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House debates building energy standards; attempts to exempt public safety buildings, grocery stores fail; waiver-access amendment adopted
Summary
Lawmakers debated amendments to a bill on building energy performance standards, rejecting exemptions for public safety buildings and grocery stores but adopting an amendment to make the waiver application accessible on the Maryland Department of Environment website.
The Maryland House of Delegates debated amendments to a building energy performance standards bill on March 14, as lawmakers considered exemptions and administrative fixes ahead of third reading.
Supporters of an amendment seeking to exempt public safety buildings and emergency storm shelters argued the change was needed for resiliency during major storms. “This amendment will do is to exempt public safety buildings and emergency storm shelters,” the delegate who offered the amendment said, adding the goal was to ensure government operations could continue during disasters.
The House’s floor leader urged rejection of that exemption. “I would urge the…
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