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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the emergency food assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture. [HB-3066]
Relating to the emergency food assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture.
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Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs; requiring an occupational license. [HB-2945]
Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs; requiring an occupational license.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture. [HB-2886]
Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; providing an administrative penalty; requiring a permit to conduct certain research involving hemp; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense. [HB-2818]
Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; providing an administrative penalty; requiring a permit to conduct certain research involving hemp; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the operation and administration of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. [HB-2778]
Relating to the operation and administration of the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program. [HB-2509]
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Greenspace Equity Program - Establishment [SB-923]
Establishing the Greenspace Equity Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide grants to eligible applicants for enhancing the public health and livability of overburdened communities and underserved communities by implementing projects to preserve, create, and enhance community greenspace; requiring the Department to submit certain grant applications to the Maryland State Clearinghouse for Intergovernmental Assistance; establishing the Greenspace Equity Advisory Board in the Department; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Agriculture – Veterinary Practitioners – Student Loan Forgiveness Program [HB-1133]
Establishing the Veterinary Practitioner Student Loan Forgiveness Program to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; requiring Program participants to sign a contract to complete a service obligation to practice in the State for at least 2 years; requiring the Secretary to select participants based on experience, training, and availability to practice in certain high-need areas; requiring the Secretary to disburse directly to a participant $20,000 or the amount of the participant's educational loans, whichever is less; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Hemp Farming Program – Use of Hemp and Hemp Products in Consumable Products [HB-1067]
Altering the definitions of "hemp" and "hemp product" in provisions of law relating to the Hemp Farming Program; and authorizing a person that produces hemp or a hemp product in accordance with the Program to include the hemp or hemp product in consumable products for sale by the person if the product is tested by an independent testing laboratory to ensure the product meets applicable safety standards and the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of the hemp product does not exceed 1% on a dry weight basis.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Hemp Farming Program - Refined Hemp and Hemp Extract Products - Requirements [HB-1204]
Requiring a person to receive a certificate of analysis before distributing refined hemp or a hemp extract product in the State; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish packaging and labeling requirements for refined hemp and hemp extract products; establishing the Hemp Advisory Council to provide advice and expertise regarding the monitoring and regulation of hemp production under the Hemp Farming Program; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Native Plants Program [HB-950]
Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of native plants at retail garden centers and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer the Program in coordination with the University of Maryland Extension and to establish the "Maryland Natives" marketing program; requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent to serve as a native plant specialist for certain purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use [HB-1139]
Establishing the On-Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge to be collected by owners and operators of refuse disposal systems and requiring that the surcharge revenue be remitted on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, to the Comptroller; establishing the Waste Reduction Grants Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve a certain local solid waste disposal surcharge program; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Anaerobic Digestion Workgroup [HB-847]
Establishing an Anaerobic Digestion Workgroup to study, identify, examine, and make recommendations on certain aspects of anaerobic digestion; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2023.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to food system security and resiliency planning. [SB-758]
Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture. [SB-759]
Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-690]
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, 2025; 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, 2025; and specifying that a certain certification be obtained in a certain manner to sell shell eggs and egg products.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Native Plants Program [SB-836]
Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of plants native to Maryland by retail garden centers and retail and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer the Program in coordination with the University of Maryland Extension; requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent to serve as a native plant specialist for certain educational purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Hemp Farming Program - Consumable Hemp Products [SB-508]
Authorizing a person to produce consumable help products for sale by the person; and requiring the person offering a consumable hemp product for sale to ensure that the consumable help product is tested by a State-authorized cannabis or hemp testing laboratory to ensure the consumable hemp product meets applicable safety standards and the tetrahydrocannabinol content of the consumable hemp product does not exceed 0.5 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol per serving or 2.5 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol per package.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation [SB-495]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or a testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Food Donations by Qualified Farms - Sunset Repeal and Alterations (Farmers Feeding Families Act) [HB-584]
Repealing certain termination provisions for a tax credit against the State income tax for fresh farm and organic fresh farm food donations; altering the amounts of the tax credit from 50% to 100% of the value of an eligible food donation and from 75% to 100% of the value of the donated certified organic produce a qualified farm is eligible to receive under certain circumstances; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022; etc.