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MD SB778
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jason Gallion
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AI Summary
- Prohibits the Maryland Department of the Environment from requiring owners, lessors, lessees, or operators of agricultural buildings to apply for an exemption from building energy performance standards
- Eliminates any documentation submission requirements for agricultural buildings to prove exemption eligibility
- Agricultural buildings are already excluded from the definition of "covered building" under existing law; this bill removes the administrative burden of formally claiming that exemption
- Agricultural buildings include structures used primarily to cultivate, manufacture, process, or produce agricultural crops, raw materials, products, or commodities, including greenhouses
- Effective date: July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Agricultural Buildings
Rules and Regulations
Last Action
Withdrawn by Sponsor
2/19/2025
Committee Referrals
Education, Energy, and the Environment1/31/2025
Full Bill Text
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