Chesapeake Bay
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness [SB-701]
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Authorizing a county to borrow money and incur indebtedness through the issuance and sale of notes in anticipation of the receipt of the county's allocation of funds from a certain separate account of the Bay Restoration Fund; authorizing a county to expend the net proceeds of the sale of a certain issue of notes only to make certain grants and loans or to refund one or more issues of notes; authorizing the principal of certain notes and the interest on certain notes to be paid from certain sources; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 05/18/2021
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Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness [HB-878]
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Authorizing a county to borrow money and incur indebtedness through the issuance and sale of notes in anticipation of the receipt of the county's allocation of funds from a certain separate account of the Bay Restoration Fund; authorizing a county to expend the net proceeds of the sale of a certain issue of notes only to make certain grants and loans or to refund one or more issues of notes; authorizing the principal of certain notes and the interest on certain notes to be paid from certain sources; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing With a Haul Seine [HB-843]
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Repealing certain provisions of law that restrict the length of a haul seine that a person may use in certain waters of Anne Arundel County; repealing a certain penalty for a violation of certain provisions of law that restrict the length of a haul seine that a person may use in certain waters of Anne Arundel County; and authorizing a person to use a haul seine to fish in the waters of Anne Arundel County except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing 3/03 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Facilitating University Transformations by Unifying Reductions in Emissions (FUTURE) Act [HB-803]
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Requiring each public senior higher education institution to be carbon neutral for certain emissions on or before certain dates; specifying certain requirements that a certain public senior higher education institution must meet in order to achieve the carbon neutral requirements under the Act; authorizing a certain public senior higher education institution to use carbon offsets that do not meet the requirements of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Hearing 2/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission – Atlantic Menhaden – Population Evaluation and Prohibition on Commercial Reduction Fishing [SJR-6]
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Requesting the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to evaluate the population of Atlantic menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay; and requiring the Commission to consider prohibiting the commercial reduction fishing of Atlantic menhaden, including the use of purse seines and spotter planes, in the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021 [HB-507]
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Establishing the Clean Water Commerce Account within the Bay Restoration Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer $20,000,000 from the Fund to the Account for certain purposes beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter; altering the authorized uses of the Fund to include certain transfers to the Account; limiting the uses of the Account to the purchase of environmental outcomes in support of the State's efforts to achieve the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 695 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Chesapeake Bay Watershed States - Expenses and Contracts (Quit Polluting My Bay Act of 2021) [SB-274]
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Requiring the Standard State Travel Regulations to prohibit the reimbursement for travel expenses to a certain state for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified two or more pollution source sectors at a backstop actions level of oversight; prohibiting a public body from awarding a certain procurement contract to a business from a state for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified two or more pollution source sectors at a backstop actions level of oversight under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021 [SB-119]
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Establishing the Clean Water Commerce Account within the Bay Restoration Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer $20,000,000 from the Fund to the Account for certain purposes beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter; altering the authorized uses of the Fund to include certain transfers to the Account; limiting the uses of the Account to the purchase environmental outcomes in support of the State's efforts to achieve the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update [HB-295]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to review and update certain regulations at least once every 5 years; requiring certain regulations to incorporate the most recent precipitation data available; requiring the Department to review and update certain regulations in a certain manner; requiring the Department to take certain actions at least 6 months before the proposal of regulations under the Act; altering the time by which the Department must hold a certain public hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Norris Love
Hearing 1/27 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Water Pollution - Stormwater Management Regulations and Watershed Implementation Plans - Review and Update [SB-227]
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[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to update certain stormwater management regulations at least once every 5 years to incorporate certain updated precipitation data; requiring the Department to review and update certain regulations in a certain manner; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on the most recent precipitation data and the Department's plans for updating water quantity control standards for watersheds where flooding events occurred on or after January 1, 2000; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish [SJR-4]
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Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution to be forwarded to certain elected officials.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish [HJR-1]
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Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution to be forwarded to certain elected officials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 04/12/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Purpose and Authorized Use of Funds [SB-958]
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Renaming the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be the Chesapeake Bay and State Waters Trust Fund; modifying the purpose of the Fund to include the restoration and protection of the health of the waters of the State; expanding the use of the Fund to include certain projects to improve and protect the health of the waters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George C Edwards
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Zone Advisory Commission and Captive Wildlife Advisory Committee - Repeal [SB-89]
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Repealing the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Zone Advisory Commission and the Captive Wildlife Advisory Committee; and repealing provisions of law that require the Committee to review certain regulations, give recommendations and comments to the Director of the Forest, Park and Wildlife Service, and advise the Director on other matters relating to captive wildlife.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 60 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Aquaculture Leases - Notice - Homeowners Associations [SB-777]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to notify certain homeowners associations of certain applications for certain aquaculture leases to be issued in the Chesapeake Bay or in the Atlantic Coastal Bays.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fee - Unimproved Property [SB-358]
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Prohibiting a local government, a billing authority for a water or wastewater facility, or any other authorized collection agency from imposing the Bay Restoration Fee on unimproved property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing - Eastern Shore Local Government Consent - Repeal [SB-34]
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Providing that a requirement that a majority of the governments of certain Eastern Shore counties affected by the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge consent to the construction does not apply to the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly
Hearing 1/24 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Fee Exemption, Disbursements, and Financial Assistance (Septic Stewardship Act of 2018) [SB-314]
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Exempting a user of an on-site sewage disposal system from paying the Bay Restoration Fee under certain circumstances; authorizing certain fee revenue collected for the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for financial assistance to certain homeowners for the reasonable cost of pumping out on-site sewage disposal systems; specifying that financial assistance under the Act may be provided only if the homeowner resides in a local jurisdiction that has developed a certain plan that meets certain conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/26/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park [SB-264]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Back Creek Campus of the Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Recreational License Donation Fund - Donations [SB-183]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to create an opportunity for a person directly purchasing an angler's license, a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license, or a hunting license and corresponding stamps through the electronic system to make a voluntary monetary donation to the Recreational License Donation Fund; requiring the Department to collect donations and deposit them into the Fund; expanding the contents of the Fund to include donations made only electronically under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Favorable Report Adopted on 04/03/2018