HB-2017: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Thierry
Read First Time on 03/15/2021
You have voted HB-2017: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies..
HB-1956: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gina Hinojosa
Read First Time on 03/15/2021
You have voted HB-1956: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies..
HB-1949: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jasmine Crockett
Read First Time on 03/15/2021
You have voted HB-1949: Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies..
SB-677: Relating to the administration of seed and plant certification in this state by the State Seed and Plant Certification Council and the Texas Crop Improvement Association.
Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer
Read First Time on 03/11/2021
You have voted SB-677: Relating to the administration of seed and plant certification in this state by the State Seed and Plant Certification Council and the Texas Crop Improvement Association..
HB-1733: Relating to insurance premium tax credits for investments supporting agriculture and rural development projects; authorizing a fee; providing an administrative penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Krause
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/30/2021
You have voted HB-1733: Relating to insurance premium tax credits for investments supporting agriculture and rural development projects; authorizing a fee; providing an administrative penalty..
Comprehensive Conservation Finance Act [SB-737]
Providing that Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain programs to participate in and receive compensation from certain markets, credits, or programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
SB-737: Comprehensive Conservation Finance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 4/01 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) And Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/24/2021
Pesticides – Carbofuran – Collection, Disposal, and Prohibition on Possession or Storage [HB-1025]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources, to establish a certain program to address the illegal use of carbofuran and to eliminate stockpiles of carbofuran in the State; prohibiting a person from possessing or storing any quantity of carbofuran in the State on or after January 1, 2024; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Natural Resources, or a Natural Resources police officer to seize any quantity of carbofuran for enforcement purposes; etc.
HB-1025: Pesticides – Carbofuran – Collection, Disposal, and Prohibition on Possession or Storage
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2021
Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021 [HB-991]
Establishing the use of qualified conservation in a forest mitigation bank of all or a part of certain existing forests as a standard for meeting certain afforestation or reforestation requirements; altering the defined term "forest mitigation banking" to include the qualified conservation of forests; requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a certain technical study; establishing the Urban Trees Program to be administered by the Chesapeake Bay Trust; etc.
HB-991: Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. James Gilchrist
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 on 05/30/2021
Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021 [HB-993]
Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of certain nutrient load reductions, not to exceed $10,000,000 per year in fiscal years 2020 through 2030 inclusive; requiring certain regulations to be adopted in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with certain accounting procedures and purchased through a certain procurement approach; etc.
HB-993: Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2021
Income Tax Credit - Food Donation Pilot Program - Extension [HB-752]
Extending through December 31, 2023, the taxable years for which a qualified farm may claim a certain credit against the Maryland income tax for the donation of fresh farm products for human consumption; extending through December 31, 2023, the period of time during which the State Department of Agriculture may issue certain tax credit certificates; extending through December 31, 2024, the period of time for which the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Comptroller, shall submit a certain report; etc.
HB-752: Income Tax Credit - Food Donation Pilot Program - Extension
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 05/18/2021
Agriculture - Processing of Poultry Litter for Alternative Use [SB-585]
Requiring the processing of poultry litter for a certain alternative use, or the resulting product, to meet certain requirements; requiring a certain product to be able to be procured and handled or applied in a certain manner for a certain purpose; authorizing the transportation of a certain alternative use product off the Delmarva Peninsula to certain markets and using a certain distribution apparatus; etc.
SB-585: Agriculture - Processing of Poultry Litter for Alternative Use
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021
Agriculture - License to Produce Hemp - Limitation [SB-562]
Altering a certain licensing requirement for producing hemp in the State; prohibiting the Department of Agriculture from issuing a license to a person to produce hemp if the Department determines that the land subject to a license application is located within 25 feet of a property or properties with three or more individual residences, unless the person agrees to produce hemp in an indoor facility that exhausts its fumes to the outside with an approved apparatus; requiring the Department to make a certain determination; etc.
SB-562: Agriculture - License to Produce Hemp - Limitation
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021
Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities [SB-545]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities; requiring the Task Force to study achievements made in the past 20 years in combating substandard canine breeding practices and current efforts and standards relating to canine breeding; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations and report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2021; etc.
SB-545: Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2021
Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension [SB-539]
Extending through December 31, 2023, the taxable years for which a qualified farm may claim a certain credit against the Maryland income tax for the donation of fresh farm products for human consumption; extending through December 31, 2023, the period of time during which the State Department of Agriculture may issue certain tax credit certificates; extending through December 31, 2024, the period of time for which the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Comptroller, shall submit a certain report; etc.
SB-539: Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 05/18/2021