Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)

Summary

The bill forces any new or renewed individual environmental permit for a site inside an “at‑risk” census tract to include a report on existing environmental and public‑health burdens. The Maryland Department of the Environment must decide whether the permit would add to those burdens and can deny the permit unless certain conditions are met. It also adds public listening sessions and creates a record for possible court review.

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Hearings

• Environment and Transportation — Bill Hearing
  Environment and Transportation · Mar 13, 2026

History

1. Mar 13, 2026Hearing canceled
2. Mar 13, 2026Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
3. Mar 6, 2026Hearing canceled
4. Mar 6, 2026Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
5. Feb 17, 2026Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
6. Feb 16, 2026Hearing canceled
7. Feb 13, 2026Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
8. Feb 12, 2026First Reading Environment and Transportation

Sponsors

• Behler · sponsor
• A. Johnson
• Acevero
• Addison
• Allen
• Amprey
• Bartlett
• Boafo
• Charkoudian
• Coley
• D. Jones
• Foley
• Fraser-Hidalgo
• Holmes
• Ivey
• Lehman
• Lewis
• McCaskill
• Pasteur
• Phillips
• Rogers
• Ross
• Ruff
• Ruth
• S. Johnson

And 4 more cosponsors.

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