Maryland House Bill 347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-26 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds accountable a publicly traded entity with market capitalization greater than $1,000,000,000 or its subsidiaries for any tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; and authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel on a contingency fee basis to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a certain determination.

Attorney General – Climate Change Actions – Authorization

Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Del. Nick Allen [D]
Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]
Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Mark Edelson [D]
Del. Elizabeth Embry [D]	Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]
Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Brooke Grossman [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]
Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Dana Jones [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]
Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]
Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Del. Bernice Mireku-North [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Pamela Queen [D]
Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Joe Vogel [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]	Del. Chao Wu [D]
Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-26	House	Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-26	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

HB363 (Carry Over) 2022-01-25 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0347?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0347f.pdf