Farmland

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 13

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  HB 209

  Status as of March 23, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Easements - Allowable Residential Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 214

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 581

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Critical Farms Fund and Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 536

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Montgomery County - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Well Easements - Rural Zones MC 17-11

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 721

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Afzali, Alston, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Bates, Cluster, Cullison, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, Hough, Ivey, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Krebs, Love, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, Olszewski, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Ross, Schulz, Serafini, Smigiel, Stifler, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Valderrama, Walker, Washington, and Wood

  Entitled

  Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 826

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 602

  Sponsored By

  Carroll County Delegation

  Entitled

  Carroll County - Abatement of Nuisances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 890

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 146

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Lafferty, and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Land Preservation - Land Draining to a Reservoir

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1241

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stein, Kach, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Rural Legacy Area - Prohibited Uses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1308

  Status as of March 9, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilchrist, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Miller, Ross, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  SB 412

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Getty

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Easements - Separate Parcels

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 513

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 241

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Estate Tax - Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property - Extension of Payment Deferral

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 535

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Carroll County Senators

  Entitled

  Carroll County - Abatement of Nuisances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 764

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 783

  Status as of March 10, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Estate Tax - Qualified Agricultural Property - Forest Banking Operations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation