Delegate Grammer asks committee to repeal state eminent-domain authority in Property Rights Protection Act

Delegate Robin Grammer presented House Bill 15-50, the Property Rights Protection Act, telling the committee the bill would repeal state authority to condemn private property. Grammer argued that recent energy policies and regional transmission siting have increased the risk of property takings and that Marylanders deserve stronger protections for long‑held family property.

The sponsor framed the bill as a broad protection for landowners in the face of perceived policy driven energy infrastructure expansion; there were no questions or opposition witnesses recorded at the hearing and the chair closed the bill hearing. The proposal would represent a substantial change in state‑level eminent‑domain authority if advanced further in the legislative process.

No technical analyses or fiscal notes were discussed in the hearing transcript.