File Code: Agriculture
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 544
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Bobo, Arora, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Cane, Carr, Costa, Frush,
Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, A. Kelly, McHale, Murphy, Niemann, Schuh,
Vitale, Washington, and Wilson
- Entitled:
-
Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2011
Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the
University of Maryland, to adopt regulations requiring specified signs
to be posted where specialty fertilizer is sold or distributed on or
after April 1, 2012; requiring the sign to contain specified
information; prohibiting specified specialty fertilizers from being
labeled for specified uses on or after April 1, 2012; prohibiting
specified fertilizers from being sold or distributed for use on
established lawns, grass, or turf on or after April 1, 2012; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Sam Arora, District 19
- Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
- Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
- Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
- Delegate Ariana B. Kelly, District 16
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
- Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
- Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
- Delegate Steven R. Schuh, District 31
- Delegate Cathy Vitale, District 33A
- Delegate Mary L. Washington, District 43
- Delegate C. T. Wilson, District 28
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agriculture, Department of
- Chesapeake Bay
- Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Contractors -see also- Heating & Cooling; Home Improvement
- Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
- Dealers -see also- Motor Vehicle Dealers and Salesmen
- Fertilizers
- Hazardous and Toxic Substances -see also- Asbestos; Radiatn.
- Labeling
- Notices
- Pollution -see also- Sediment Control
- Rules and Regulations
- Signs and Billboards
- State Universities and Colleges
- Water
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
6-201 ,
6-201 ,
6-210 ,
6-210 ,
6-210 ,
6-223 ,
8-803.4
)
- Business Regulation
- (
8-502.1
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
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Committee Votes :
House
- Environmental Matters