2000 Regular Session

Environment (M3)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 47

HB 25
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Walkup
Entitled
Dumping of Dredge Spoil - Prohibitions
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 40
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates D'Amato, Clagett, Busch, Rosso, Cadden, Rzepkowski, Conway, Hubbard, Billings, Pitkin, Barkley, Walkup, James, Conroy, Cryor, Rosenberg, Boschert, Sophocleus, Schisler, Moe, Hecht, Bobo, Frush, Grosfeld, C. Davis, Howard, Leopold, and Cane
Entitled
Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 41
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Environment - Motor Vehicle Fuel - Sulfur Content
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 68
Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegates W. Baker , Walkup, Cryor, Stern, Boutin, Frush, Schisler, Owings, Oaks, Stull, Elliott, Guns, Hurson, Hubbard, Sher, Cane, Cadden, and D'Amato
Entitled
Dredge Spoil Dumping - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 232
Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hixson (By Request)
Entitled
Maryland Clean Air Fund - Reimbursement for Legal Expenses
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 283
Status as of February 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled
Water Resources Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 292
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard, Billings, and Morhaim
Entitled
Environment - Permits - Land Application of Animal Processing Sludge
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 307
Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegates Branch, C. Davis, Kirk, Harrison, Valderrama, Patterson, Cole, V. Jones, Marriott, Oaks, A. Jones, McHale, and Phillips
Entitled
Scrap Tires - Disposal - Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 310
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 356
Sponsored By
Delegates Carlson, Hixson, Hurson, Bozman, Finifter, Patterson, Rosso, Cryor, Phillips, Morhaim, and Zirkin
Entitled
Commuter Benefits Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 331
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)
Entitled
Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 457
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 604
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled
Env-Md Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 620
Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegate Elliott
Entitled
Septic Systems - Departmental Review of County Regulations
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 662
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hutchins, Stocksdale, Stull, Kittleman, La Vay, Schisler, O'Donnell, Flanagan, Leopold, Greenip, Brinkley, and Ports
Entitled
Chesapeake Bay - Dredged Material Management
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 711
Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Shriver, Hurson, Nathan-Pulliam, Baldwin, Dobson, and Phillips
Entitled
Environment - Water Resources - Car Wash Conservation Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 716
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 632
Sponsored By
Delegate Heller (Chairman, Joint Committee on Federal Relations)
Entitled
Natural Resources - Interstate Environment Compact - Repealing
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 731
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegates Boutin, W. Baker, Weir, Riley, Rudolph, Glassman, Schisler, Klausmeier, James, Guns, Bozman, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, D'Amato, Eckardt, Rosso, Walkup, Elliott, Stull, Owings, and Hubbard
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Utilization of Lower Eastern Neck Island or Parsons Island as a Depository for Dredge Spoil
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 799
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
Entitled
State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund - Mosquito Control
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 823
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 415
Sponsored By
Delegates Clagett, Zirkin, Love, Bronrott, Pitkin, Krysiak, Hurson, Bobo, and Rosso
Entitled
Task Force on the Environmental Effects of MTBE
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 882
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 425
Sponsored By
Delegates Cadden and Owings
Entitled
Anne Arundel County - Noise Control - Sports Shooting Clubs
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 984
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled
Noise Control - Industrial Equipment - Continuous Noise
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1052
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 453
Sponsored By
Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Rosenberg, V. Jones, Oaks, Boutin, Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Hubbard, Sher, Schisler, Guns, Cane, D. Davis, Nathan-Pulliam, Mohorovic, and Pitkin
Entitled
Lead Poisoning Prevention - Property Inspection - Notice
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1061
Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Clagett, D'Amato, McClenahan, Rosso, and Sophocleus
Entitled
Income Tax Credit - Dredge Material Research and Use
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1077
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Oaks, Cane, McHale, Cole, Dypski, Gladden, Fulton, D. Davis, Klausmeier, and Phillips
Entitled
State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1124
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 459
Sponsored By
Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled
Montgomery County - Soil Conservation Districts - Delegation of Approval Authority to Municipal Corporations
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1204
Status as of March 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Delegates Walkup, Barkley, Boutin, Cadden, Cryor, D'Amato, Glassman, Guns, Hutchins, Kittleman, Klima, Kopp, Leopold, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Amedori, W. Baker, Bartlett, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Brinkley, Cane, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Donoghue, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Goldwater, Hubbard, James, Kach, J. Kelly, La Vay, Mandel, Mitchell, Moe, Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Ports, Schisler, Stern, Stull, and Wood
Entitled
Dredge Material - Alternative Uses - Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1206
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 676
Sponsored By
Delegate Schisler
Entitled
Smart Growth - Visions - Adequate Public Facilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1305
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 473
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard , Schisler, Weir, Redmer, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Cane, Klausmeier, Boutin, Baldwin, Frush, Owings, Hammen, Hurson, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Ballast Water Management - Reporting and Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1372
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Guns
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Potential to Expand the Use of Ethanol as an Alternative Fuel
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HJ 6
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosso, Leopold, Montague, Cadden, Dobson, Cole, McHale, Clagett, Conroy, Brown, and Pitkin
Entitled
Promoting Environmental Justice in Zip Code 21226
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
SB 26
Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 62
Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled
Air Quality - Administrative Civil Penalty
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 105
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Ruben
Entitled
Tax Credit for Cost of Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 136
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 235
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled
State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 210
Status as of February 3, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Water Resources Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
SB 244
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 357
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Middleton, Forehand, Currie, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, Dorman, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Commuter Benefits Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 248
Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh, Pinsky, Hollinger, Conway, Sfikas, and Dyson
Entitled
Environment - Registry of Voluntary Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 342
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Senator Jimeno
Entitled
Anne Arundel County - Noise Control - Sports Shooting Clubs
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 356
Status as of February 3, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Baker
Entitled
Queen Anne's County - Shooting Ranges - Sound Level Limits and Noise Control Regulations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 388
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Forehand and Green
Entitled
Soil Conservation Districts - Delegation of Authority to Municipal Corporations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 513
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 306
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh, Conway, and Sfikas
Entitled
Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 538
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Stoltzfus
Entitled
Waters Contiguous to Somerset County - Power Dredging - Oysters
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 562
Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Hollinger, DeGrange, Jacobs, Stoltzfus, and Collins
Entitled
Environment - Water Resources - Car Wash Conservation Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 663
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 677
Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Forehand
Entitled
Montgomery County - Soil Conservation Districts - Delegation of Authority to Municipal Corporations MC 24-00
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 720
Status as of February 22, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled
Lead Poisoning Prevention - Property Registration - Display
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 895
Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Collins
Entitled
Well Drillers - Restricted Licenses - Hydro-Fracturers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SJ 6
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By
Senator Dyson
Entitled
Environment - Solid Waste Management - Voluntary Statewide Diversion Goal
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters