File Code: Environment
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 315  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senator Pinsky and the President (By Request - Administration) and Senators
Conway, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Kelley, King,
Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe,
Stone, and Jones
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009
 
Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish and update an
inventory of statewide greenhouse gas emissions for calendar year
2006; requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions
by 25% from 2006 levels by 2020; requiring the State to develop and
adopt a specified plan, adopt specified regulations, and implement
specified programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/23
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 1/28
 - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.  (Education Health and Environmental Affairs)
 - 2/20
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/23
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
 - 2/24
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Special Order 2/26 (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
 - 2/26
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Exum) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Jones) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (1-44)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (17-29)
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/2
 - Third Reading Passed (36-9)
 - 4/10
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (36-9)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/3
 - First Reading Economic Matters & Environmental Matters
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.  (Environmental Matters)
 - 4/11
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 4/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/8
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (107-30)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/7
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 172
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 - Administration
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator David C. Harrington, District 47
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Nancy J. King, District 39
 - Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
 - Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
 - Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
 - Senator C. Anthony Muse, District 26
 - Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
 - President, The
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 - Senator James N. Robey, District 13
 - Senator Jim Rosapepe, District 21
 - Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
 - Agriculture, Department of
 - Agriculture -see also- Farmland
 - Annotated Code of Maryland
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
 - Energy Matters -see also- Fuel; Power Plants; Solar Energy
 - Environment, Department of
 - Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut
 - General Assembly -see also- AELR Cmte; Leg Policy Committee.
 - Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc.
 - Industry and Technology
 - Pollution -see also- Sediment Control
 - Publications -see also- Maryland Register
 - Public Information
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Environment
 - (
 2-1201 ,
 2-1202 ,
 2-1203 ,
 2-1204 ,
 2-1205 ,
 2-1206 ,
 2-1207 ,
 2-1208 ,
 2-1209 ,
 2-1210 ,
 2-1211 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 103029/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:55 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 144630/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:49 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 213527/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:52 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 503927/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:52 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 623423/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 943121/01     Offered on: February 26, 2009   at:
10:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 483594/01     Offered on: April 11, 2009      at:
12:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- February 26, 2009: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {503927/1 Rejected  (1-44)
 - February 26, 2009: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {103029/1 Rejected  (17-29)
 - March 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (36-9)
 - April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (36-9)
 
House 
- April 8, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (107-30)