Committee Testimony and Witness Signup
HB1287 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Environment and Transportation 3/13/2026 1:30:00 PM
As of: 4/23/2026 7:08:08 PM
| Name | Organization | Position | Testimony | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate Johnson, A., Delegate Johnson, A. | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT | |
| Kinsey, Kathy | Mobilize Frederick | FAV | MF_HB 1268:1287_CHERISH Our communities ActF.pdf | ENT |
| Simon, Robert | Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home | FAV | HB 1287_Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home_FAV | ENT |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | HB1287_CPCN_CHERISH_Act.pdf | ENT |
| Wilson, Maryrose | FAV | HB 1287 FAV.pdf | ENT | |
| Simpson, Kylan | Maryland Department of Health | FAV | CEHPAC_Senate Bill 780_ House Bill 1287_LetterofSu | ENT |
| Wilkinson, nanci | Climate Mobilization Montgomery County | FAV | No Testimony | ENT |
| Guilfoil, Mona | MD Third Act or Marylanders for Data Center Reform | FAV | No Testimony | ENT |
| Lefstein, Gita | FAV | Testimony on House Bill 1287.pdf | ENT | |
| Bautista, Katie | FAV | HB1287_Katie Bautista_FAV_CHERISH Act.pdf | ENT | |
| Cano, Felicita | FAV | HB1287_Felicita Cano_Fav_Cherish Act.pdf | ENT | |
| Feeley, Kathryn | Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy | FAV | HB1287 – Generating Stations-PSC_LOS_Final_signed. | ENT |
| Valdivia, Kathleen | St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church | FAV | Cherish Burden Analysis HB1287.docx.pdf | ENT |
| Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | FAV |
HB1287_CHERISH_FAV_ClimateCC.pdf
HB1287_CHERISH_FAV_ClimateCC.pdf |
ENT |
| Girdner, Linnie | FAV | Testimony FOR HB1287 LG.pdf | ENT | |
| Orellana, Marta | FAV | HB1287_Marta Orellana_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT | |
| Gasca, Veronica | FAV | HB1287_Veronica Gasca_Fav_Cherish act.pdf | ENT | |
| Tulkin, Josh | MD Sierra Club | FAV | hb1287_mdsierraclub_fav-10mar2026_CHERISH-PSC.docx | ENT |
| Arndt, Dave | FAV | No Testimony | ENT | |
| Dunning, Bryan | Center for Progressive Reform | FAV | HB1278 CHERISH PSC.pdf | ENT |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of HB1268 - CHERISH Our Commu | ENT |
| Wharton, Leslie | Elders Climate Action | FAV | HB1287 - CHERISH (PSC).pdf | ENT |
| Tucker, Walter | Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB1287 CHERISH Favorable Written 2026.pdf |
ENT |
| Waheed, Fatima | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT | |
| Cruz, Kobe | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287_Kobe Cruz_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Montufar, Nathaly | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287_Nathaly Montufar_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Lopez, Roberto | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287_Roberto Lopez_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Manzanares, Jaylyn | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287 _Jaylyn Manzanares_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Escobar, Cinthia | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287_Cinthia Escobar_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| De Leon Cabrera, Casandra | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287_Casandra De Leon Cabrera_Fav_CHERISH ACT.p | ENT |
| Gately, Ursula | Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | FAV | HB1287 CPSR Cherish Act Testimony.pdf | ENT |
| Alvarez, Carlos | MDLCV | FAV | HB1287 _Carlos Alvarez_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Martinez, Sandra | FAV | HB1287_Sandra Martinez_FAV_CHERISH.pdf | ENT | |
| Dieguez, Andy | FAV | HB1287_Andy Dieguez_Fav_CHERISH ACT .pdf | ENT | |
| Gonzalez, Clara | FAV | HB1287_Clara Gonzalez_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT | |
| Garofolo, John | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony John Garofolo Written Testimony for HB1287 and HB1 |
ENT | |
| McGilvray, Laurie | Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | HB1287_CHERISH PSC_E&T_CJW_FAV.pdf | ENT |
| Sliviak, Gregory | Rock Creek | FAV | cherish bill greg (003).pdf | ENT |
| Sliviak, Ruth | Rock Creek Neighborhood | FAV | HB Cherrish Sliviak Ruth.pdf | ENT |
| Hession, Melody | Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA | FAV | No Testimony | ENT |
| Volpitta, Alice | Blue Water Baltimore | FAV | No Testimony | ENT |
| Smith, Tim | Maryland Asphalt Association | UNF | HB 1287_MAA_UNF.pdf | ENT |
| Sakata, Michael | MTBMA | UNF | HB 1287_MTBMA_UNF.pdf | ENT |
| Smith, Virginia | IndivisibleHoCoMD | FAV | HB1287_IndivisibleHoCo_FAV_Smith.pdf | ENT |
| Miller, Susan | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT | |
| Singer, Elizabeth | Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County | FAV | HB1287_JCRC_Salganik.FAV.pdf | ENT |
| Habib, Iman | Progressive Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB1287_FAV_Iman_Habib.pdf |
