File Code: Agriculture
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 246
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Niemann, Ali, Beidle, Carr, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard,
Hucker, Ivey, Lafferty, and Sossi
- Entitled:
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Agriculture - Fertilizer - Phosphorus Content Reduction
Requiring specified fertilizer to be labeled in a specified manner;
prohibiting a person from using, selling, manufacturing, or
distributing specified fertilizer after a specified date unless it is
low phosphate fertilizer; requiring specified manufacturers to reduce
phosphorus levels from lawn care products by a specified amount, by a
specified date; requiring specified manufacturers to report annually
to the Department of the Environment; and authorizing the Department
of the Environment to adopt regulations.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
- Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
- Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
- Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
- Environment, Department of
- Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances -see also- Asbestos; Radiatn.
- Labeling
- Reports
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
6-201 ,
6-210 ,
6-222
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
