Committee Testimony and Witness Signup
SB0978 - Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Education, Energy, and the Environment 2/25/2025 1:00:00 PM
As of: 5/9/2025 10:24:49 AM
Name | Organization | Position | Testimony | Committee |
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Senator Lam, Senator Lam | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
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Cheng, Joyce | Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | FAV | Cherish Act Testimony 2025.pdf | EEE |
Gilden, Robyn | Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments | FAV | Gilden_CHERISH Act_support.pdf | EEE |
Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB0978_CHERISH_Act_MLC_FAV.pdf | EEE |
Bassett, Elle | Arundel Rivers Federation | FAV | Arundel Rivers FAV SB978 CHERISH.pdf | EEE |
Arndt, Dave | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
pool, walkiria | Centro de Apoyo Familiar | FAV | CAF- Testimony CHERISH ACT.pdf | EEE |
Simon, Robert | Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home | FAV | SB 978_Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home_FAV. | EEE |
Mitchell, Lillian | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Monteverde, Jay | Namati | FAV | 2025.2.21 Jay Monteverde Testimony for SB978 CHERI | EEE |
Vonderhorst, Jo | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony CHERISH Act Written Testimony SB978.pdf |
EEE | |
Bartolomeo, Kathleen | GCAN, MCRT | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | FAV | SB0978_CHERISH_FAV_ClimateCC.pdf | EEE |
Bucic, Sarah | Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony CHERISH Maryland ANHE Support SB978 (2).pdf |
EEE |
McCarthy, Angie | Nature Forward | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB0973_CHERISH Act Testimony.pdf |
EEE |
Fox, Mary | Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute | FAV | SB978_Risk Institute_final.pdf | EEE |
Gonzalez, Adriana | FAV | CHERISH Testimony Adriana Gonzalez .pdf | EEE | |
Kranz, Rhonda | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Johnson, Jeffrey | FAV | Cherish Act Testimony jvjohnson pdf.pdf | EEE | |
Exum, Natalie | Johns Hopkins University | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Exum Testimony Supporting SB0978.pdf |
EEE |
Magos Gonzalez, Eliseo | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | FAV | CHERISH Testimony Katie Bautista .pdf | EEE |
Reyna, Ingris | FAV | CHERISH Testimony Ingris Reyna .pdf | EEE | |
Orellana, Marta | FAV | 2025 CHERIS Testimony Marta Orellana .pdf | EEE | |
Middleton, Grayson | Delmarva Chicken Association | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB 978 - CHERISH Our Communities Act - Oppose.pdf |
EEE |
Gasca, Veronica | FAV | CHERISH testimony Veronica Gasca .pdf | EEE | |
Stewart, Frances | Elders Climate Action Maryland | FAV | ECA Testimony on SB0978 CHERISH.pdf | EEE |
Street, Debra | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Sharp, Elizabeth | FAV | Elizabeth Sharp Testimony Supporting SB0978.pdf | EEE | |
Cook, Kristin | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Kamita Gray, Karyn Sonu or | Brandywine | TB Southern Region Neighborhood Coalition / Executive Community Citizen's Board (ECCB) | UNF |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Wills-Karp, Marsha | Johns Hopkins University | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB0978-WIlls-Karp Testimony.pdf |
EEE |
Kickenson, Jerry | FAV | Testimony in favor of SB978.pdf | EEE | |
Gross, Kenneth | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
Porter, Phylicia | Baltimore City Council District 10 | FAV | SB0978 CHERISH Our Communities Act.pdf | EEE |
Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of SB0978 - Environmental Per | EEE |
Zelaya, Michelle | Maryland Catholic Conference | FAV | Maryland Catholic Conference_FAVSB978_.pdf | EEE |
Snyder, Abigail | Baltimore Jewish Council | FAV | SB978 - CHERISH Act - Testimony.pdf | EEE |
McKay, Jill | Chesapeake Earth Holder Community | FAV | Cherish Act Testimony - Margaretta McKay.pdf | EEE |
O’Mara Vignarajah, Krish | Krish O’Mara Vignarajah | FAV | SB978 CHERISH Act EJ Table Written Testimony.pdf | EEE |
Ostdahl, Maggie | National Aquarium | FAV | SB 978 - National Aquarium - Support .pdf | EEE |
Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | FAV | SB 978 - CBF - FAV.pdf | EEE |
Webster, Phil | Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis | FAV | SB 978 CHERISH - Support - Phil Webster - UULM-MD. | EEE |
Smith, Virginia | Indivisible HoCo Maryland | FAV | SB0978_IndivisibleHoCo_FAV.pdf | EEE |
Sakata, Michael | MTBMA | UNF | SB 978_MTBMA_UNF.pdf | EEE |
Rehr, Rebecca | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SUPPORT - SB 978 - Maryland LCV - CHERISH Our Comm |
EEE |
Smith, Tim | Maryland Asphalt Association | UNF | SB 978_MAA_UNF.pdf | EEE |
Brown, Jim | Audubon Mid-Atlantic | FAV | SB978CHERISH.Audubon.FAVdocx.pdf | EEE |
Ochsenhirt, Lisa | Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies | UNF | MAMWA Ltr SB 978 2.21.25.pdf | EEE |
Held, Karl | FAV | SB0978_CHERISH Act_Testimony_EEE_FAV.pdf | EEE | |
