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Maryland House Bill HB806

Maryland 2022 Regular Session

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77 HOUSE BILL 806
88 P2, M3 2lr2003
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1010 By: Delegates Stein and Barve
1111 Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2022
1212 Assigned to: Appropriations
1313
1414 A BILL ENTITLED
1515
1616 AN ACT concerning 1
1717
1818 Building Standards and Emissions Reductions – High Performance, State, and 2
1919 Local Government Buildings, State Operations, and Eligible Projects 3
2020
2121 FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “high performance building” to include certain 4
2222 schools and public safety buildings and require that the buildings meet certain 5
2323 building standards; requiring the Department of General Services to establish a 6
2424 maximum acceptable global warming potential for certain categories of eligible 7
2525 materials used in certain eligible projects; requiring a unit of State government to 8
2626 specify the eligible materials that will be used in an eligible project in the solicitation 9
2727 for an eligible project; requiring a successful bidder or offeror of an eligible project to 10
2828 submit certain information about each eligible material proposed to be used in an 11
2929 eligible project; prohibiting a contractor from installing any eligible materials on an 12
3030 eligible project until the contractor submits the required information for the eligible 13
3131 material; requiring that certain State and local government buildings be in 14
3232 compliance with a certain all–electric construction code and building emissions 15
3333 standard; requiring certain State and local government buildings to achieve a certain 16
3434 greenhouse gas direct emissions reduction and net–zero greenhouse gas direct 17
3535 emissions from buildings on or before certain dates; requiring the Department to 18
3636 develop and make available to the public an interagency climate action plan for 19
3737 achieving certain emissions reductions from all State operations; and generally 20
3838 relating to building standards and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the State. 21
3939
4040 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 22
4141 Article – State Finance and Procurement 23
4242 Section 3–602.1(a) 24
4343 Annotated Code of Maryland 25
4444 (2021 Replacement Volume) 26
4545
4646 BY adding to 27
4747 Article – State Finance and Procurement 28 2 HOUSE BILL 806
4848
4949
5050 Section 3–602.3; and 4–901 through 4–905 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. 1
5151 Buy Clean Maryland Act” 2
5252 Annotated Code of Maryland 3
5353 (2021 Replacement Volume) 4
5454
5555 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
5656 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6
5757
5858 Article – State Finance and Procurement 7
5959
6060 3–602.1. 8
6161
6262 (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 9
6363
6464 (2) “High performance building” means a building that: 10
6565
6666 (i) 1. A. [meets or exceeds the current] ACHIEVES AT 11
6767 LEAST A SILVER RATING ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT version of the U.S. Green 12
6868 Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green 13
6969 Building Rating System [Silver rating]; OR 14
7070
7171 B. IS A SCHOOL OR PUBLI C SAFETY BUILDING THAT 15
7272 ACHIEVES AT LEAST A CERTIFIED RATING ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT 16
7373 VERSION OF THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL’S LEED GREEN BUILDING 17
7474 RATING SYSTEM AND, BASED ON THE BUILDIN G’S LOCATION, ACHIEVES 5 POINTS 18
7575 OR FEWER IN THE COMB INED CREDITS FOR ACC ESS TO QUALITY TRANSIT AND 19
7676 SURROUNDING DENSITY AND DIVERSE USES ; 20
7777
7878 [(ii)] 2. Achieves at least a comparable numeric rating according 21
7979 to a nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate numeric sustainable development 22
8080 rating system, guideline, or standard approved by the Secretaries of Budget and 23
8181 Management and General Services; or 24
8282
8383 [(iii)] 3. Complies with a nationally recognized and accepted green 25
8484 building code, guideline, or standard reviewed and recommended by the Maryland Green 26
8585 Building Council and approved by the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General 27
8686 Services; AND 28
8787
8888 (II) 1. MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS 29
8989 FOR CERTIFICATION UN DER THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL’S LEED 30
