2009 Regular Session
Farmland
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 27
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Property Tax Exemption
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Bartlett, Beitzel, Bohanan, Bromwell, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Haddaway, Hecht, Jameson, Krebs, Levy, Mathias, Murphy, O'Donnell, Rudolph, Shewell, Stull, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carr, Ali, Healey, Montgomery, and Shewell
- Entitled
- Municipal Corporations - Annexations - Small Parcels
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Southern Maryland Delegation
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Agricultural Preservation Easements - Renewable Energy Generation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Beitzel
- Entitled
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easement Properties - Natural Gas Drilling
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- 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
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- 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
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Boteler, V. Clagett, Glenn, Hucker, James, Lafferty, and Weir
- Entitled
- Real Property - Conservation Easements - Disclosure
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Delegation
- Entitled
- Counties - Purchase of Development Rights - Carroll County
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McDonough
- Entitled
- Education Funding - Transfer of Funds from Land Preservation Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gilchrist, Hixson, Ivey, and Kaiser
- Entitled
- Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Agricultural Land Preservation - Condemnation of Land Under Easement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Disbursement of Funds to Prince George's County and Montgomery County MC/PG 127-09
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- 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
Assignments -
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
Assignments -
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
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
Assignments -
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
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Residential Uses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
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
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Glassman, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Senators
- Entitled
- Counties - Purchase of Development Rights - Carroll County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Real Property - Conservation Easements - Disclosure
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
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
