Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers [HB-425]
Exempting certain auctioneers from certain provisions of the State Boat Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jacobs
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/28/2025
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Natural Resources - Removal and Storage of Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Funding [SB-301]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to use funds budgeted for the Natural Resources Police to remove or store certain abandoned or sunken vessels.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment [SB-317]
Establishing a Food Forests and Foraging Program on areas owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources; defining "foraging" as harvesting plant materials, including seeds, nuts, mushrooms, roots, tubers, and berries for noncommercial personal consumption; requiring individuals who forage in a food forest to obtain a permit; requiring the Department to charge a permit application fee and establish a fee waiver process for individuals who demonstrate financial need; establishing the Food Forests and Foraging Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State Parks - Maryland Golden Age Pass [SB-312]
Establishing that the holder of a Maryland Golden Age Pass is entitled to free day-use entry at certain State parks and is authorized to launch a boat at any State park without paying a boat launch fee; and establishing that the free day-use entry applies to everyone in the vehicle with the holder of a Maryland Golden Age Pass under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Roadside Tree Removal Permit Notification Act [SB-290]
Requiring an applicant for a roadside tree removal permit to provide a certain notice in a certain manner to all owners of property abutting and adjacent to the property subject to the tree removal and to the governing body of any common ownership community that has control over the land on which the tree to be removed is located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties [HB-307]
Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty to return to and remain at the scene until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; establishing certain criminal penalties for the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty who does not return to and remain at the scene of the collision, accident, or other casualty or render certain assistance and provide certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles [HB-286]
Providing certain planning principles that are collectively intended to create sustainable communities and to protect the environment utilizing active public participation; altering the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy to consist of planning principles for advancing sustainable growth in the State; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, along with the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology in the Code that are rendered incorrect by the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
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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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers [SB-23]
Exempting certain auctioneers from certain provisions of the State Boat Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants [SB-16]
Establishing the maximum funding amount of $300,000 or 80% of the total project cost for certain grants made by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority; decreasing the percentage of Program Open Space funds transferred to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund that may be used for certain operating expenses from 10% to 7%; and increasing the maximum amount of certain Program Open Space funds that may be transferred to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund from $3,000,000 to $12,000,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Third Reading Passed (31-13) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [HB-128]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to report to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026 on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles [SB-266]
Providing certain planning principles that are collectively intended to create sustainable communities and to protect the environment utilizing active public participation; altering the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy to consist of planning principles for advancing sustainable growth in the State; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, along with the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology in the Code that are rendered incorrect by the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties [SB-123]
Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty stop the vessel as close as possible to the scene of the collision, accident, or casualty until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; establishing certain criminal penalties for the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty who does not take certain actions in violation of the Act of imprisonment of up to 2 months or a fine not to exceed $500 or both; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State and Local Parks - Playgrounds - Safety Standards (Our Kids Play Safe Playground Safety Act of 2025) [SB-95]
Requiring each unit of State or local government responsible for the construction and maintenance of a playground to ensure that the playground is constructed and maintained in accordance with certain safety standards; and requiring a unit of State or local government to inspect at least once every 2 years a certain playground to evaluate compliance with certain safety standards and to keep a record of the inspections, including a written plan to address any safety issues discovered during the inspection.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment [HB-257]
Establishing a Food Forests and Foraging Program on areas owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources; defining "foraging" as harvesting plant materials, including seeds, nuts, mushrooms, roots, tubers, and berries for noncommercial personal consumption; requiring individuals who forage in a food forest to obtain a permit; requiring the Department to charge a permit application fee and establish a fee waiver process for individuals who demonstrate financial need; establishing the Food Forests and Foraging Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Boating Accidents - Reporting Requirement - Property Damage [SB-103]
Specifying that property damage that results from an accident that involves any vessel subject to the State Boat Act while on the waters of the State includes damage to navigational aid markers, lights, or identifiers for purposes of a certain reporting requirement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report [SB-1183]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State park; requiring the Department and Baltimore City to establish a stakeholder advisory committee; and requiring the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on properties suitable for inclusion in the State park and certain funding requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Act – Modifications [HB-1511]
Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain model local government ordinance by July 1, 2025, and adopt certain regulations relating to forest conservation on or before July 1, 2026; providing that a solar voltaic facilities granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity before July 1, 2023, may not be subject to certain afforestation requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 457 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Boat Act – Abandoned or Sunken Recreational Vessels – Identification and Removal [SB-1168]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to remove abandoned or sunken recreational vessels secured to certain apparatuses or left anchored and unattended for more than 60 days under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department to consider and document certain factors when determining whether a recreational vessel is abandoned or sunken under certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2024