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MD HB1155

Bill

Status

Passed

5/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dana Stein

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a new statutory definition of "ecological restoration" in Maryland's Environment Article as activities to recover, re-establish, or enhance degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems

  • Defines qualifying restoration activities as: improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics; returning natural or historical ecosystem functions; or protecting/improving resiliency

  • Creates new Subtitle 10 "Ecological Restoration" under the Environment Article (Sections 1-1001 and 1-1002)

  • Effective October 1, 2025; approved by Governor Wes Moore on May 6, 2025

Legislative Description

Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration

Rules and Regulations

Last Action

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330

5/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Education, Energy, and the Environment3/17/2025
Environment and Transportation2/6/2025

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