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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program - Established [HB-1042]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer and manage certain competitive grants under the Program in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Guzzone
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [HB-991]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program - Established [SB-932]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring a grant applicant to demonstrate that any agricultural operation on which best management practices are to be established are in compliance with certain nutrient management plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [SB-969]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [SB-1074]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 532 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements [SB-683]
Specifying the maximum amounts of certain fees relating to tree expert licensing established by the Department of Natural Resources by regulation; and authorizing the Department to permanently revoke or temporarily suspend a tree expert license if the license holder fails to maintain liability, property, or workers' compensation insurance as required by law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/09/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Appropriation; schools; trees [SB-1346]
Appropriation; schools; trees
Sponsored by: Sen. Lela Alston
Senate Ed Committee Action: Do Pass, Voting: (4-3-1-0) on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Tree Expert Licenses - Application and Renewal Fee Alterations and Insurance Requirements [HB-561]
Specifying the maximum amounts of fees for a tree expert license established by the Department of Natural Resources by regulation; authorizing the Department to permanently revoke or temporarily suspend a tree expert license if the license holder fails to maintain liability, property, or workers' compensation insurance in a certain manner; and requiring the Department to prepare an annual report on the number of licenses issued and certain receipts and expenses and submit the report to the General Assembly by November 1 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 511 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [HB-352]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; authorizing the transfer of certain funds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Renewable Energy. [SB-425]
Removes from the definition of "renewable energy" the energy generated or produced using trees, wood pellets, and other wood products made for burning.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [SB-362]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit a certain independent evaluation; altering the sales and use tax rate on certain electronic smoking devices; repealing a certain small business relief tax credit; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State during certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/16/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish. [SB-461]
Department of Forestry; Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan required. Requires the Department of Forestry, in coordination with a Technical Advisory Committee composed of stakeholders, to develop a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan no later than November 1, 2026, and update such plan at least once every five years thereafter. The bill requires the Department to post and maintain on its website the most recent version of the Plan and to submit the Plan to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0354) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia), conservation during land development process. [HB-1100]
Conservation of trees during land development process. Expands current provisions that provide that certain localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) may, by ordinance, require conservation of trees during the land development process by making such provisions available to localities statewide.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; Town of Vienna allowed to require subdivision/development provide for preservation, etc. [SB-316]
Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopy coverage 20 years after development.
Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Vote: Defeated (52-y 48-n) on 02/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; Town of Vienna allowed to require subdivision/development provide for preservation, etc. [HB-534]
Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopies or covers 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopies or covers 20 years after development.
Sponsored by: Rep. Holly Seibold
Incorporated By Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; conservation and replacement during development process. [HB-529]
Conservation and replacement of trees during development process. Expands certain existing local government authority to conserve or replace trees during the development process by expanding such authority statewide. The bill allows localities to establish higher tree canopy replacement percentages based on density per acre. The bill also alters the current process for granting exceptions to a local ordinance by altering a provision that requires the granting of an exception when strict application of the ordinance would result in unnecessary or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; conservation during land development process in certain localities. [SB-121]
Conservation of trees during land development process in certain localities. Expands authority of certain localities to adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of trees during the development process by allowing a tree canopy fund that currently applies to the planting of trees on public property to include maintenance of trees on public property and planting and maintenance of trees on private property. The bill removes a provision that requires that any funds collected for the purposes of the tree canopy fund be returned
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0702) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; conservation during land development process in certain localities. [HB-459]
Conservation of trees during land development process in certain localities. Expands authority of certain localities to adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of trees during the development process by allowing a tree canopy fund that currently applies to the planting of trees on public property to include maintenance of trees on public property and planting and maintenance of trees on private property. The bill removes a provision that requires that any funds collected for the purposes of the tree canopy fund be returned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0691) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Removal of Trees or Shrubs - Notice and Objection [HB-219]
Authorizing a utility or local government to remove a tree or shrub on certain private property under certain circumstances, including requiring the utility or local government to provide certain notice to the owner of the property on which the tree or shrub is located; establishing a process for a private property owner who receives certain notice to file an objection with the Department of Natural Resources in accordance with certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Trees; conservation during land development process. [HB-170]
Conservation of trees during land development process; authorized localities. Allows any locality to adopt an ordinance providing for the conservation of trees during the land development process. Under current law, only a locality within Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) that meets certain population density and nonattainment classification criteria is authorized to adopt such an ordinance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Incorporated By Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/02/2024