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: 
 - 
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