Committee Testimony and Witness Signup
SB0780 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - BURDEN Analysis (CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Education, Energy, and the Environment 3/3/2026 1:00:00 PM
As of: 5/1/2026 3:43:35 AM
| Name | Organization | Position | Testimony | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator Brooks, Senator Brooks | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
| Simon, Robert | Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home | FAV | SB 780_Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home_FAV. | EEE |
| Kinsey, Kathy | Mobilize Frederick | FAV | MF_SB 780:781_CHERISH Act.pdf | EEE |
| Arndt, Dave | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Miller, Susan | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
| Pearce, Alison | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB0780_CPCN_CHERISH_Act.pdf | EEE |
| Lefstein, Gita | FAV | Testimony on Senate Bill 0780.pdf | EEE | |
| Hinz, Andrew | FAV | SB780-781 Testimony - Andrew Hinz.pdf | EEE | |
| McGilvray, Laurie | Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB780_CHERISH PSC_EEE_CJW_FAV.pdf | EEE |
| Wilkinson, nanci | Climate Mobilization Montgomery County | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Greene, Susan | Nabbs/Stoney Creek resident | FAV | SB_780_781_2026_testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Tulkin, Josh | MD Sierra Club | FAV | sb780_mdsierraclub_fav-3mar2026_CHERISH-PSC.docx.p | EEE |
| Guilfoil, Mona | MD Third Act or Marylanders for Data Center Reform | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Girdner, Linnie | FAV | Testimony FOR SB0780 - LG.pdf | EEE | |
| Street, Debra | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Stewart, Frances | Elders Climate Action Maryland | FAV | ECA testimony SB0780 - CHERISH (PSC).pdf | EEE |
| Smith, Virginia | IndivisibleHoCoMD | FAV | SB0780_IndivisibleHoCo_FAV_Smith.pdf | EEE |
| Valdivia, Kathleen | St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church | FAV | Cherish Burden Analysis - SB780.docx.pdf | EEE |
| Bautista, Katie | FAV | SB780_Katie Bautista_FAV_CHERISH Act.pdf | EEE | |
| O'Brien, Laura | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Hunt, Kelly | Riviera Beach | FAV | kelly hunt testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Orellana, Marta | FAV | SB780_Marta Orellana_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE | |
| Elaine, Arndt | SELF | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Gasca, Veronica | FAV | SB780_Veronica Gasca_Fav_Cherish act.pdf | EEE | |
| Martinez, Sandra | FAV | SB780_Sandra Martinez_FAV_CHERISH.pdf | EEE | |
| Dieguez, Andy | FAV | SB780_Andy Dieguez_Fav_CHERISH ACT .pdf | EEE | |
| McCarthy, Angie | Nature Forward | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB 1287_CHERISH_Nature Forward__Fav Testimony.docx |
EEE |
| Singer, Elizabeth | Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County | FAV | SB0780:0781.EEE.CHERISH.pdf | EEE |
| Sliviak, Gregory | Rock Creek | FAV | cherish bill greg (003).pdf | EEE |
| Dievler, Anne | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Bucic, Sarah | Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) | FAV | CHERISH_Maryland_2026 SB0780_CPCN.pdf | EEE |
| Ostdahl, Maggie | National Aquarium | FAV | SB 780 - National Aquarium - Support.pdf | EEE |
| Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | FAV | SB0780_CHERISH_FAV_ClimateCC.pdf | EEE |
| Bartock, Laura | Maryland Climate Partners | FAV | SB780 CHERISH Act (PSC) - Maryland Climate Partner | EEE |
| Krieger, Betsy | Be the Change Bmore | FAV | Position.pdf | EEE |
| Sliviak, Ruth | Rock Creek Neighborhood | FAV | SB Cherrish Sliviak Ruth.pdf | EEE |
| Manzanares, Jaylyn | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Jaylyn Manzanares_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Cruz, Kobe | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Kobe Cruz_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Ibarra, Gabriela | Chispa | FAV | SB780_Gabriela Ibarra_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Smith, Tim | Maryland Asphalt Association | UNF | SB 780_MAA_UNF.pdf | EEE |
| Mauer, William | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Gately, Ursula | Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | FAV | SB0780 CPSR Cherish Act Testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Held, Karl | FAV | SB0780 – CHERISH Our Communities Act - PSC - EEE - | EEE | |
| Hession, Melody | Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Cano, Felicita | FAV | SB780_Felicita Cano_Fav_Cherish Act.pdf | EEE | |
| Johnson III, Frederick | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
| Gonzalez, Clara | FAV | SB780_Clara Gonzalez_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE | |
| Webster, Phil | Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis | FAV | SB 780 CHERISH PSC - Support-Phil Webster-UULM-MD. | EEE |
| Novey, Joelle | Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA) | FAV | IPL-DMV FAV Testimony for SB 780.pdf | EEE |
| Brown, Jim | Audubon Mid-Atlantic | FAV | SB780_EEE_CHERISH.Audubon.FAV.pdf | EEE |
| Hegarty, Dawn | Myself | FAV | Dawn Hegarty Testimony Support SB0780 SB0781.pdf | EEE |
| Sakata, Michael | MTBMA | UNF | SB 780_MTBMA_UNF.pdf | EEE |
| Wang, Michelle | FAV | SB0780_Testimony in Support_17FPJ.pdf | EEE | |
| Feighner, Liz | Liz Feighner, self | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Lopez, Roberto | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Roberto Lopez_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| De Leon Cabrera, Casandra | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Casandra De Leon Cabrera_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pd | EEE |
| Escobar, Cinthia | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Cinthia Escobar_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Alvarez, Carlos | MDLCV | FAV | SB780 _Carlos Alvarez_Fav_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Burke, Camille | Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities | FAV | CEJSC Letter of Support SB0780_HB1287.docx.pdf | EEE |
| Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | FAV | SB 780 - CBF - FAV.pdf | EEE |
| Montufar, Nathaly | MDLCV | FAV | SB780_Nathaly Montufar_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of SB0780 - CHERISH Our Commu | EEE |
| Wainwright, Tamie | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Aguilar, Jorge | Food & Water Watch | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony 2026 CHERISH Act SB780:HB1287_FAV_FWW.pdf |
EEE |
| Hunter, Casey | League of Women Voters of Maryland | FAV | LWVMD - SB 780 - CHERISH (PSC).pdf | EEE |
| Sanchez, Carlos | FAV | SB0780 CHERISH Testimony - Support.pdf | EEE | |
| Habib, Iman | Progressive Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB0780_FAV_Iman_Habib.pdf |
EEE |
| Baker, Brittany | Chesapeake Climate Action Network | FAV | SB0780_Fav_CCANAF.pdf | EEE |
| Campbell, Shashawnda | South Baltimore Community Land Trust | FAV |
SBCLT ORG Testimony in Support of SB0781 & SB0780
Shashawnda Campbell Testimony.pdf |
EEE |
| Rehr, Rebecca | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Maryland LCV_FAV_SB 780 CHERISH Act.pdf |
EEE |
| Chandar, Subha | FAV | CEHPAC_Senate Bill 780_ House Bill 1287_LetterofSu | EEE | |
| pool, walkiria | Centro de Apoyo Familiar | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
| Amalphy, Madeline | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Molina, Paulina | FAV | SB780_Paulina Molina_FAV_CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE | |
| Alvarenga, Jose | FAV | CHERISH Act 2026 Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Kranz, Rhonda | FAV | SB0780 CHERISH Act Favorable Kranz 3-3-26.pdf | EEE | |
| Varma, Nikhil | FAV | Varma_Written Testimony for SB0780 and SB0781.pdf | EEE | |
| McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Smith, Justin | FAV | Justin Smith CHERISH Our Communities Act 2026 Writ | EEE | |
| Allen, Hannah | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | INFO | SB 780_MDCC_CPCN CHERISH Our Communities Act_INFO. | EEE |
| N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland | Healthy Climate Maryland | FAV | DRAFT SB 780- CHERISH our Communities 2026 Testimo | EEE |
| Garofolo, John | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony John Garofolo Written Testimony for SB0780 and SB0 |
EEE | |
| Bogdan, Henry | Maryland Nonprofits | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Duckett-Randolph, Neka | Out 4 Justice | FAV | SB780 - Fav Neka.pdf | EEE |
| Laurens, Matthew | Matthew Laurens | FAV | Laurens Senate Bills 0780 and 0781.pdf | EEE |
| Brooks, Benjamin | Maryland State Senate | FAV | SB780_BrooksB.pdf | EEE |
| Dunning, Bryan | Center for Progressive Reform | FAV | SB7080 CHERISH PSC.pdf | EEE |
| Aubourg, Matthew | On behalf of Johns Hopkins Environmental Health and Engineering Students and Postdocs | FAV | CHERISH Senate Testimony_MAA+BS.pdf | EEE |
| Casteel, Rachel | Sentinels of Eastern Shore Health | FAV | Testimony Supporting SB0780.pdf | EEE |
| Hoon, Evelyn | FAV | EvelynHoon_SB0780_WrittenTestimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Middleton, Michael | SB7 Coalition | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Barve, Barve | MD PSC | INFO | SB 780_Information_PSC.pdf | EEE |
| Little, Kathryn | FAV | Written Testimony - SB0780.pdf | EEE | |
| McPherson, Lydia | Maryland Department of Natural Resources | INFO | SB0780_DNR_LOI_EEE_3-3-26.pdf | EEE |
| Schoppert Devereux, Christina | Community Law Center, Inc. | FAV | 0780.pdf | EEE |
| Kunze, Jennifer | Clean Water Action | FAV |
SB0780 CHERISH Our Communities Act 84 organization
SB0780 Clean Water Action Favorable.pdf |
EEE |
| Wilson, Sacoby | CEEJH INC | FWA |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
| Agarin, Ufuoma O. | Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland | FAV | Sb 780 | EEE |
| Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 3-3-2026 at 1050 AM | EEE |
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