9090 (LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN) ZERO ENERGY 31
9191 PROGRAM; OR 32
9292
9393 2. ACHIEVES A NET –ZERO ENERGY BALANCE IN 33
9494 ACCORDANCE WITH STAN DARDS OR GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED BY THE 34 HOUSE BILL 806 3
9595
9696
9797 MARYLAND GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF 1
9898 BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES. 2
9999
100100 (3) “Major renovation” means the renovation of a building where: 3
101101
102102 (i) the building shell is to be reused for the new construction; 4
103103
104104 (ii) the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical, 5
105105 and plumbing systems are to be replaced; and 6
106106
107107 (iii) the scope of the renovation is 7,500 square feet or greater. 7
108108
109109 SUBTITLE 9. BUY CLEAN MARYLAND ACT. 8
110110
111111 4–901. 9
112112
113113 (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 10
114114 INDICATED. 11
115115
116116 (B) “ELIGIBLE MATERIAL ” MEANS ANY OF THE FOL LOWING MATERIALS 12
117117 USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CA PITAL PROJECT : 13
118118
119119 (1) CEMENT AND CONCRETE MIXTURES; 14
120120
121121 (2) GLASS; 15
122122
123123 (3) POSTTENSION STEEL ; 16
124124
125125 (4) REINFORCING STEEL ; 17
126126
127127 (5) STRUCTURAL STEEL ; AND 18
128128
129129 (6) WOOD STRUCTURAL ELEM ENTS. 19
130130
131131 (C) (1) “ELIGIBLE PROJECT ” MEANS A CAPITAL PROJ ECT UNDER § 3–602 20
132132 OF THIS ARTICLE. 21
133133
134134 (2) “ELIGIBLE PROJECT ” DOES NOT INCLUDE : 22
135135
136136 (I) ANY MAINTENANCE PROG RAM FOR THE UPKEEP O F A 23
137137 CAPITAL PROJECT ; 24
138138
139139 (II) ANY ROAD OR HIGHWAY PROJECT; OR 25
140140 4 HOUSE BILL 806
141141
142142
143143 (III) A CAPITAL PROJECT AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL , AS DEFINED IN § 1
144144 1–101 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE. 2
145145
146146 (D) “GLOBAL WARMING POTENT IAL” MEANS THE DEGREE THA T A GIVEN 3
147147 MASS OF A CHEMICAL C ONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING OVER A GIVEN TIME 4
148148 PERIOD WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME MASS OF CARBON DIOXIDE . 5
149149
150150 (E) “GREENHOUSE GAS ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 2–1202 OF THE 6
151151 ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE. 7
152152
153153 4–902. 8
154154
155155 IN ADMINISTERING THIS SUBTITLE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL STRI VE TO 9
156156 ACHIEVE A CONTINUOUS REDUCTION OF GREENHO USE GAS EMISSIONS OV ER TIME. 10
157157
158158 4–903. 11
159159
160160 (A) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2024, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH 12
161161 A MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE GLOBAL WARMING POTEN TIAL FOR EACH CATEGO RY OF 13
162162 ELIGIBLE MATERIALS U SED IN AN ELIGIBLE P ROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS 14
163163 SECTION. 15
164164
165165 (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 16
166166
167167 (1) BASE THE MAXIMUM ACC EPTABLE GLOBAL WARMI NG POTENTIAL 17
168168 ON THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE OF GLOB AL WARMING POTENTIAL EMISSIONS FOR THAT 18
169169 MATERIAL; 19
170170
171171 (2) DETERMINE THE INDUST RY AVERAGE OF GLOBAL WARMING 20
172172 POTENTIAL EMISSIONS , WHICH MAY INCLUDE TR ANSPORTATION –RELATED 21
173173 EMISSIONS, BY CONSULTING NATION ALLY OR INTERNATIONA LLY RECOGNIZED 22
174174 DATABASES OF ENVIRONM ENTAL PRODUCT DECLAR ATIONS; AND 23
175175
176176 (3) EXPRESS THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE GLOBAL WA RMING 24
177177 POTENTIAL AS A NUMBE R THAT STATES THE MA XIMUM ACCEPTABLE GLO BAL 25
178178 WARMING POTENTIAL FO R EACH CATEGORY OF E LIGIBLE MATERIALS , CONSISTENT 26
179179 WITH CRITERIA IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRO DUCT DECLARATION . 27
180180
181181 (C) THE DEPARTMENT MAY : 28
182182
183183 (1) ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL SUBCATEGORIES WITHIN EACH 29
184184 CATEGORY OF ELIGIBLE MATERIALS WITH DISTINCT MAXIMU M ACCEPTABLE 30
185185 GLOBAL WARMING POTEN TIAL LIMITS; 31 HOUSE BILL 806 5
186186
187187
188188
189189 (2) ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE GL OBAL WARMING 1
190190 POTENTIAL FOR EACH M ATERIAL CATEGORY IN THE AGGREGATE ; AND 2
191191
192192 (3) CONSULT WITH ANY OTH ER RELEVANT UNIT OF STATE 3
193193 GOVERNMENT WHEN ESTA BLISHING A MAXIMUM A CCEPTABLE GLOBAL WAR MING 4
194194 POTENTIAL FOR EACH C ATEGORY OF ELIGIBLE MATERIALS USED IN AN ELIGIBLE 5
195195 PROJECT. 6
196196
197197 (D) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , BY JANUARY 7