McGilvray, Laurie | Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB978_CHERISH Act_EEE_CJW FAV.pdf | EEE |
Hough, Tyler | Maryland Farm Bureau | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony MDFB - Opposition - SB978 CHERISH Act.pdf |
EEE |
Andelsman, Alex | Maryland Building Industry Association | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Shriner, Mariah | Sierra Club Maryland Chapter | FAV | SB0978_MDSierraClub_fav_25February2025.pdf | EEE |
McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | FAV | sb978- environmental impact and justice EEE 2-25-2 | EEE |
Roberts, Brother Ryan | Sisters of Mercy of the Americas | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
Heaney, Christopher | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Coronado Flores, Jose | CASA | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB978 -- CASA Written FAV Testimony.pdf |
EEE |
Orozco, Andrea | Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa) | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony IPL-DMV FAV Testimony for SB 978.pdf |
EEE |
Aubourg, Matthew | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland | Healthy Climate Maryland | FAV | SB978- Support- Healthy Climate Maryland 2025 Test | EEE |
Graf, Lori | Maryland Building Industry Association | UNF | MBIA Letter of Opposition SB 978.pdf | EEE |
Huber, Michael | Johns Hopkins University & Medicine | FAV | SB978 - Hopkins - Support.pdf | EEE |
Smith, Noble | CEJSC | FAV | CEJSC LOI Senate Bill 978 (1).pdf | EEE |
Alvarenga, Jose | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Rintelmann, Rachel | Earthjustice | FAV | CHERISH Act Testimony.pdf | EEE |
Gutierrez, Vilma | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Jones, David | CCBA | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony Supporting SB0978.pdf |
EEE |
Flores, Maynor | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Middleton, Michael | SB7 Coalition | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Mike Middleton Favorable SB0978.pdf |
EEE |
Fitzgerald, Terrence | Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | FAV | Testimony SB 978 TTF.pdf | EEE |
Thompson, Tiffany | Community of Curtis Bay Association | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony Tiffany Thompson Prioritize SB0978.pdf |
EEE |
DuBois, Gwen | Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | FAV | SB978Cherish.pdf | EEE |
Sawtell, Greg | Community of Curtis Bay Association | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Rule, Ana | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Feighner, Liz | HoCo Climate Action | FAV | SB0978_FAV_CHERISH_EEE_HoCoCA.pdf | EEE |
Shaneyfelt, Angela | Community of Curtis Bay Association | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
Feighner, Liz | Liz Feighner, self | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
Sanchez, Carlos | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony CHERISH Testimony.pdf |
EEE | |
Smith, Genee | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
Putcha, Nirupama | Johns Hopkins University | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony SB978CHERISHWrittenTestimony_Putcha.pdf |
EEE |
Vetter, Drew | UNF | SB0978_UNF_NWRA_Env. Permits - Req. Pub. Participa | EEE | |
Bartock, Laura | Maryland Climate Partners | FAV | SB978 CHERISH Act - Maryland Climate Partners Writ | EEE |
Taylor, Tom | FAV | CHERISH-Act-SB0978-Support Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
Benko, Brian | Smith Industries, Inc. | UNF | SB0978_CHERISH ACT_UNF.pdf | EEE |
Kunze, Jennifer | Clean Water Action | FAV |
SB978 38 Organizations Favorable.pdf
SB978 Clean Water Action Favorable.pdf |
EEE |
Koehler, Kirsten | FAV | SB0978_OccHealth.pdf | EEE | |
Middleton, Michael | SB7 Coalition | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony Supporting SB0978.pdf |
EEE |
Singer, Elizabeth | Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County | FAV | CHERISH_EEE_FAV_Singer.pdf | EEE |
Garofolo, John | FAV | 2025 SB 978 Written Testimony for hearing - John G | EEE | |
Lang, Alan | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
Habib, Iman | Progressive Maryland | FAV | SB0978_ProgressiveMaryland_FAV.pdf | EEE |
Waheed, Fatima | FWA |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
Johnson III, Frederick | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
Duckett-Randolph, Neka | Out 4 Justice | FAV | CHERISH Act Testimony.pdf | EEE |
Ballentine, Tom | NAIOP Maryland | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB 978 - Environmental Permits - Impact Burden Ana |
EEE |
Ateto, Philip | FAV | SB0978TestimonyAteto.pdf | EEE | |
Sharif, Humna | The Nature Conservancy | FAV | SB 978 CHERISH Act 2025 (The Nature Conservancy-Fa | EEE |
Gallagher, Patrice | FAV | No Testimony | EEE | |
Little, Kathryn | FAV | SB0978_Little_FAV.pdf | EEE | |
Baker, Jeremy | MDE | INFO | Informational Written Testimony | EEE |
Buster, Zack | Environmental Justice Maryland | FAV | SB 978 | EEE |
Gray, Kamita | Brandywine TB Southern Region Neighborhood Coalition | UNF | SB 978 | EEE |
Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 2-27-2025 at 903 AM | EEE |
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