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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to suspension of the activities of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board. [HB-3952]
[Agriculture ]
Relating to suspension of the activities of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry
Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017
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Relating to programs to provide incentives for conserving water in outdoor landscapes. [HB-3717]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to programs to provide incentives for conserving water in outdoor landscapes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy O. King
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/08/2017
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Relating to an inspection program to deter cattle theft; authorizing an administrative penalty; authorizing an assessment. [HB-3707]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to an inspection program to deter cattle theft; authorizing an administrative penalty; authorizing an assessment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017
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Relating to the creation of a nutrition education task force. [SB-1692]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to the creation of a nutrition education task force.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio
Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/18/2017
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of animal export-import processing facilities; providing penalties; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees. [SB-1675]
[Animals ]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the licensing and regulation of animal export-import processing facilities; providing penalties; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/08/2017
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Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty. [SB-1668]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/08/2017
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Relating to the regulation of motor fuel quality and motor fuel metering devices. [SB-1744]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Relating to the regulation of motor fuel quality and motor fuel metering devices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Nichols
Read First Time on 03/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Atrazine Study [HB-1204]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture, to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of atrazine in the State; specifying the parameters of the study; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report the findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2018, and to make the report available to the public on its Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis - Legalization [HB-1185]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing specified civil and criminal prohibitions against the use and possession of marijuana; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing cannabis under specified circumstances; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, cannabis product manufacturers, cannabis cultivation facilities, craft cannabis cultivators, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Agriculture - Maryland Healthy Soils Program [HB-1063]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
Establishing the Maryland Healthy Soils Program to increase biological activity and carbon sequestration in the State's soils by promoting practices based on emerging soil science; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide incentives, including research, education, technical assistance, and, subject to available funding, financial assistance, to farmers to implement farm management practices that contribute to healthy soils; requiring the Department to determine if the program could complement other agricultural programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 373 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis - Legalization [SB-928]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing specified civil and criminal prohibitions against the use and possession of marijuana; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing cannabis under specified circumstances; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, cannabis product manufacturers, cannabis cultivation facilities, craft cannabis cultivators, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Atrazine Study [SB-932]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture, to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of atrazine in the State; specifying the parameters of the study; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report the findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2018, and to make the report available to the public on its Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Agriculture - Industrial Hemp - Legalization [HB-902]
[Agriculture ]
[Cannabis ]
Repealing provisions of law relating to growing or cultivating industrial hemp for agricultural research purposes; repealing a contingency on provisions of law authorizing a person to plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell, or buy industrial hemp in the State; repealing a contingency on provisions of law that alter the definition of "marijuana" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to controlled dangerous substances to exclude industrial hemp; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Conserving Working Waterfront Farms Act of 2017 [SB-719]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the contents of the criteria developed by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation for counties to consider when determining whether a property qualifies for the Critical Farms Program to include other benefits attributable to wildlife habitat enhancement and shoreline and water quality protection; and requiring the State Department of Agriculture to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017, on its efforts to encourage easement purchases on working waterfront farms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Higher Education - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Farmers [SB-730]
[Agriculture ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Farmers; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to assist in the repayment of a higher education loan obtained for tuition, educational expenses, or living expenses for undergraduate or graduate study leading to a degree in agriculture or an agriculture-related field, including farming; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Conserving Working Waterfront Farms Act of 2017 [HB-779]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the contents of the criteria developed by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation for counties to consider when determining whether a property qualifies for the Critical Farms Program to include other benefits attributable to wildlife habitat enhancement and shoreline and water quality protection; and requiring the State Department of Agriculture to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017, on its efforts to encourage easement purchases on working waterfront farms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Retail Pet Stores - Animal Seller, Dog Cage Signs, and Records - Requirement Revisions [HB-781]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a retail pet store to ensure that a specified person from whom the retail pet store obtains a cat or dog has not received a specified citation on a specified report for a direct or critical violation within a specified period of time; requiring specified information to be posted on or near each dog's cage in a retail pet store; and requiring a specified written record about each dog in the possession of a retail pet store to include specified information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition [HB-830]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a specified pollinator habitat plan to include specified best management practices for the designation of specified habitat areas; requiring that a specified pollinator habitat plan established by the Department of Natural Resources, the Maryland Environmental Service, and the State Highway Administration be as protective of pollinators as the Department of Agriculture's managed pollinator protection plan; prohibiting, with specified exceptions, the use of specified pesticides, seeds, or plants in a specified area; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 755 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Keep Antibiotics Effective Act of 2017 [HB-602]
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[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizing, on or after January 1, 2018, the administration of specified antimicrobial drugs to cattle, swine, or poultry if, in the professional judgment of a licensed veterinarian, the administration is necessary for specified purposes; prohibiting specified antimicrobial drugs from being administered to cattle, swine, or poultry in a specified pattern or for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Agriculture each year to collect publicly available data on the use in the State of specified antimicrobial drugs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 787 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Agriculture - Animal Shelters - Standards of Care and Protocol Implementation and Enforcement [HB-626]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an animal shelter to follow a specified written protocol for reclaiming animals; requiring the Department of Agriculture, on or before January 1, 2018, to adopt specified minimum standards of care for dogs and cats in animal shelters; requiring an animal shelter to follow the minimum standards of care adopted by the Department; and requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations on or before January 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/04/2017