198198 1, 2027, AND EVERY 3 YEARS THEREAFTER , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVI EW THE 8
199199 MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE G LOBAL WARMING POTENT IAL FOR EACH CATEGOR Y OF 9
200200 ELIGIBLE MATERIALS A ND MAY ADJUST THE PO TENTIAL FOR ANY CATE GORY TO 10
201201 REFLECT INDUSTRY CON DITIONS. 11
202202
203203 (2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT AD JUST THE GLOBAL WARM ING 12
204204 POTENTIAL UPWARD FOR ANY CATEGORY OF ELIG IBLE MATERIAL. 13
205205
206206 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 14
207207 as follows: 15
208208
209209 Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
210210
211211 4–904. 17
212212
213213 (A) (1) FOR ANY SOLICITATION FOR A CONTRACT FOR A N ELIGIBLE 18
214214 PROJECT, A UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT SHAL L SPECIFY THE ELIGIB LE 19
215215 MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE PROJE CT AND THE REASONABL E MINIMUM 20
216216 USAGE THRESHO LDS BELOW WHICH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT 21
217217 APPLY. 22
218218
219219 (2) A UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT MAY INCLUDE IN A SOLICIT ATION 23
220220 FOR AN ELIGIBLE PROJ ECT A GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL FOR ANY EL IGIBLE 24
221221 MATERIAL THAT IS LOW ER THAN THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE GLOBAL WA RMING 25
222222 POTENTIAL FOR THAT M ATERIAL AS DETERMINE D UNDER § 4–903 OF THIS 26
223223 SUBTITLE. 27
224224
225225 (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQU IRE A SUCCESSFUL BID DER OR 28
226226 OFFEROR OF AN ELIGIB LE PROJECT TO SUBMIT , FOR EACH ELIGIBLE MA TERIAL 29
227227 PROPOSED TO BE USED IN THE ELIGIBLE PROJ ECT: 30
228228
229229 (1) A CURRENT ENVIRONMEN TAL PRODUCT DECLARAT ION, TYPE III, 31
230230 AS DEFINED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION 32
231231 STANDARD 14025; OR 33 6 HOUSE BILL 806
232232
233233
234234
235235 (2) A SIMILARLY ROBUST L IFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT METHOD THAT 1
236236 INCLUDES UNIFORM STA NDARDS IN DATA COLLE CTION. 2
237237
238238 (C) A CONTRACTOR MAY NOT I NSTALL ANY ELIGIBLE MATERIALS ON THE 3
239239 ELIGIBLE PROJECT UNT IL THE CONTRACTOR SU BMITS A FACILITY –SPECIFIC 4
240240 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUC T DECLARATION FOR TH AT ELIGIBLE MATERIAL AS 5
241241 REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 6
242242
243243 (D) IF AN ENVIRONMEN TAL PRODUCT DECLARAT ION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 7
244244 AN ELIGIBLE MATERIAL , THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE UNIT AND USE AN 8
245245 ALTERNATIVE ELIGIBLE MATERIAL WITH AN ENV IRONMENTAL PRODUCT 9
246246 DECLARATION . 10
247247
248248 (E) THE DEPARTMENT MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 11
249249 IF IT DETERMINES THAT R EQUIRING THE RELEVAN T ELIGIBLE MATERIALS WOULD: 12
250250
251251 (1) BE TECHNICALLY INFEA SIBLE; 13
252252
253253 (2) RESULT IN A SIGNIFIC ANT INCREASE IN PROJ ECT COST; 14
254254
255255 (3) RESULT IN A SIGNIFIC ANT DELAY IN PROJECT COMPLETION ; OR 15
256256
257257 (4) RESULT IN ONLY ONE S OURCE OR MANUFACTURER BEIN G ABLE 16
258258 TO PROVIDE THE NECES SARY MATERIALS . 17
259259
260260 4–905. 18
261261
262262 (A) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2024, AND EACH YEAR THEREA FTER, THE 19
263263 DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBM IT AN ANNUAL REPORT , IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 20
264264 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT 21
265265 INCLUDES: 22
266266
267267 (1) WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS LEARNE D ABOUT HOW TO IDENT IFY 23
268268 AND QUANTIFY EMBODIE D CARBON IN BUILDING MATERIALS, INCLUDING LIFE 24
269269 CYCLE COSTS; AND 25
270270
271271 (2) ANY OBSTACLES THE DEPARTMENT , BIDDERS, OR OFFERORS 26
272272 HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING E MBODIED CARBON IN 27
273273 BUILDING MATERIALS . 28
274274
275275 (B) THE REPORT SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2024, SHALL 29
276276 INCLUDE A DESCRIPTIO N OF THE METHOD THAT THE DEPARTMENT USED TO 30 HOUSE BILL 806 7
277277
278278
279279 DEVELOP THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE GLOBAL WA RMING POTENTIAL FOR EACH 1
280280 CATEGORY OF ELIGIBLE MATE RIALS. 2
281281
282282 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 3
283283 as follows: 4
284284
285285 Article – State Finance and Procurement 5
286286
287287 3–602.3. 6
288288
289289 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 7
290290 INDICATED. 8
291291
292292 (2) (I) “COVERED BUILDING” MEANS: 9
