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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019) [SB-387]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person seeking to construct a natural gas pipeline to apply for a certain water quality certification and pay a nonrefundable fee; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain fee for the submission and review of a water quality certification application; specifying how the Department will determine the amount of the fee; requiring that the fee be deposited, credited, and appropriated in a certain manner; providing certain criteria for the Department's review of certain applications; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Favorable With Amendments {384233/1 on 03/25/2019
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On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Construction and Inspection Licenses [SB-353]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of constructing or installing an on-site sewage disposal system unless the person holds a septic construction license issued by the Department of the Environment; prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of inspecting an on-site sewage disposal system unless the person holds a septic inspection license issued by the Department; requiring the Department to establish by regulation certain eligibility criteria and training requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Prohibitions [SB-285]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting a person from selling in the State an expanded polystyrene food service product on or after July 1, 2020; prohibiting food service businesses and schools from selling or providing food or beverages in expanded polystyrene food service products on or after July 1, 2020; confirming the authority of certain local government entities to establish standards that are at least as stringent as those in the Act; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a public education and outreach antilittering campaign; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 580 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program – Awards for Flood Damage and Mandatory Funding [SB-269]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the policy and purpose of provisions of law governing flood control and watershed management to include establishing a grant program to assist local jurisdictions with infrastructure repairs, watershed restoration, and emergency protection work associated with a flood event; authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the comprehensive flood management grant program to award grants to subdivisions that incurred infrastructure damage of at least $1,000,000 caused by a flood event on or after January 1, 2009; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 652 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets [SB-267]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Task Force on Prohibiting Debris From Entering Storm Drains or Stormwater Inlets; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation; requiring the Task Force, by November 1, 2019, to report its findings and to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the preventing plastic bottles and other debris from entering storm drains and stormwater inlets; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Regional Initiative to Limit or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transportation Sector - Authorization (Regional Transportation and Climate Protection Act of 2019) [SB-249]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
Authorizing the Governor to include the State as a full participant in any regional governmental initiative, agreement, or compact that limits or reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector; requiring, beginning November 1, 2019, and for each of the next 3 years, the Departments of the Environment and Transportation to submit a report on the status of any regional initiative, agreement, or compact that limits or reduces emissions from the transportation sector to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [SB-112]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 6 on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Conowingo Dam - Water Quality Certification [SB-1036]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, as part of its review and approval process for an application for a water quality certification for the Conowingo Dam relicensing process, to require the applicant to fulfill certain requirements and conditions related to the removal of trash and debris from the Conowingo Reservoir to include the conduct of a feasibility study on obtaining, locating, installing, and using water wheel trash interceptors for removing trash and debris from the Reservoir; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund - Funding, Reallocation, and Reimbursements [SB-1031]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the basis for calculating a certain license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; expanding, to include fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the purposes for which the Department of the Environment may use money in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 772 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax - Lead Remediation Credit [HB-956]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred for an approved lead hazard reduction project for qualifying property located in Baltimore City; providing for the calculation of the credit; providing for the submission of proposals for lead hazard reduction projects to the Department of Housing and Community Development for approval; limiting to $250,000 the total amount of credits that the Department may approve for any fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 04/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Conowingo Dam - Water Quality Certification [HB-921]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, as part of its review and approval process for an application for a water quality certification for the Conowingo Dam relicensing process, to require the applicant to fulfill certain requirements and conditions related to the removal of trash and debris from the Conowingo Reservoir; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Monitoring and Enforcement [HB-904]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Requiring that a summary of each nutrient management plan be filed and updated with the Department of Agriculture at certain times; authorizing the Department to require an updated summary to take the form of an annual implementation report; requiring a manure broker to provide certain information to a certain person; requiring a person who holds a certain certificate or license to comply with certain reporting requirements and deadlines related to implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Third Reading Passed (96-43) on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [HB-840]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment; specifying the purpose and composition of the Board; specifying the term of a Board member; requiring the Governor to appoint Board members with the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring a county to enforce certain standards relating to certain design, installation, and maintenance of certain on-site wastewater systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Lead Hazards - Environmental Investigation, Reporting, and Risk Reduction [HB-752]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, by October 1, 2020, to adopt regulations to establish procedures for conducting environmental investigations to determine lead hazards for children under the age of 6 years and pregnant women with elevated blood lead levels greater than or equal to 10 micrograms per deciliter; altering the conditions under which an owner of an affected property is required to comply with certain risk reduction standards; requiring the Department to report annually on the investigations required under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – Links to Online Voter Registration [HB-747]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology to take certain actions to include links to the online voter registration system on the websites of State agencies; requiring links to the online voter registration system on State agency websites to meet certain requirements; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2020, listing all State agencies that have or do not have a link to the online voter registration system on their websites; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Technical Study on Changes in Forest Cover and Tree Canopy in Maryland [HB-735]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
Requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, in consultation with the Departments of Natural Resources, Environment, Planning, and Agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay Program to conduct a technical study to review changes in forest cover and tree canopy in the State; providing for the scope of the study; and requiring the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology to submit a report of the findings of the technical study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements [HB-703]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring certain jurisdictions to report to the Department of the Environment on certain information relating to the number of cases alleging violations of sediment and erosion control laws and regulations and building and grading permits by January 1 each year; requiring the Department to provide technical assistance to certain jurisdictions to meet the reporting requirements of the Act; and requiring the Department to report the information collected to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before March 1 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 517 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation Climate Accountability Act of 2019 [HB-695]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with a reporting agency, to conduct a comprehensive study regarding the environmental impact of certain public-private partnership projects under certain circumstances; prohibiting a reporting agency for certain proposed public-private partnerships from submitting a certain presolicitation report before the submission of the comprehensive study; requiring the study to inventory and estimate certain environmental impacts at certain intervals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Environment And Transportation And Appropriations on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Water Quality Certifications (Pipeline and Water Protection Act of 2019) [HB-669]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person seeking to construct a natural gas pipeline to apply for a certain water quality certification and pay a nonrefundable fee; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a certain fee for the submission and review of a water quality certification application; specifying how the Department will determine the amount of the fee; requiring that the fee be deposited, credited, and appropriated in a certain manner; providing certain criteria for the Department's review of certain applications; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [HB-58]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019