The following are pieces of 2025 Maryland General Assembly legislation that could impact the watersheds of Garrett County.
Information about the Maryland General Assembly including introduced bills, links to live committee sessions, calendar of sessions, and guides for providing written or in-person testimony are available on the Maryland General Assembly website.
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MD SB399/ HB1270 Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines: Exempting certain areas in the Big Savage Mountain Wildland, Bear Pen Wildland, and Dan's Mountain Wildland from being designated as a wildland area, subject to a certificate of public convenience and necessity being obtained for a certain transmission line.
MD SB0420/HB0684 State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund - Alteration and Extension: Altering the purpose and authorized uses of the State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund by specifying that it may be used only for the protection and restoration of Deep Creek Lake; and extending the termination date applicable to certain provisions relating to the purpose, use, and funding of the Fund to June 30, 2027.
MD SB0878 Oil and Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Authorization: Authorizing a person to engage in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of oil or natural gas in the State.
MD HB1451 Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025: Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc.
