2009 Regular Session
Agriculture (M4)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 35
- Sponsored By
- Delegate G. Clagett
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Specialty Fertilizers - "No Phosphate Fertilizer"
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Specialty Fertilizer - Surcharge
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Southern Maryland Delegation
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Agricultural Preservation Easements - Renewable Energy Generation
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Beitzel
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easement Properties - Natural Gas Drilling
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno and Sossi and Delegates Aumann, Bromwell, Cane, Cardin, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Haddaway, Hucker, Impallaria, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Levy, Mathias, Montgomery, Murphy, Proctor, Rice, Rudolph, Smigiel, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pilot Program (MO-TIPP)
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Bates, Bobo, Boteler, Branch, Conway, Eckardt, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Howard, Jones, Levy, Robinson, Sophocleus, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements - Inspection Requirements
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes, Carr, V. Clagett, Niemann, and Manno
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay Phosphorous Reduction Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Beitzel, Carr, Conway, Donoghue, Frush, Kelly, Mathias, Myers, Rudolph, Shewell, Stocksdale, Stull, Waldstreicher, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 861
Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Practice of Veterinary Medicine - Operating Without a License - Penalties
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Holmes, Lafferty, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Maryland Horse Industry Board - Equine Activities
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Maryland Horse Industry Fund - Assessments on Commercial Equine Feed
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates V. Clagett, Ali, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Hucker, Love, Morhaim, Niemann, and Stein
- Entitled
- Maryland Food and Hunger Policy Council - Department of Agriculture
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Bates, Beitzel, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Krebs, Manno, Mathias, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Riley, Rudolph, Serafini, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Nutrient Management Plans - Confidentiality
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Veterinary Education - Continuing Education Requirements
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Agricultural Land Preservation - Condemnation of Land Under Easement
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Sale of Land Preservation Easements - Confidentiality of Records
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- State Tobacco Authority - Repeal
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Department of Agriculture - Organic Certification Program - Fees
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Practice of Veterinary Medicine - Students - Immunity
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Imposition of Civil Penalties by Board of Trustees - Authorization
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Terminated Easements
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Lawn and Turf Grass Seed - Testing and Labeling Requirements
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 291
Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easement Properties - Natural Gas Drilling
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Dyson, Garagiola, and Glassman
- Entitled
- Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary's County - Agricultural Preservation Easements - Renewable Energy Generation
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Residential Uses
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, Glassman, Conway, Dyson, Pinsky, Rosapepe, Lenett, Harrington, Greenip, and Harris
- Entitled
- Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pilot Program (MO-TIPP)
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Harris, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay Phosphorous Reduction Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 623
Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Kittleman, Kramer, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Nutrient Management Plans - Confidentiality
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 674
Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Greenip
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements - Inspection Requirements
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 816
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Kelley, Madaleno, Middleton, Peters, Pinsky, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland Food and Hunger Policy Council - Department of Agriculture
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 917
Status as of February 26, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Exum, McFadden, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 1068
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Workgroup to Study the Future Conservation of the State's Open Space and Farmland
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
