HOUSE BILL 547

Sponsored By:

Delegates Stern, Amedori, Bartlett, Bobo, Bohanan, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Cryor, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Feldman, Frush, Glassman, Hogan, Hutchins, James, Jameson, Jennings, Kaiser, Lee, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McHale, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Pendergrass, Quinter, Rudolph, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, F. Turner, Weldon, Wood, Schisler, Weir, Boteler, Trueschler, Elmore, Boutin, Costa, Dwyer, Frank, Rzepkowski, McMillan, Krebs, Kach, Myers, Leopold, Aumann, Bates, Miller, Smigiel, and Redmer

Entitled:

Task Force on the Marketing of Grain and Other Agricultural Products

Synopsis:

Establishing the Task Force on the Marketing of Grain and Other Agricultural Products; providing for specified membership; requiring the Governor to designate the chairman; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide staffing; requiring the Task Force to evaluate options and develop strategies for the marketing of grain, to examine specified costs and funding sources, to solicit and encourage specified participation, and to report to specified persons by December 31, 2003; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/6

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/10

Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

3/10

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

3/11

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Schisler) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Malone) Adopted

Special Order 3/12 (Delegate Hubbard) Adopted

3/12

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/14

Third Reading Passed (137-0)

3/31

Returned Passed

5/22

Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed

Senate Action

3/17

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/3

Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/1

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/2

Third Reading Passed (46-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A

Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Bob A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Don Dwyer, District 31

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Patrick N. Hogan, District 3A

Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Anne Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Susan Wolf Krebs, District 9B

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30

Delegate Warren Miller, District 9A

Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Neil Quinter, District 13

Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Kenneth D. Schisler, District 37B

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Richard Sossi, District 36

Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Herman Taylor, District 14

Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND

COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

PORTS

REPORTS

SUNSET

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 273923/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 11, 2003   at: 10:33 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 570310/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 11, 2003   at: 10:31 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 853628/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 11, 2003   at: 10:32 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 14, 2003: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

Senate

April 2, 2003: Third Reading Passed (46-0)