2008 Regular Session
Environment (M3)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 61
HB 1
Status as of March 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Environment - Brominated Flame Retardants - Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
- Entitled
- Environment - State Government - Integrated Pest Management
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Task Force on a Statewide Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Initiative
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Love
- Entitled
- Surface Mining - Performance Bond Cap - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Hixson, Morhaim, Rice, and Stein
- Entitled
- Energy Efficiency Tax Credit and Surcharge Act
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Feldman, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, Jones, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, Mathias, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Stein, Tarrant, Vaughn, Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, and McHale
- Entitled
- EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Stein, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Dumais, Haynes, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, F. Turner, Burns, Feldman, Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, and McHale
- Entitled
- Renewable Portfolio Standard Percentage Requirements - Acceleration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McConkey and Holmes
- Entitled
- Environment - Pozzolan - Use and Disposal
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Environment - Water Pollution Control Fund - Fertilizer Application Environmental Impact Fee
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Oil Discharge - Groundwater Contamination - Reimbursement for Costs
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Groundwater Contamination - Level of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether - Notice and Cleanup
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Environmental Health Monitoring - Reimbursement of Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Ali, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Glenn, Guzzone, Hucker, Krysiak, Lafferty, McIntosh, Morhaim, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, Schuler, and Stein
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Beidle, Bobo, V. Clagett, Glenn, Holmes, Hucker, King, Lafferty, Shewell, Sossi, Weir, Barnes, Busch, Dwyer, Frush, George, Love, McConkey, Pena-Melnyk, Schuh, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses of Fund
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Costa, Frush, Glenn, Hubbard, and Malone
- Entitled
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 2008
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Department of the Environment - Grants and Loans - Small, Minority, and Women's Business Enterprises
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 710
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Scrap Tires - Reimbursement of Costs - Interest in Site
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barve, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Simmons, Stein, Taylor, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elliott and Stull
- Entitled
- Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement of Funds
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Queen Anne's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Environment - Drinking Water - Provision of Bottled Water
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Delegation
- Entitled
- Noise Control - Carroll County Public Schools - Enforcement Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 835
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Ali, Beidle, Cane, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, Holmes, Manno, Niemann, Shewell, and Stein
- Entitled
- Mercury Switch Removal from Vehicles
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 836
Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Feldman, and Gutierrez
- Entitled
- Environment - Task Force to Study the Regulation of Swimming Pools
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Cardin, V. Clagett, Frush, Howard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McComas, Mizeur, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Stein, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Sustainable Energy Task Force
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Frick, Frush, Howard, Jameson, Lee, Manno, McComas, McIntosh, Mizeur, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Schuler, Stein, Stull, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Environment - Plastic Bags - Report
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuler, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Dumais, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Hecht, Hucker, Ivey, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Morhaim, Olszewski, Ramirez, and Walker
- Entitled
- Environment - Carryout Bags - Requirements
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Water Management Administration - Living Shoreline Protection Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Controlled Hazardous Substances - Discharge or Release - Reporting Requirements
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates George, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Hucker, Lafferty, Niemann, Norman, Shewell, Sossi, Stein, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Environment - Water Management Administration - Wetlands and Waterways Program Fees
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Braveboy, Carter, Glenn, Holmes, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Environment - Reducing Lead Risk in Housing - Risk Reduction Standard
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Beidle, Boteler, V. Clagett, Frush, Holmes, Krysiak, Lafferty, Malone, Norman, O'Donnell, Sossi, Stein, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Environment - Phosphorus - Dishwashing Detergent
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh and Hucker
- Entitled
- Environment - Statute of Limitations
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Eckardt, and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Wetlands - Construction of Structure on Pier - Exception
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott and Hecht
- Entitled
- Maryland Energy Administration - Maryland Clean Energy Center
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Hecht, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, Morhaim, Burns, Feldman, Krysiak, Manno, Mathias, McHale, and Minnick
- Entitled
- Maryland Clean Energy Center
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Beidle, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Howard, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, Niemann, Schuler, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Water Resources - Groundwater Appropriation or Use - Priority Funding Areas
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Environment - Sewage Sludge Utilization - Zoning and Land Use Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Kaiser, Ali, Barnes, Beidle, Bobo, Bromwell, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Frush, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kullen, Lafferty, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rice, Ross, Schuh, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Intercounty Connector - Public Health Impacts from Air Pollution - Assessment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
SB 122
Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Surface Mining - Performance Bond Cap - Repeal
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Dorchester County - Bay Restoration Fee - Lien Against Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 189
Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Surface Water Discharge Permits - Contested Case Hearings - Standing
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Forehand, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Renewable Portfolio Standard Percentage Requirements - Acceleration
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Harrington
- Entitled
- Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
SB 336
Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 382
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Middleton, and Miller
- Entitled
- Environment - Patuxent River Watershed
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Environmental Health Monitoring - Reimbursement of Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Conway, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Environment - Clean Air Permit Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 508
Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Environment - Permit Process - Modifications
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Frosh, Lenett, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Environment - Statute of Limitations
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brinkley
- Entitled
- Water Resources - Groundwater Appropriation or Use - Priority Funding Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Environment - Phosphorus - Dishwashing Detergent
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Lead Risk Reduction - Acquisition of Property - Compliance Requirements
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Wetlands - Construction of Structure on Pier - Exception
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 786
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines and Middleton
- Entitled
- Environment - Privately Licensed Sanitarians - Soil Percolation Tests
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses of Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Voluntary Cleanup Program - Enforcement and Oversight - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 927
Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jacobs
- Entitled
- Environment - Sewage Sludge Utilization - Zoning and Land Use Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Maryland Clean Energy Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
