2009 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Generally (M1)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 35
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Municipal Corporations - Development Project Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Barnes, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Forest Conservation Fund - Authorized Uses - Street Side Shrub Planting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway, Eckardt, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Elmore, Frank, George, Kipke, Mathias, McComas, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Serafini, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- State Boat Act - Excise Tax - Computation of Trade-In Value
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Manno, Glenn, and Stein
- Entitled
- Smart, Green, and Growing - Local Government Planning - Planning Visions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Lafferty, Ali, Barve, Beidle, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, and Niemann
- Entitled
- Smart, Green, and Growing - Annual Report - Smart Growth Goals, Measures, and Indicators and Implementation of Planning Visions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph and the Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Maryland Environmental Service - Energy Generation Projects
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levi, Barnes, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gilchrist, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Public Utility Tree Management Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 655
Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sossi, Ali, Aumann, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Frush, George, Glenn, Haddaway, Healey, Holmes, Hucker, Kipke, Lafferty, Malone, McComas, McIntosh, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Serafini, Shewell, Smigiel, Stein, Stull, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Expanded Use of Waterway Improvement Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Stein
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Land Available for Tree Planting - Database
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Holmes, Malone, Mathias, McConkey, Rice, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates James, Bohanan, and Gaines
- Entitled
- Transfer Tax - Program Open Space Bonds - Land and Easement Acquisition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 800
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker and Manno
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Protection and Enforcement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Oaks, Anderson, Conaway, Robinson, Rosenberg, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Baltimore City - Authorized Use of Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Elliott, and Stull
- Entitled
- Study to Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Deer-Vehicle Collisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Barve, Carr, G. Clagett, Eckardt, Haddaway, McComas, Morhaim, and Shank
- Entitled
- Maryland State Parks - Pet Access
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Carr, Frush, Healey, and Hucker
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - No Net Loss of Forest Policy - Forest Conservation Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Program Open Space Contingency Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1564
Status as of April 7, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stein
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Use of Funds - Indoor or Outdoor Recreational Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pugh, Colburn, and Harris
- Entitled
- Maryland Environmental Service - Energy Generation Projects
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - BayStat Subcabinet - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Use of Funds - Indoor or Outdoor Recreational Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Tree Services - Advertising
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 240
Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Expanded Use of Waterway Improvement Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Della, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Smart, Green, and Growing - Local Government Planning - Planning Visions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Della, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Smart, Green, and Growing - Annual Report - Smart Growth Goals, Measures, and Indicators and Implementation of Planning Visions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Utility Tree Management Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 384
Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris, Dyson, and Frosh
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Impervious Surface Projects - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 399
Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Forest Conservation Fund Authorized Uses - Street Side Shrub Planting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Conway, Harrington, Lenett, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Peters
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Protection and Enforcement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Conway, Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Harris
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - No Net Loss of Forest Policy - Forest Conservation Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 676
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Baltimore City - Authorized Use of Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- State Boat Act - Excise Tax - Computation of Trade-In Value
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
