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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-907	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of specified facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing the specified network; requiring a specified report be made to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2019; etc. Democrat: 40% (2) Republican: 60% (3) 40% Democrat support 60% Republican support	Transportation - Generally Boats And Ships Chesapeake Bay Commuters Mass Transit Sunset Transportation, Department Of
HB-885	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, to designate areas in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters where a vessel may discharge sewage; and requiring a specified vessel operator and lessee to ensure that the discharge of sewage from specified vessels takes place in specified areas. Republican: 75% (9) Democrat: 25% (3) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Environment Natural Resources - Generally Boats And Ships Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Equipment Natural Resources, Department Of Rivers And Streams Sewage
SB-554	State (Maryland)	Establishing that a specified person may not set or fish any gill net that has a mesh size exceeding 7 inches or a stretched mesh size exceeding 7.5 inches for gill nets used in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1) 66% Republican support 33% Democrat support	Hunting And Fishing Chesapeake Bay Fish And Fishing Gill Nets Rivers And Streams
HB-417	State (Maryland)	Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with specified accounting procedures; requiring the Department of the Environment on or before October 1, 2020, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; etc. Unaffiliated: 3% (1) Republican: 96% (32) 3% Unaffiliated support 96% Republican support	Environment Agriculture, Department Of Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Environmental Matters Natural Resources, Department Of Revenue And Taxes Rules And Regulations Water Commerce, Department Of
SB-343	State (Maryland)	Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment. Republican: 100% (5) 100% Republican support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Pollution Revenue And Taxes Sewage
HB-384	State (Maryland)	Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment; etc. Republican: 84% (11) Democrat: 15% (2) 84% Republican support 15% Democrat support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Pollution Revenue And Taxes Sewage
SB-314	State (Maryland)	Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with specified accounting procedures; requiring the Department of the Environment on or before October 1, 2020, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; etc. Unaffiliated: 6% (1) Republican: 73% (11) Democrat: 20% (3) 6% Unaffiliated support 73% Republican support 20% Democrat support	Environment Agriculture, Department Of Chesapeake Bay Environment, Department Of Environmental Matters Natural Resources, Department Of Revenue And Taxes Rules And Regulations Water Commerce, Department Of
HB-281	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a person from installing, or having installed, on property a person owns in the State in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Atlantic Coastal Bays watershed, or the watershed of a nitrogen-impaired body of water, an on-site sewage disposal system to service a newly constructed building, unless the on-site sewage disposal system utilizes specified nitrogen removal technology; and repealing specified obsolete provisions of law. Democrat: 100% (13) 100% Democrat support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Environmental Matters Industry And Technology Pollution Rivers And Streams Sewage
SB-266	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment to use specified money from the Bay Restoration Fund to assist a person in paying the cost difference between a conventional on-site sewage disposal system and a system utilizing nitrogen removal technology in a specified order of priority; requiring the Bay Cabinet, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Commission and other interested parties, to review specified matters; requiring the Bay Cabinet to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2017; etc. Democrat: 100% (12) 100% Democrat support	Environment Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Environmental Matters Industry And Technology Pollution Rivers And Streams Sewage Environment, Department Of Reports
HB-129	State (Maryland)	Renaming the BayStat Program to be the BayTrack Program; and renaming the BayStat Subcabinet to be the Bay Cabinet. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Natural Resources - Generally Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Committees And Commissions Environmental Matters Names Natural Resources, Department Of
HB-68	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc. Democrat: 33% (1) Republican: 66% (2) 33% Democrat support 66% Republican support	Hunting And Fishing Armed Forces Chesapeake Bay Coastal Bays Disabilities Fish And Fishing Hunting Licenses Natural Resources, Department Of Veterans
