouchat
 - Harris
 - Mangione
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Wilson
 - Boyce
 - Harrison
 - Martinez
 - Schindler
 - Wims
 - Buckel
 - Hartman
 - McCaskill
 - Schmidt
 - Wivell
 - Chang
 - Healey
 - Metzgar
 - Shetty
 - Wolek
 - Charkoudian
 - Hill
 - Miller
 - Simmons
 - Woods
 - Ciliberti
 - Hinebaugh
 - Mireku-North
 - Smith
 - Woorman
 - Clippinger
 - Holmes
 - Moon
 - Solomon
 - Wu
 - Conaway
 - Hornberger
 - Morgan, T.
 - Spiegel
 - Young
 - Crosby
 - Howard
 - Otto
 - Stein
 - Ziegler
 
NOT VOTING: 1
                                                        YES: 43
                                                
                                        - Mr. President
 - Ellis
 - Hettleman
 - Love
 - Simonaire
 - Augustine
 - Feldman
 - Jackson, C.
 - Mautz
 - Smith
 - Bailey
 - Gallion
 - Jackson, M.
 - McCray
 - Sydnor
 - Beidle
 - Gile
 - Jennings
 - McKay
 - Waldstreicher
 - Benson
 - Guzzone
 - Kagan
 - Muse
 - Washington, A.
 - Brooks
 - Hayes
 - King
 - Ready
 - Washington, M.
 - Carozza
 - Henson
 - Kramer
 - Rosapepe
 - Watson
 - Charles
 - Hershey
 - Lam
 - Salling
 - West
 - Corderman
 - Hester
 - Lewis Young
 
NO: 1
                                            Actions
            - May 16, 2025 | executive
- Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
 
 - Apr 05, 2025 | House
- Returned Passed
 
 - Apr 04, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
 - Favorable Adopted
 - Second Reading Passed
 - Third Reading Passed (43-1)
 
 - Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
 
 - Feb 14, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (125-8)
 
 - Feb 12, 2025 | House
- Floor Amendment {263728/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected (34-92)
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 
 - Feb 11, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {733420/1 Adopted
 - Motion Special Order until 02/12 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
 
 - Feb 10, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 
 - Jan 08, 2025 | House
- First Reading Economic Matters
 - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Oct 28, 2024 | House
- Pre-filed
 
 
Documents
        
            - Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
 - Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
 - Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
 - Governor's Veto LetterPDF
 - Video: Economic MattersHTML
 - Witness ListHTML
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kinsey, Kathy (Mobilize Frederick)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Black, Stephen (Sugarloaf Alliance)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Cohn, Debbie
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hamidi, Renee (Valleys Planning Council)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Orbe, Jr., Carlos (Maryland Latinos Unidos)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Strasser, Virginia
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sellner, Kevin (--None--)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Demiray, Sonia (Climate Communications Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hanson, Susan
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Hoover, Frederick (Maryland PublicService Commission)
 - ECM Testimony, UNF -- Ascher, Jason (Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
 - ECM Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Law, Elizabeth
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Shriner, Mariah (Sierra Club Maryland Chapter)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Griffith, Anna
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Susan
 - ECM Testimony, UNF -- Manno, Roger (Manno & Associates LLC)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- teeter, jennifer
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Troxell, Timothy (FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Broder, Daniel
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Arndt, Dave
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fahrig, Landon (Maryland Energy Administration)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Gordon, Susan (Tri-County Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Monroe, Patricia (South Lawn Citizens Association)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
 - ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Crosby, Brian (Office of Delegate Brian Crosby)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Broder, Robin (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (HoCo Climate Action)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Ann
 - ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lapp, David (Office of People's Counsel)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kranz, Rhonda
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Gallagher, Patrice
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Harbeson, Kristen (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fitzwater, Jessica (Frederick County Executive)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Holcomb, Karen
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Frederick, Joanne (Stop MPRP, Inc)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Beeson, Jeffrey
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Baker, David
 

