Maryland Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: introduced. Latest action: May 24, 2026.
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).
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-06 | Status | introduced |
| 2026-05-24 | Latest Action | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |