Maryland 2026 Session Status: Introduced 24 D cosponsors

HB1268 — Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)

Last action — Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 12, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

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Summary

Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  2. First Reading (House of Origin)

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 159 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (159)

159 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety environment healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB1268 do?
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Who sponsors HB1268?
HB1268 is sponsored by Delegate Holmes, Delegate Jones, D., Delegate Lewis, Delegate Dylan Behler (Democrat), Delegate Gabriel Acevero (Democrat), Delegate Jackie Addison (Democrat), Delegate Nick Allen (Democrat), Delegate Marlon Amprey (Democrat), Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett (Democrat), Delegate Adrian Boafo (Democrat), Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (Democrat), Delegate Derrick Coley (Democrat), Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat), Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Delegate Julian Ivey (Democrat), Johnson, A., Johnson, S., Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Aletheia McCaskill (Democrat), Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate N. Scott Phillips (Democrat), Delegate Mike Rogers (Democrat), Delegate Kim Ross (Democrat), Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff (Democrat), Delegate Sheila Ruth (Democrat), Delegate Stephanie Smith (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), and Delegate Nicole A. Williams (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB1268?
This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 12, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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