HJR-10	State (Maryland)	Expressing the opposition of the General Assembly to the drastic cuts to the funding of the Chesapeake Bay Program and specified other programs proposed by the President of the United States in the federal budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018; urging the Governor to publicly oppose the drastic cuts proposed by the President to the funding of specified programs; and requiring specified committees of the General Assembly to monitor and make recommendations regarding federal budget proposals and actions affecting the Chesapeake Bay. Democrat: 100% (18) 100% Democrat support	Natural Resources - Generally State Government - General Assembly Appropriations Chesapeake Bay Committees And Commissions Environmental Matters Federal Government General Assembly Governor
HB-2383	State (Virginia)	Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ); combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls; Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Directs DEQ to identify the owner of any combined sewer overflow outfall that discharges into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and to determine what actions by the owner, if it is not under a state order, are necessary to bring such an outfall into compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approach described in the CSO Control Policy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill requires any owner of such an outfall to initiate construction activities by July 1, 2023, to bring it into compliance by July 1, 2025. Until compliance is achieved, the bill requires the outfall owner to annually report its progress to DEQ. The bill requires DEQ to provide all such reports to certain legislative committees, the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Secretary of Natural Resources, and the Governor. The bill does not apply to any outfall for which a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). This bill is identical to SB 898. Republican: 66% (4) Democrat: 33% (2) 66% Republican support 33% Democrat support	Chesapeake Bay Uncodified Legislation Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors
SB-1398	State (Virginia)	Coal combustion residuals unit; closure permit; assessments required. Requires the owner or operator of a coal combustion residuals unit (CCR unit) to identify water pollution and address corrective measures to resolve it, evaluate the clean closure of the CCR unit by recycling the ash for use in cement or moving it to a landfill, and demonstrate the long-term safety of the CCR unit. The bill requires the owner or operator of each CCR unit to transmit its assessment to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and other agencies or legislative committees by December 1, 2017. The bill requires the Director of DEQ to delay the issuance of a permit to close any CCR unit until May 1, 2018, or the effective date of any legislation adopted during the 2018 Regular Session of the General Assembly that addresses the closure of CCR units, whichever occurs later. Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1) 50% Democrat support 50% Republican support	Conservation Mines And Mining Coal Mining Chesapeake Bay
HB-2008	State (Virginia)	Stormwater; erosion and sediment control; 10,000 square foot minimum disturbance. Increases from 2,500 square feet to 10,000 square feet the minimum area of land disturbance within a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area that triggers the applicability of erosion or stormwater management programs. Current law establishes a 10,000-square-foot threshold for land-disturbing activities that are located outside of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Chesapeake Bay Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors Stormwater Management
HB-1576	State (Virginia)	Purse net fishing prohibited. Prohibits fishing for menhaden with purse nets (i) in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries within one-half mile of mean low water and (ii) within three miles of the shoreline of Virginia Beach extending to the North Carolina border. Republican: 100% (5) 100% Republican support	North Carolina Chesapeake Bay Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters Menhaden Fish Virginia Beach City Of
HJR-572	State (Virginia)	Study; regulation of menhaden fishing; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the most appropriate means of regulating the fishing of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Republican: 100% (7) 100% Republican support	Chesapeake Bay Joint Legislative Audit And Review Commission (jlarc) Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters Study Commissions Committees And Reports Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors Menhaden Fish
SB-925	State (Virginia)	Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Imposes a five-cent per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers in localities located wholly within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and directs revenues to be used to support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxation Chesapeake Bay Counties Cities And Towns
SB-558	State (Virginia)	Dredging; TMDL credits; request for assignment of credits equivalent to street sweeping. Requests the Chesapeake Bay Program, a regional partnership directing the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, to approve a certain type of dredging as a creditable practice for pollutant removal and to assign to it a number of total maximum daily load (TMDL) credits equivalent to those assigned to the removal of pollutants by street sweeping. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Chesapeake Bay Uncodified Legislation Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors

