AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 42

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  HB 22

  Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Miller

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 56

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 441

  Sponsored By

  Delegate D. Hughes

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Weight Tolerances - Agricultural Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 237

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 226

  Sponsored By

  Western Maryland Delegation

  Entitled

  Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 300

  Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Pitkin, Oaks, Billings, Frush, Watson, Bobo, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Conroy, R. Baker, Crumlin, and D. Davis

  Entitled

  Water Quality - Agricultural Practices and Best Management Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 326

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 231

  Sponsored By

  Allegany County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County Agricultural Expo and Fairgrounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 352

  Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Getty, Miller, Stocksdale, Elliott, Brinkley, and Stull

  Entitled

  Highways - Placement of Farm-Related Directional Signs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 453

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 502

  Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Busch, Clagett, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Curran, Doory, Exum, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, B. Hughes, Kagan, Kopp, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 515

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Miller, Stocksdale, Getty, and Elliott

  Entitled

  Carroll County Agricultural Center Loan of 1996

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 532

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 486

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Edwards

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Farm Vehicles - "Farm Product" Defined

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 568

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Frush, Taylor, Conroy, Hubbard, Morhaim, Petzold, Pitkin, R. Baker, Crumlin, Billings, Cryor, Bobo, Nathan-Pulliam, Shriver, Goldwater, Moe, and Turner

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

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  HB 575

  Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 80

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Aquaculture Advisory Committee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 599

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 325

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Guns, Taylor, Arnick, W. Baker, Baldwin, Beck, Bonsack, Boston, Bozman, Brinkley, M. Burns, Ciliberti, Comeau, Conroy, Conway, Heller, Curran, C. Davis, Dewberry, Donoghue, Doory, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Greenip, Gordon, Harkins, Hecht, Holt, B. Hughes, D. Hughes, Hutchins, Jacobs, La Vay, Linton, Love, Kittleman, Malone, McClenahan, McKee, Minnick, V. Mitchell, D. Murphy, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Poole, Ports, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schade, Schisler, Slade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, Walkup, Weir, Miller, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, Fulton, Klima, Palumbo, Vallario, Mossburg, and Crumlin

  Entitled

  Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 722

  Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 92

  Sponsored By

  Charles County Delegation

  Entitled

  Charles County - County Roads - Restricted Access

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 763

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Healey, Cryor, Rosenberg, Grosfeld, R. Baker, Goldwater, Crumlin, Watson, and Doory

  Entitled

  Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Tax Health Protection Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 791

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kagan, Barve, and Gordon

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 855

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Carroll County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 891

  Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Fertilizers - Recycled Hazardous Material

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 935

  Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Bobo, Pendergrass, Mandel, Oaks, Hurson, Pitkin, Franchot, Turner, Conroy, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Chicken Excise Tax - Nutrient Waste Management Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 965

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Harford County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1063

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Brinkley

  Entitled

  Lead Hazard Reduction - Agricultural and Conservation Property

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1073

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, R. Baker, Beck, Benson, Billings, Bobo, E. Burns, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Dembrow, Doory, Exum, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, and Watson

  Entitled

  Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1074

  Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Beck, Bobo, Ciliberti, Conroy, Dembrow, Faulkner, Healey, Hubbard, Menes, Moe, Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Turner

  Entitled

  Patuxent Reservoirs Watershed

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1079

  Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Palumbo, Vallario, and Holt

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Required Registration and Certificate of Title - Farm Equipment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 1103

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walkup, W. Baker, Franchot, Dembrow, and Hixson

  Entitled

  Redeposit of Dredge Spoil - Conditions for Redeposit on Farm or Agricultural Use Land

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1108

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Baldwin, W. Baker, McClenahan, Brinkley, Slade, Greenip, Owings, O'Donnell, Wood, Linton, Hutchins, Stocksdale, Stull, Elliott, Mossburg, DeCarlo, Opara, B. Hughes, Proctor, Klima, Conway, V. Mitchell, Kittleman, Miller, Beck, M. Burns, La Vay, D. Hughes, Ports, Stup, Eckardt, Jacobs, Rzepkowski, Harkins, Edwards, McKee, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Maryland Right to Farm Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1247

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 739

  Sponsored By

  Somerset County Delegation

  Entitled

  Somerset County - Right to Farm

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1370

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morgan

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Disparagement of Perishable Food Products - Cause of Action

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 74

  Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 14

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)

  Entitled

  Personal Property Tax - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 178

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 324

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Frosh, Blount, Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Pinsky, Van Hollen, Currie, Dorman, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 193

  Status as of February 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Highways - Placement of Signs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 211

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County Agricultural Expo and Fairgrounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 285

  Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Derr, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, and Munson (Western Maryland Senators)

  Entitled

  Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 404

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 386

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker, Colburn, and Haines

  Entitled

  Agricultural Operations - Nuisance Suits - Protection Against

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 420

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 177

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)

  Entitled

  Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 494

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 181

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Ruben, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Roesser, and Hogan

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 591

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 189

  Sponsored By

  Senators Fry and Craig

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 614

  Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Pinsky, McFadden, Ruben, Blount, Currie, Conway, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Madden

  Entitled

  Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 622

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 637

  Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation Program - Agricultural Preservation Land - Exceptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 652

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 122

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Collins, Conway, Currie, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hughes, Kelley, Hollinger, Jimeno, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Derr, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Manufacturers of Tobacco Products - State Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 658

  Status as of February 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stoltzfus, Middleton, Colburn, Bromwell, Craig, Derr, Dyson, Ferguson, Fry, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Munson, and Neall

  Entitled

  Nutrient Management Practices Improvement Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs