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House Environment and Transportation Committee approves study of greenhouse-gas costs in House Bill 128
Summary
The House Environment and Transportation Committee voted to pass House Bill 128 as amended, removing a proposed payment program and instead requiring a study of the assessed cost of greenhouse‑gas emissions to be reported to the General Assembly by Dec. 1, 2026.
The House Environment and Transportation Committee voted to pass House Bill 128 as amended, instructing the state comptroller, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and MDE, to produce a report to the General Assembly by Dec. 1, 2026, estimating the assessed costs of greenhouse‑gas emissions in the state.
The bill, commonly referred to in committee as the RENEW Act, had been amended in Economic Matters Committee and the committee adopted those same edits. As amended, the measure removes language that would have created a climate change adaptation and mitigation payment program and fund and replaces that proposal with a study requirement. The committee recorded six delegates in opposition when it voted to pass the bill as amended.
Under the amended language adopted in committee, the comptroller — working…
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