2008 Regular Session
Forests and Parks -see also- Program Open Space; Trees
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 41
- Sponsored By
- Caroline County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and Robinson
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Parks & People Headquarters at Auchentoroly Terrace
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of State Debt - Howard County - Robinson Nature Center Ho. Co. 01-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Blandair Regional Park Ho. Co. 03-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Bromwell, DeBoy, Jones, Lafferty, Morhaim, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Irvine Nature Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McIntosh, Bobo, Busch, Cardin, V. Clagett, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Malone, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Sophocleus, Stein, Ali, Beidle, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hucker, Sossi, and Weir
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Riley, James, and Norman
- Entitled
- Task Force to Review the Lease of State Park Lands for Sewage Sludge Application
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Riley, James, and Norman
- Entitled
- State Parklands - Lease to Sewage Sludge Application Companies - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - South Branch Park
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Minnick, Olszewski, and Weir
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Heritage Trail and Saint Helena Park
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Beidle, Ali, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Shewell, and Stein
- Entitled
- Forests and Parks - Special Funds and Accounts - Payments to Counties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Dwyer, Love, McKee, and Weir
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Gold Star License Plates - Fees and Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Harford County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Lower Susquehanna Greenway Trail Development
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Ali, Beidle, Boteler, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Costa, Donoghue, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Mathias, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Stull, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Commission on Land Use at the Rosewood Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cane (Chair, Task Force on Incentives for Agriculture) and Delegates Braveboy, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jennings, Mathias, Montgomery, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Incentives for Agriculture Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means
HB 934
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Maryland-Washington Regional District - Highways - Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic and Facilities PG/MC 108-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Forest Conservation - Reporting and Enforcement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Bates, Bromwell, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McDonough, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School - Cessation of Operations - Transfer of Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway and Elmore
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Bending Water Park
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Jones
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Allegany County Delegation
- Entitled
- Allegany County - Video Lottery Construction - Local Impact Grants - Rocky Gap Construction Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Malone
- Entitled
- Forest and Park Wardens - Responsibilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carr, Ali, Cane, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Hucker, Niemann, and Stein
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - Community Parks and Playgrounds Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Parks & People Headquarters at Auchentoroly Terrace
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Conway, Dyson, Lenett, Rosapepe, Harrington, Colburn, and Harris
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 261
Status as of February 19, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman and Jacobs
- Entitled
- State Parklands - Lease to Sewage Sludge Application Companies - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 262
Status as of February 19, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Task Force to Review the Lease of State Park Lands for Sewage Sludge Application
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Heritage Trail and Saint Helena Park
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Irvine Nature Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Senators
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - South Branch Park
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Allegany County - Video Lottery Construction - Local Impact Grants - Rocky Gap Construction Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Glassman
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Lower Susquehanna Greenway Trail Development
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Raskin, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Frosh, Garagiola, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study a No Net Loss of Forest Policy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson (Chair, Task Force on Incentives for Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Incentives for Agriculture Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Robey
- Entitled
- Creation of State Debt - Howard County - Robinson Nature Center Ho. Co. 01-08
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Robey
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Blandair Regional Park Ho. Co. 03-08
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Glassman
- Entitled
- Forest and Park Wardens - Responsibilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Bending Water Park
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Harrington
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - Community Parks and Playgrounds Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters
