Maryland House Bill 517 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-06 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish that every person has the right to a certain clean and healthy environment; establishing that every person has the right to intervene in an action brought by the State or a political subdivision of the State to protect certain rights; prohibiting the State or a political subdivision of the State from causing diminution of or degradation to the State's natural resources; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights

Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]
Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]
Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]
Del. Veronica Turner [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Pat Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-06	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2020-01-28	House	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-27	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Declaration of Rights	48		(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0517?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0517f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0517_ent.pdf