293293
294294 1. A STATE BUILDING; AND 10
295295
296296 2. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT B UILDING FOR WHICH AT 11
297297 LEAST 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE PROVIDED B Y THE STATE. 12
298298
299299 (II) “COVERED BUILDING ” DOES NOT INCLUDE A SCHOOL. 13
300300
301301 (3) “SCOPE 1 EMISSIONS” MEANS DIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS 14
302302 EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES CONTROLLED O R OWNED BY AN ENTITY . 15
303303
304304 (4) “SCOPE 2 EMISSIONS” MEANS INDIRECT GREEN HOUSE GAS 16
305305 EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY , STEAM, HEAT, OR 17
306306 COOLING. 18
307307
308308 (B) ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION OF COVERED BUILDING S SHALL COMPLY WITH 19
309309 AN ALL–ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTIO N CODE FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL 20
310310 BUILDINGS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S BUILDING CODES 21
311311 ADMINISTRATION . 22
312312
313313 (C) EACH COVERED BUILDING WIT H A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 25,000 23
314314 SQUARE FEET OR MORE , INCLUDING BOTH EXIST ING BUILDINGS AND NE W 24
315315 CONSTRUCTION , SHALL: 25
316316
317317 (1) BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025, BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH A 26
318318 BUILDING EMISSIONS S TANDARD ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 27
319319 ENVIRONMENT ; 28
320320
321321 (2) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2030, ACHIEVE A 50% REDUCTION IN 29
322322 NET GREENHOUSE GAS DIRECT EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS FROM : 30 8 HOUSE BILL 806
323323
324324
325325
326326 (I) 2025 LEVELS; OR 1
327327
328328 (II) AN ALTERNATIVE BASEL INE OF NOT EARLIER THAN 2020 IF 2
329329 AUTHORIZED UNDER THE BUILDING EMISSIONS S TANDARD ESTABLISHED BY THE 3
330330 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ; AND 4
331331
332332 (3) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2035, ACHIEVE NET –ZERO 5
333333 GREENHOUSE GAS DIRECT EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS . 6
334334
335335 (D) (1) BEGINNING IN 2023, ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 EACH YEAR, THE 7
336336 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REPORT TO THE GENERAL 8
337337 ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 9
338338 ON THE STATUS OF GRE ENHOUSE GAS EMISSION S FOR ALL STATE OPERATIONS, 10
339339 INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND. 11
340340
341341 (2) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2025, THE DEPARTME NT OF 12
342342 GENERAL SERVICES SHALL DEVELO P AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AN 13
343343 INTERAGENCY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR ACHIEVING NET –ZERO SCOPE 1 AND 14
344344 SCOPE 2 EMISSIONS FROM ALL STATE OPERATIONS , INCLUDING STATE–FUNDED 15
345345 OPERATIONS AND THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND. 16
346346
347347 SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before December 1, 17
348348 2022, the Maryland Green Building Council shall: 18
349349
350350 (1) seek input from community and industry stakeholders on 19
351351 recommendations to implement the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, including: 20
352352
353353 (i) architects; 21
354354
355355 (ii) civil engineers; 22
356356
357357 (iii) environmental scientists; 23
358358
359359 (iv) institutions of higher education in the State; 24
360360
361361 (v) materials manufacturers; and 25
362362
363363 (vi) State contractors; and 26
364364
365365 (2) report the recommendations to the General Assembly, in accordance 27
366366 with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article. 28
367367
368368 SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall take 29
369369 effect July 1, 2024. 30 HOUSE BILL 806 9
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371371
372372
373373 SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act shall take 1
374374 effect October 1, 2022, contingent on the taking effect of Chapter ____ (S.B. ____/H.B. 2
375375 ____)(2lr1975) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022, and if Chapter ____ (S.B. 3
376376 ____/H.B. ____)(2lr1975) does not become effective, Section 3 of this Act, with no further 4
377377 action required by the General Assembly, shall be null and void. 5
378378
379379 SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , except as provided in 6
380380 Sections 5 and 6 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 7