2008 Regular Session
Water
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 34
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Bottled Water - Standard of Identity and Labeling Requirements - Out-of-State Registration of Bottled Water and Soft Drinks
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 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
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Homeowner's Insurance - Loss from Water and Sewer Backup - Offer of Coverage
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Environment - Water Pollution Control Fund - Fertilizer Application Environmental Impact Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Oil Discharge - Groundwater Contamination - Reimbursement for Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
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 G. Clagett, DeBoy, Hecht, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Specialty Fertilizers - "No Phosphorus Fertilizer"
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elliott and Stull
- Entitled
- Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement of Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
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
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Howard County Public Schools - Testing and Inspection of Well Water for Bacteria Ho. Co. 10-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
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
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - System Development Surcharge - Exemptions PG/MC 106-08
- 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
HB 998
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Taylor, Barnes, Carr, Feldman, Hucker, Kaiser, McConkey, Reznik, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Public Health - Bottled Water Facilities - Consumer Confidence Reports
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- 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 McIntosh and Hucker
- Entitled
- Environment - Statute of Limitations
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer, Barkley, Beitzel, Carr, Heller, Kelly, Lee, Manno, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Offshore Wind Farms
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Holmes, Kullen, Lafferty, Malone, McIntosh, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Stein, Hucker, and Glenn
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 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
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1615
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- St. Mary's County Delegation
- Entitled
- St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission - System Improvement Charges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Working Waterfront Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
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, 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
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
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 Kramer, Dyson, Forehand, Haines, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Madaleno, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Offshore Wind Farms
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- 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 Brochin
- Entitled
- Foreclosures - Unpaid Water and Sanitary Charges - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 844
Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Conway, Garagiola, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
