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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming [SB-73]
Renaming the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program to be the Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Gettr 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Third Reading Passed (40-7) on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-470]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to exercise certain remedies under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from making any false statements affecting a Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program loan; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [HB-631]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Greenspace Equity Program - Establishment [HB-503]
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 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; requiring certain grant applications to be subject to approval by the Board of Public Works; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 487 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Environmental Trust - Trustees - Alterations [SB-998]
Altering the manner in which elected trustees are recommended to serve on and elected to the board of trustees of the Maryland Environmental Trust; authorizing a trustee who is elected to fill a certain vacancy to serve one additional term; authorizing a trustee to serve until a successor is elected and seated; altering the manner in which a decision may be made on expending or investing gifts of money made to the Trust; requiring the trustees to elect officers from among their membership rather than from among the elected membership; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-791]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing a Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2024 budget bill for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 03/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management [HB-884]
Requiring that whenever the Department of Natural Resources identifies an old-growth forest on State conservation land, the land shall be managed in a way that prohibits logging; and providing that nothing in the Act may be interpreted to prohibit the Department from taking certain actions to protect old-growth forest from certain harms subject to certain conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Conservation Finance Act [HB-653]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Conservation Finance Act [SB-348]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 238 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Sewerage Systems - Residential Major Subdivisions in Tier III and Tier IV Areas [HB-1345]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize a residential major subdivision served by on-site sewage disposal systems, community sewerage systems, or shared systems in Tier III and Tier IV areas under certain circumstances; exempting certain residential major subdivisions from certain provisions of law; and specifying that the Act does not create new development rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Trust Grant Fund - Grant Awards and Funding [HB-494]
Authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to require, as a condition of a certain land trust grant, that the dedication of a certain easement or interest be in favor of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation or the Department of Natural Resources; and requiring a $5,000,000 appropriation from Program Open Space funds to the Land Trust Grant Fund in fiscal year 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Property Tax Assessments - Conservation Property - Alteration of Definition [HB-1350]
Expanding the definition of "conservation property" for property tax assessment purposes to include land subject to a perpetual conservation easement, including an easement sold or donated to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, the Maryland Environmental Trust, or a land trust as defined by certain provisions of the Natural Resources Article or under another public conservation or preservation program; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Maryland Environmental Trust - Trustees [SB-4]
Increasing the number of trustees of the Maryland Environmental Trust from 15 to 19 members; increasing to 16 the number of trustees elected to the Trust beginning on June 1, 2017; requiring that four of the trustees be elected each year for a term of four years at a specified meeting by a majority vote of the trustees present; requiring that four trustees be elected in October 2016; specifying that recommendations for elected trustees reflect a range of professions, and geographies, diversity, and specified experience; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [SB-137]
Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for specified preservation and conservation easements to allow an individual or a member of a pass-through entity to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Department of Natural Resources or specified organizations; requiring the Board of Public Works to approve tax credits on a first-come, first served basis; providing that the total amount of tax credits claimed by members of pass-through entities cannot exceed $200,000 per taxable year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [HB-276]
Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for preservation and conservation easements to allow an individual or a member of a pass-through entity to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Department of Natural Resources or specified organizations; requiring the Board of Public Works to approve tax credits on a first-come, first-served basis; providing that the total amount of tax credits claimed by members of pass-through entities cannot exceed $200,000 per taxable year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [SB-615]
Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for preservation and conservation easements to allow specified persons to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, or the Department of Natural Resources for the purpose of preserving open space, natural resources, agriculture, forest land, watersheds, significant ecosystems, viewsheds or historic properties under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 4/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/13/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Trust and Chesapeake Conservation Corps - Funding [SB-600]
Increasing, from $250,000 to $375,000, the amount the Chesapeake Bay Trust is required to receive each fiscal year from the Environmental Trust Fund for funding energy conservation projects through the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to report to the General Assembly on the feasibility of establishing a specified donation program for the benefit of the Chesapeake Bay Trust to which E-ZPass account holders may donate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 370 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [HB-2]
Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for preservation and conservation easements to allow specified persons to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, or the Department of Natural Resources under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Environmental Trust to report on the effectiveness of the tax credits to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [SB-709]
Altering provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for specified easements to allow an individual or a pass-through entity to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, or the Department of Natural Resources under specified circumstances; providing that a grantor of an easement may transfer a specified tax credit by obtaining a specified certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2014