Agriculture, Department Of
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-193]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures and Predetermination Review Process [SB-54]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a department from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application and establishing a predetermination review process; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of no more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process [HB-175]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of not more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [HB-163]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Environmental ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
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Texas 88th Legislature 4th Special Session
Relating to the establishment of an agriculture disaster relief grant program; making an appropriation. [HB-17]
[Agriculture ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Relating to the establishment of an agriculture disaster relief grant program; making an appropriation.
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Texas 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session
Relating to the establishment of an agriculture disaster relief grant program; making an appropriation. [HB-147]
[Agriculture ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Relating to the establishment of an agriculture disaster relief grant program; making an appropriation.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a prohibition against the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor in governmental employment or contracting, in other governmental functions, and in higher education admissions. [HB-5140]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Relating to a prohibition against the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor in governmental employment or contracting, in other governmental functions, and in higher education admissions.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities. [SB-2383]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities. [HB-4793]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to entities that provide services to rural Texans and in rural counties. [HB-4693]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to entities that provide services to rural Texans and in rural counties.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the eligibility of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to receive a grant from the Department of Agriculture to provide surplus agricultural products to certain students. [HB-4746]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to the eligibility of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to receive a grant from the Department of Agriculture to provide surplus agricultural products to certain students.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the transfer of duties of the State Office of Rural Health from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of State Health Services. [HB-4599]
[Agriculture ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to the transfer of duties of the State Office of Rural Health from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of State Health Services.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. [HB-4644]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to notifications by the Department of Agriculture of certain stop-sale orders applicable to plant products and the seizure or destruction of certain plant products. [HB-4616]
[Agriculture ]
Relating to notifications by the Department of Agriculture of certain stop-sale orders applicable to plant products and the seizure or destruction of certain plant products.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. [HB-500]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. [HB-1570]
[Ethics ]
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program. [HB-3874]
[Food ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to marihuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and paraphernalia. [HB-3620]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to marihuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and paraphernalia.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of wildland-urban interface areas and the adoption and enforcement of the wildland-urban interface code; providing a civil penalty. [SB-1636]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Relating to the establishment of wildland-urban interface areas and the adoption and enforcement of the wildland-urban interface code; providing a civil penalty.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. [SB-1659]
[Budget and Spending ]
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.