Title: Chesapeake Bay Water Transportation Network

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-907

Subjects: Transportation - Generally, Boats And Ships, Chesapeake Bay, Commuters, Mass Transit, Sunset, Transportation, Department Of

Democrat: 40% (2) Republican: 60% (3)

Title: Environment - Chesapeake Bay - Vessel Sewage Discharge Areas

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-885

Subjects: Environment, Natural Resources - Generally, Boats And Ships, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Equipment, Natural Resources, Department Of, Rivers And Streams, Sewage

Republican: 75% (9) Democrat: 25% (3)

Title: Natural Resources - Gill Nets - Mesh Size

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-554

Subjects: Hunting And Fishing, Chesapeake Bay, Fish And Fishing, Gill Nets, Rivers And Streams

Republican: 66% (2) Democrat: 33% (1)

Title: Clean Water Commerce Act of 2017

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-417

Subjects: Environment, Agriculture, Department Of, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Environmental Matters, Natural Resources, Department Of, Revenue And Taxes, Rules And Regulations, Water, Commerce, Department Of

Unaffiliated: 3% (1) Republican: 96% (32)

Title: Bay Restoration Fund - Eligible Costs - Expansion

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-343

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Pollution, Revenue And Taxes, Sewage

Republican: 100% (5)

Title: Bay Restoration Fund - Eligible Costs - Expansion

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-384

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Pollution, Revenue And Taxes, Sewage

Republican: 84% (11) Democrat: 15% (2)

Title: Clean Water Commerce Act of 2017

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-314

Subjects: Environment, Agriculture, Department Of, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Department Of, Environmental Matters, Natural Resources, Department Of, Revenue And Taxes, Rules And Regulations, Water, Commerce, Department Of

Unaffiliated: 6% (1) Republican: 73% (11) Democrat: 20% (3)

Title: Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal - Prohibition

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-281

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Environmental Matters, Industry And Technology, Pollution, Rivers And Streams, Sewage

Democrat: 100% (13)

Title: Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-266

Subjects: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Environmental Matters, Industry And Technology, Pollution, Rivers And Streams, Sewage, Environment, Department Of, Reports

Democrat: 100% (12)

Title: BayStat Program and BayStat Subcabinet - Renaming

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-129

Subjects: Natural Resources - Generally, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Committees And Commissions, Environmental Matters, Names, Natural Resources, Department Of

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-68

Subjects: Hunting And Fishing, Armed Forces, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, Disabilities, Fish And Fishing, Hunting, Licenses, Natural Resources, Department Of, Veterans

Democrat: 33% (1) Republican: 66% (2)

Title: Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Federal Budget Blueprint Funding Reductions - Rescission Request

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HJR-10

Subjects: Natural Resources - Generally, State Government - General Assembly, Appropriations, Chesapeake Bay, Committees And Commissions, Environmental Matters, Federal Government, General Assembly, Governor

Democrat: 100% (18)

Title: Combined sewer overflow outfalls; DEQ to identify owner of outfall discharging into Chesapeake Bay.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-2383

Subjects: Chesapeake Bay, Uncodified Legislation, Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors

Republican: 66% (4) Democrat: 33% (2)

Title: Coal combustion residuals unit; closure permit, assessments required.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-1398

Subjects: Conservation, Mines And Mining, Coal Mining, Chesapeake Bay

Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1)

Title: Stormwater; erosion and sediment control, 10,000 square foot minimum disturbance.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-2008

Subjects: Chesapeake Bay, Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors, Stormwater Management

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Purse net fishing prohibited.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1576

Subjects: North Carolina, Chesapeake Bay, Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters, Menhaden Fish, Virginia Beach City Of

Republican: 100% (5)

Title: Study; regulation of menhaden fishing; report.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HJR-572

Subjects: Chesapeake Bay, Joint Legislative Audit And Review Commission (jlarc), Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters, Study Commissions Committees And Reports, Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally, Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors, Menhaden Fish

Republican: 100% (7)

Title: Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-925

Subjects: Taxation, Chesapeake Bay, Counties Cities And Towns

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Dredging; TMDL credits, request for assignment of credits equivalent to street sweeping.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-558

Subjects: Chesapeake Bay, Uncodified Legislation, Waters Of The State Ports And Harbors

Republican: 100% (1)

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