2011 Regular Session
Natural Resources, Department of
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 29
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - Fishing - Regulatory Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes, O'Donnell, and Beitzel
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Deer Hunting - Sundays
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Aquaculture - Shellfish Leasing Areas - Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 301
Status as of March 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush and Beitzel
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Suspension of Hunting Licenses and Privileges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schulz, Afzali, Aumann, Boteler, Clagett, Cluster, Frank, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, McDermott, Minnick, Myers, Ready, Serafini, Smigiel, and Weir
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Hunting - Junior Deer Hunt
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Clagett
- Entitled
- Stormwater Management - Watershed Management Plans - Technical Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Beidle, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Holmes, Lafferty, Love, Malone, McIntosh, Niemann, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Administrative Procedures - Electronic Citations, Inspections, and Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 852
Status as of March 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Holmes, Beidle, Bobo, Carr, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Hubbard, Lafferty, Luedtke, McHale, A. Miller, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Stein, and Wilson
- Entitled
- The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Act of 2011
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Lafferty, and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Land Preservation - Land Draining to a Reservoir
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- State Government - Land Acquisitions and Transfers of Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Aquaculture
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hucker, Barve, Braveboy, Feldman, Burns, Anderson, Barnes, Beidle, Bobo, Bromwell, Cardin, Clippinger, Conway, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Hubbard, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, McIntosh, Mizeur, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Reznik, S. Robinson, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Washington
- Entitled
- Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Murphy and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Atlantic Menhaden - Restrictions on Products from Reduction
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Gilchrist
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Authorization to Catch Striped Bass and Crabs - Revocation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Eckardt, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Jacobs, McDermott, and Otto
- Entitled
- Department of Natural Resources - Tracking Device on Vessel - Prohibition Without Court Order
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jacobs, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Smigiel, Summers, and Weir
- Entitled
- Counties - Natural Resources - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in the Seafood Industry
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Oysters - Sanctuaries and Poaching
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
SB 45
Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Deer Hunting - Sundays
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Tree Expert License - Application and Renewal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 153
Status as of February 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Reorganization of State Government - Consolidating the Department of the Environment into the Department of Natural Resources
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, McFadden, Middleton, Peters, Pipkin, Raskin, Reilly, Shank, Simonaire, and Young
- Entitled
- Recreational Fishing Licenses - Exemption
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Administrative Procedures - Electronic Citations, Inspections, and Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Oyster Sanctuaries - Designation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Authorization to Catch Striped Bass and Crabs - Revocation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Aquaculture
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- State Government - Land Acquisitions and Transfers of Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Pinsky, Garagiola, Astle, Mathias, Middleton, Benson, Forehand, King, Madaleno, Montgomery, Raskin, Rosapepe, Young, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson and Colburn
- Entitled
- Natural Resources Police Force - Number of Officers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters and Appropriations
