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Failed in legislature HB 701 Clean Air Quiet Communities Act — died in committee No statewide ban in force. Del. Linda Foley (D-Montgomery) has sponsored enabling bills across four sessions (HB 934 2022, HB 399 2023, HB 1240 2024, HB 701 "Clean Air Quiet Communities Act" 2025) — all died in committee. Reintroduced in 2026 and still pending. Regulation happens at the county / municipal level, anchored by Montgomery County's Bill 18-22 (countywide year-round use ban, full effective July 1, 2025) and Baltimore City's Bill 23-0367 (full year-round ban begins December 16, 2026).
Research & citations
- The Movement to 'Make America Rake Again' — Reasons to be Cheerful
— Reasons to be Cheerful, 2024-01-18
Hannah Wallace profiles the national push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, opening with Quiet Clean PDX co-chair Michael Hall (Portland, OR) and noting more than 100 US cities have enacted bans alongside 45+ Quiet Clean Alliance member groups. Calls Washington D.C.'s 2022 phase-out the "gold standard" — three-year ramp-up, citizen-affidavit enforcement via DLCP, fines up to $500. Surveys California's CARB AB-1346 zero-emission rule (effective Jan 2024) plus the state's $30M CORE voucher program; cites bans in Burlington VT, Evanston IL, Oakland, Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara, and Montgomery County MD; flags rebate/discount programs in Colorado (30% statewide point-of-sale discount, eff. Jan 2024) and Dallas. Quotes Seagraves Landscaping (West Linn, OR — a Lake Oswego Parks contractor) on crews preferring electric blowers. Closes by linking the movement to the Xerces Society's Leave the Leaves campaign.
- HB 701 — Maryland General Assembly
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