Natural Resources, Department of

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 26

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  HB 54

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 588

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elmore and Queen Anne's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Somerset and Queen Anne's Counties - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in the Seafood Industry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 133

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 114

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, McIntosh, Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Cane, V. Clagett, Frush, Glassman, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Hucker, Lafferty, Lawton, Malone, Montgomery, Niemann, O'Donnell, Shewell, Sossi, Stein, Stull, and Weir

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Chesapeake Bay - Oyster Restoration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 334

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 71

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir, Myers, Aumann, Beitzel, Boteler, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Lafferty, Levy, McDonough, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Shank, Stull, Ali, Frush, Holmes, Hucker, Malone, Niemann, Sossi, Cane, Healey, Shewell, Beidle, Stein, Glenn, Glassman, Lawton, and V. Clagett

  Entitled

  Lifetime Complimentary Fishing Licenses - POWs and Disabled Veterans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 473

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 607

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elmore, Cane, Eckardt, Haddaway, Mathias, Smigiel, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Soft Crabs - Bycatch

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 475

  Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Davis, Gaines, Gilchrist, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, James, Kaiser, N. King, Love, Montgomery, Niemann, Pendergrass, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Public School Construction Assistance Act of 2007

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 520

  Status as of March 15, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Eckardt, Elmore, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Educational or Scientific Certificates - Collection of Mollusks - Restrictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 530

  Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones and Barkley

  Entitled

  State Budget - Modifications - Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 564

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Cane, Eckardt, and Mathias

  Entitled

  Dorchester and Talbot Counties - Unattended Marine Vessel Motor Fuel Retail Service Stations at Marinas - Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 760

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 118

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Clagett, Ali, Barnes, Bartlett, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Bronrott, Dumais, Frush, Gilchrist, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Kach, N. King, Lafferty, Lawton, Mathias, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Rosenberg, Shewell, Stein, Stukes, Waldstreicher, Glassman, Glenn, Kipke, Niemann, Stull, and Weir

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Diamondback Terrapin - Take and Possession

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 963

  Status as of February 12, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir, Beidle, Boteler, Donoghue, Holmes, McConkey, McKee, Minnick, Shank, Sossi, and Stull

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Off-Highway Vehicles - Titling and Registration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1075

  Status as of March 19, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bartlett, Elliott, and Stull

  Entitled

  Study to Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Deer-Vehicle Collisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1158

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 266

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Shellfish Dealers - Licensure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1216

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 92

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Abandoned Land - Certificates of Reservation for Public Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1223

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 269

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Snapping Turtles - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1368

  Status as of March 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Ali, Barkley, Beidle, Bronrott, Cardin, Dumais, Guzzone, Hucker, Lawton, Lee, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Taylor, F. Turner, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Black Bear Hunt - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1369

  Status as of March 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Ali, Barkley, Beidle, Bronrott, Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Guzzone, Hubbard, Hucker, Lawton, Lee, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Leghold Traps - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1377

  Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Beitzel, Bates, Donoghue, Kelly, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Riley, Shank, Stull, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Black Bears - Establishment of Population in Each County

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1403

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Olszewski, Aumann, Beidle, Bromwell, Cardin, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Frush, Glenn, Impallaria, Kach, Lafferty, Minnick, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, and Weir

  Entitled

  Critical Area - Construction of a Facility - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1429

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 282

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush

  Entitled

  Reforestation - Replacing Trees Destroyed by Pest Treatments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 148

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 113

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh and Miller

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Chesapeake Bay - Oyster Restoration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 206

  Status as of April 1, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stoltzfus and Colburn

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Soft Crabs - Bycatch

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 292

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madaleno and Pugh

  Entitled

  State Budget - Modifications - Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 532

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 117

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Diamondback Terrapin - Take and Possession

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 554

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Somerset and Queen Anne's Counties - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in the Seafood Industry

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 702

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 181

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Yellow Perch Conservation and Sustainability Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 1012

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 217

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Fishery Management Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters