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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1350]
Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast Smart siting and design criteria to address sea level rise inundation and coastal flood impacts on State and local projects; requiring a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding to develop a plan to address the flooding by July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 628 on 05/15/2018
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Agriculture - Nutrient Management Plans - Protection of Personal Information [HB-1221]
Altering the type of information that is required to be protected by the Department of Agriculture when maintaining certain nutrient management plan records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2018
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Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Application Determinations - Use of Criminal History [SB-974]
Prohibiting certain departments or local licensing authorities that issue occupational licenses or certificates from denying an application for a license or certificate based on the applicant's criminal history if a period of 5 years has passed since the applicant's conviction for a nonviolent crime unless the department or local licensing authority makes a certain determination; requiring a licensing authority to include in applications a list of specific convictions that would disqualify an applicant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2019
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Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland [SB-729]
Requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in consultation with the Departments of Natural Resources, the Environment, Planning, and Agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay Program to conduct a technical study to review changes in forest cover and tree canopy in the State; providing for the scope of the study; and requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology to submit a report of the findings of the technical study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 405 on 05/13/2019
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Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Protect Animal Health and Control Avian Influenza [SB-56]
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to provide an exemption from a certain annual licensing requirement to a certain live poultry market operator, production facility operator, or poultry dealer; providing that the Secretary may adopt a certain animal health protection program that is applicable to any live poultry market, production facility, and poultry dealer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/18/2019
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Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Monitoring and Enforcement [SB-546]
Requiring that a summary of each nutrient management plan be filed and updated with the Department of Agriculture at certain times; authorizing the Department to require an updated summary to take the form of an annual implementation report; requiring a manure broker to provide certain information to a certain person; requiring a person who holds a certain certificate or license to comply with certain reporting requirements and deadlines related to implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 760 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland Farms and Families Fund - Purpose, Use, Funding, and Grant Qualifications - Alterations [SB-483]
Expanding the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to include grants to nonprofit farmers markets and local nonprofit organizations; authorizing the Department of Agriculture, when awarding grants, to consider a nonprofit organization's record of providing services in food deserts; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget a $100,000 appropriation to the Fund, which is in addition to, and may not supplant, any funding appropriated to a certain division in the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575 on 05/25/2019
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Agriculture - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs - Limitations and Reporting Requirements [SB-471]
Prohibiting the administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug in feed or water to cattle, swine, or poultry unless ordered by a licensed veterinarian through a certain prescription or a veterinary feed directive; exempting dairy cattle on a farm operation with a herd size of fewer than 300 dairy cattle; requiring the Department of Agriculture, by January 1, 2021, to adopt regulations prohibiting the routine administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug to dairy cattle entering a dry cycle except in certain cases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 679 on 05/25/2019
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Pesticides - Use of Chlorpyrifos - Prohibition [SB-270]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2020, the use of chlorpyrifos in the State, including insecticides containing chlorpyrifos and seeds treated with chlorpyrifos; and requiring the State Department of Agriculture, with existing budgeted resources, to provide to farmers, certified crop advisors, and pesticide applicators certain education and assistance relating to integrated pest management.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Real Property - Conservation Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recording Notice [SB-25]
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, the Maryland Historical Trust, the Maryland Environmental Trust, certain other land trusts, a county, and the Department of Natural Resources to record notice of certain easements, covenants, restrictions, and conditions in the land records of the county in which the property interest is located; specifying the information required to be provided in the notice; requiring that the notice be indexed for recording in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/18/2019
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Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [SB-112]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 6 on 03/27/2019
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Agriculture - Commercial Compost - Prohibition on Per Ton Inspection Fee [HB-954]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Agriculture from adopting regulations to establish or impose a per ton inspection fee on commercial compost distributed by a private entity in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Cassilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 178 on 04/18/2019
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Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Monitoring and Enforcement [HB-904]
Requiring that a summary of each nutrient management plan be filed and updated with the Department of Agriculture at certain times; authorizing the Department to require an updated summary to take the form of an annual implementation report; requiring a manure broker to provide certain information to a certain person; requiring a person who holds a certain certificate or license to comply with certain reporting requirements and deadlines related to implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Third Reading Passed (96-43) on 03/18/2019
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Maryland Farms and Families Fund - Purpose, Use, Funding, and Grant Qualifications - Alterations [HB-84]
Expanding the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to include grants to nonprofit farmers markets and local nonprofit organizations; authorizing the Department of Agriculture, when awarding grants, to consider a nonprofit organization's record of providing services in food deserts; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a $100,000 appropriation to the Fund which is in addition to, and may not supplant, any funding appropriated to a certain division in the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 574 on 05/25/2019
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Weed Control - Noxious Weeds - Regulations and Penalties [HB-808]
Repealing a certain list of plants considered to be noxious weeds in the State; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt regulations to establish a list of plants considered to be noxious weeds in the State; altering a certain condition under which the Secretary may designate as a noxious weed certain plant species; specifying that certain criminal penalties apply to certain violations; requiring certain administrative penalties to be distributed to a special fund used only for the control and eradication of a noxious weed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/30/2019
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Election Law – Links to Online Voter Registration [HB-747]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology to take certain actions to include links to the online voter registration system on the websites of State agencies; requiring links to the online voter registration system on State agency websites to meet certain requirements; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2020, listing all State agencies that have or do not have a link to the online voter registration system on their websites; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2019
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Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland [HB-735]
Requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in consultation with the Departments of Natural Resources, Environment, Planning, and Agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay Program to conduct a technical study to review changes in forest cover and tree canopy in the State; providing for the scope of the study; and requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology to submit a report of the findings of the technical study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Agriculture - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs - Limitations and Reporting Requirements [HB-652]
Prohibiting the administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug in feed or water to cattle, swine, or poultry unless ordered by a licensed veterinarian through a certain prescription or a veterinary feed directive; exempting dairy cattle on a farm operation with a herd size of fewer than 300 dairy cattle; requiring the Department of Agriculture, by January 1, 2021, to adopt regulations prohibiting the routine administration of a medically important antimicrobial drug to dairy cattle entering a dry cycle except in certain cases; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678 on 05/25/2019
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Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [HB-58]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Statewide Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Carbon Sequestration [HB-514]
Altering the publication requirements for the statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory; requiring the Department of the Environment, beginning January 1, 2020, and on January 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter through 2030, to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target; requiring that the target be set at a certain amount and expressed in a certain manner; providing that the Department is not required to sequester more than a certain amount of carbon dioxide emissions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2019