ENT |
| Orozco, Andrea | Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa) | FAV | IPL-DMV FAV Testimony for HB 1287.pdf | ENT |
| Taylor, Tom | FAV | Written Testimony in Favor of HB1287 - Certificate | ENT | |
| Hunter, Casey | League of Women Voters of Maryland | FAV | LWVMD - HB 1287 - CHERISH (PSC).pdf | ENT |
| Bucic, Sarah | Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) | FAV | CHERISH_Maryland_2026 HB1287_CPCN.pdf | ENT |
| Sanchez, Carlos | FAV | HB1287 CHERISH Testimony - Support.pdf | ENT | |
| Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | FAV | HB 1287 - CBF - FAV.pdf | ENT |
| Cohn, Debbie | FAV | No Testimony | ENT | |
| Ostdahl, Maggie | National Aquarium | FAV | HB 1287 - National Aquarium - Support.pdf | ENT |
| Webster, Phil | Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis | FAV | HB 1287 CHERISH PSC - Support-Phil Webster-UULM-MD | ENT |
| Johnson III, Frederick | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT | |
| McPherson, Lydia | Maryland Department of Natural Resources | INFO | HB1287_DNR_LOI_ENT_3-13-26.pdf | ENT |
| Rehr, Rebecca | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Maryland LCV_FAV_HB 1287 CHERISH Act.docx.pdf |
ENT |
| Bartock, Laura | Maryland Climate Partners | FAV | HB1287 CHERISH Act (PSC) - Maryland Climate Partne | ENT |
| Agarin, Ufuoma | Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland | FAV | HB 1287- LBCMD 2026 Priority Support Letter (1).pd | ENT |
| Burke, Camille | Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities | FAV | CEJSC Letter of Support SB0780_HB1287.docx.pdf | ENT |
| Organization, HoCo Climate Action | HoCo Climate Action | FAV | HB1287– Certificate of Public Convenience and Nece | ENT |
| Rosenstein, Madeline | The Access to Justice Clinic (Environmental Policy Division) within the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics of the George Washington University Law School | FAV | 260311_Final_Formatted CHERISH Testimony.pdf | ENT |
| Brown, Jim | Audubon Mid-Atlantic | FAV | HB1287_ENT_CHERISH.Audubon.FAV.pdf | ENT |
| Aguilar, Jorge | Food & Water Watch | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony 2026 CHERISH Act HB1287_FAV_FWW.pdf |
ENT |
| Hegarty, Dawn | Myself | FAV | Dawn Hegarty Favorable Testimony HB1287 HB1268.pdf | ENT |
| Kranz, Rhonda | FAV | HB1287 CHERISH Act Favorable Kranz 3-13-26.pdf | ENT | |
| Kamita Gray, Karyn Sonu or | Brandywine | TB Southern Region Neighborhood Coalition / Executive Community Citizen's Board (ECCB) | FWA |
Virtual - Oral Testimony 13MAR26_HB1268_BrandywineHistory.pdf |
ENT |
| Labruto, Nicole | Johns Hopkins University | FAV | 2026-03-10 Labruto Heaney CHERISH Act Public Comme | ENT |
| Bergman, Steven | FAV | Bergman_HB1268_HB1287_Support.pdf | ENT | |
| Duckett-Randolph, Neka | Out 4 Justice | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB1287 - Fav Neka (1).pdf HB1287 CHERISH Fav - Angel Cook.pdf |
ENT |
| Aubourg, Matthew | On behalf of Johns Hopkins Environmental Health and Engineering Students and Postdocs | FAV | CHERISH House Sign-on Testimony_EHE Student Body.p | ENT |
| Pisanic, Nora | Johns Hopkins University | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT |
| Brown, Michael | FAV | HB1287Testimony.pdf | ENT | |
| Ibarra, Gabriela | Chispa | FAV | HB1287_Gabriela Ibarra_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT |
| Little, Kathryn | FAV | Written Testimony - HB1287.pdf | ENT | |
| Kunze, Jennifer | Clean Water Action | FAV |
HB1287 - 88 group sign on testimony - Favorable.pd
HB1287 Clean Water Action Favorable.pdf |
ENT |
| Held, Karl | FAV | HB1287_CHERISH PSC_E&T_CCMC_FAV.pdf | ENT | |
| Casteel, Rachel | Sentinels of Eastern Shore Health | FAV | Testimony Supporting HB1287.pdf | ENT |
| Allen, Hannah | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | INFO | HB 1287_MDCC_CPCN CHERISH Our Communities Act_INFO | ENT |
| Guttam, Rishit | Illuminate Maryland | FAV | No Testimony | ENT |
| pool, walkiria | Centro de Apoyo Familiar | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT |
| Molina, Paulina | FAV | HB1287_Paulina Molina_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | ENT | |
| Brocato, Deborah | UNF | No Testimony | ENT | |
| Stewart, Frances | Elders Climate Action Maryland | FAV | ECA testimony HB1287 - CHERISH (PSC).pdf | ENT |
| Ulman, Abigail | FAV | Abigail Ulman HB1287 Testimony.pdf | ENT | |
| White, Krystina | CEEJH INC | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
ENT |
| Hoon, Evelyn | FAV | EvelynHoon_HB1287_WrittenTestimony.pdf | ENT | |
| Lent, Michael | FAV | No Testimony | ENT | |
| Street, Debra | FAV | No Testimony | ENT | |
| Gross, Jada | Social Work Advocates for Social Change | FAV | HB1287 FAV Gross SWASC | ENT |
| Barve, Kumar | PSC | INFO | Letter of Information _ HB 1287 _PSC | ENT |
| Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 3-26-2026 at 154 PM | ENT |
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