2010 Regular Session
Agriculture -see also- Farmland
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 57
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Amounts Received for Agricultural Preservation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Farmer's Markets - Raw Agricultural Product Sales - Producer Mobile Farmer's Market License
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Seasonal Farmer's Market Producer Sampling License
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate James
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Local Agricultural Exposition Centers - Authorization
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Bartlett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Frush, Haddaway, Hecht, Jameson, Krebs, Mathias, McComas, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Stull, and Jenkins
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Living Farm Heritage Museum Ho. Co. 6-10
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Department of Agriculture - Advertising Agricultural Products as Locally Grown - Regulatory Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 502
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bohanan, Jameson, Kullen, O'Donnell, and Wood
- Entitled
- Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties - Deer Hunting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pilot Program - Funding and Extension of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Winery Special Event Permits - Farmers' Markets PG 304-10
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Environment - Greywater - Residential Use
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 712
Status as of February 18, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Anderson, Glenn, Ali, Aumann, Barnes, Barve, Boteler, Branch, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Hecht, Hucker, Jenkins, Jennings, Kach, Kramer, Krysiak, Lafferty, Levy, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Proctor, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Stull, F. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Public Health - Medical Marijuana
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell, Aumann, Dwyer, Jennings, Lafferty, Sossi, and Stein
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Sludge - Timing of Winter Application
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Montgomery County - Winery Special Event Permits - Farmers' Markets MC 9-10
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Bohanan, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Eckardt, Frush, Hecht, Hucker, Jameson, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Levy, Love, Morhaim, Niemann, O'Donnell, Ross, Schuh, Sossi, Stein, Taylor, and Wood
- Entitled
- Biomass and Biofuels - In-State Production Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 921
Status as of March 23, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Bates, Beidle, Bromwell, Cane, Cardin, V. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frush, George, Haddaway, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, Mathias, McHale, Miller, Myers, Schuh, Schuler, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Wood, Feldman, Hecht, Impallaria, Manno, Minnick, Stifler, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Maryland Winery Modernization Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Hucker, Barnes, Gaines, Healey, Hubbard, Niemann, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Gaines, and Healey
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - La Vida Sana (Healthy Living Farm)
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Lafferty, Niemann, Ross, and Stein
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Nutrient Trading - Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, Ross, Frick, Gaines, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Stukes, and Walker
- Entitled
- Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1070
Status as of March 16, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Beitzel, Haddaway, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jenkins, Jennings, Kach, Kipke, Montgomery, Ramirez, Riley, Sophocleus, and Stull
- Entitled
- Farmer's Markets - Sale of Poultry and Rabbits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Cane, Elmore, Frick, Hecht, Kipke, Krebs, McHale, Sossi, Stull, Barkley, Feldman, Haddaway, Impallaria, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Rudolph, Stifler, Taylor, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Agricultural and Net Energy Metering Production Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, G. Clagett, Dwyer, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Jenkins, Kach, Krebs, Kullen, Miller, Montgomery, Murphy, Norman, Shank, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, Bromwell, Kach, Lafferty, Olszewski, Schuler, Shewell, and Stein
- Entitled
- Department of Agriculture - Invasive Plants - Labeling and Notice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barkley
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Carroll County Agriculture Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Jones
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1467
Status as of April 2, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stein
- Entitled
- Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Minimum Standards - Beneficial Uses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pilot Program - Extension of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Bohanan, Cane, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Jameson, Krebs, Kullen, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, Murphy, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Pilot Program for Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Distribution and Use of Revenue
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Maryland Commercial Feed Law - Definitions - Prohibition on Sale
- 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
- Secretary of Agriculture - Farm Quarantine
- 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 - Farmland Preservation Partnership Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman, Garagiola, Gladden, Harris, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Mooney, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Farmer's Markets - Agricultural Product Sales - Producer Mobile Farmer's Market License
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman, Garagiola, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Kramer, Mooney, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Seasonal Farmer's Market Producer Sampling License
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 233
Status as of March 16, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman, Harris, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Local Agricultural Exposition Centers - Authorization
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Colburn, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties - Deer Hunting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 359
Status as of March 22, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Exum, Harrington, King, McFadden, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Garagiola, Currie, Kasemeyer, Brinkley, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones, King, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, Zirkin, Glassman, Kittleman, and Dyson
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Pilot Program for Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Robey, Kasemeyer, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Living Farm Heritage Museum
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, DeGrange, Garagiola, Kelley, Kramer, Lenett, and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Biomass and Biofuels - In-State Production Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 594
Status as of March 22, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pilot Program - Funding and Extension of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 627
Status as of April 4, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Raskin, Colburn, Garagiola, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Madaleno, Miller, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Public Health - Medical Marijuana
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SB 653
Status as of February 17, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Minimum Standards - Beneficial Uses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, DeGrange, Dyson, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusions for Family Farms Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Glassman, Haines, Harrington, Harris, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Winery Modernization Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 859
Status as of February 19, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - La Vida Sana (Healthy Living Farm)
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Middleton, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Farmer's Markets - Sale of Poultry and Rabbits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Montgomery County - Button Farm Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Carroll County Senators
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Carroll County Agriculture Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Glassman, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's Agriculture Service Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
