1997 Regular Session

NATURAL RESOURCES -see also- FORESTS AND PARKS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 22

HB 35
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Stup
Entitled
Forest Conservation Act - Limited Exemption - Commercial or Industrial Zoning Districts
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 198
Status as of January 28, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard, Conroy, Pitkin, Frush, D. Davis, Proctor, Menes, Healey, and Crumlin
Entitled
Wildland and Open Areas - Belt Woods Wildland - Modification of Boundary
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 453
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 58
Sponsored By
Delegate Edwards
Entitled
Deep Creek Lake Advisory and Review Committee - Membership
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 498
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 568
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard, Frush, D. Davis, Conroy, Pitkin, Proctor, Menes, Healey, and Crumlin and the Speaker (Administration)
Entitled
Wildland and Open Areas - Designation of New Wildlands
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 507
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 758
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Fry, Rosapepe, Frush, Hammen, Turner, Preis, Harkins, Kopp, and Pitkin
Entitled
"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 550
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 672
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)
Entitled
Department of Natural Resources - Program Open Space - Use of Funds
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 560
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 676
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Curran, Wood, Owings, Branch, Cadden, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Harkins, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, McHale, C. Mitchell, Mossburg, Parker, Patterson, Pitkin, Poole, Preis, Rudolph, Weir, B. Hughes, Boston, Holt, and Stup
Entitled
Forest and Park Rangers - Salary, Step, and Grade Increases - In Relationship to Natural Resources Police
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 672
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By
Delegates Weir and Schisler
Entitled
Natural Resources - Snapping Turtles
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 758
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Wood, McClenahan, and Weir (Chesapeake Bay Commission)
Entitled
Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1254
Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 285
Sponsored By
Delegate Guns
Entitled
Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1408
Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 303
Sponsored By
Delegate Guns
Entitled
Natural Resources - Fisheries Management - Black Bass
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1460
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Shriver
Entitled
Natural Resources - Public Recreation on Private and Public Land
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HJ 2
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Billings, Hubbard, Bobo, Cadden, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Mandel, Menes, Muse, Pitkin, Rosapepe, Valderrama, Frush, and Marriott
Entitled
Constitutional Amendment for Environmental Rights
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
SB 33
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By
Senator Colburn
Entitled
Forest Conservation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 214
Status as of March 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Frosh (Chesapeake Bay Commission)
Entitled
Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 234
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 567
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senator Green
Entitled
Wildland and Open Areas - Designation of New Wildlands
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 290
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh and Roesser
Entitled
Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 388
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 757
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Collins, Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Craig, Green, Van Hollen, Dorman, and Middleton
Entitled
"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 443
Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Hafer
Entitled
Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership and Authority
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 538
Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Senators Lawlah, Stone, Blount, Currie, Dorman, Kasemeyer, Craig, Colburn, Ferguson, Derr, and McFadden
Entitled
Forest and Park Rangers - Salary, Step, and Grade Increases - In Relationship to Natural Resources Police
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 591
Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled
Forest Conservation - Afforestation Requirements - Exemption in Frederick County
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 725
Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Senators Dyson and Stoltzfus
Entitled
Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Apprenticeship
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters