Natural Resources - Riverine Siting and Design Criteria - Requirements
Hearing (House)
Summary
The bill would require any Maryland state or local capital project that receives at least 50% of its cost from state funds and costs $500,000 or more to be built or rebuilt to meet riverine siting and design criteria that protect against a 500‑year flood. A Coast Smart Council, composed of senior officials and appointed members, must develop those criteria by July 1 2027, enforce them starting July 1 2028, and review them every five years. The measure failed to pass.
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- Environment and Transportation — Bill HearingEnvironment and Transportation · Feb 25, 2026
History
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Sponsors
- Lehman · sponsor
- Behler
- Boyce
- Foley
- Healey
- Moreno
- Ross
- Ruth
- Stein
- Taveras
- Terrasa
- Wims
- Woods
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