ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 43

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  HB 109

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 154

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Bobo

  Entitled

  Environment - Electronic Waste Collection Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 111

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Bobo

  Entitled

  Solid Waste Disposal - Cathode Ray Tubes - Computer Monitors and Television Screens

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 113

  Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Environment - Construction of Wells - Minimum Yield

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 136

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 494

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Frush, Bobo, Bronrott, Montgomery, V. Clagett, and Franchot

  Entitled

  Environment - Products That Contain Mercury - Labeling and Reclamation or Destination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 153

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Environment - Air Quality - New Source Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 214

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Department of the Environment - Ombudsman Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 272

  Status as of February 13, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McIntosh

  Entitled

  Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 292

  Status as of January 30, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Edwards, Amedori, Aumann, Bates, Cryor, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hubbard, Jennings, Kelly, Krebs, Malone, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, O'Donnell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Water Pollution - The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 294

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 73

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Edwards, Aumann, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Burns, Cane, V. Clagett, Costa, Cryor, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Hammen, Hogan, Holmes, Hubbard, Kelly, Krebs, Leopold, Malone, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Parker, Parrott, Ross, Rudolph, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Brownfields Redevelopment Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 314

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Hubbard, Bronrott, Cardin, V. Clagett, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Environment - Establishment of Low Emissions Vehicle Program - Emissions Standards and Compliance Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 328

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Bobo

  Entitled

  Environment - Electronic Waste Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 493

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Environment - Hazardous Material Security

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 494

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Tidal Wetlands - Criminal Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 495

  Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Water Management Administration - Wetlands and Waterways Programs Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 555

  Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Amedori, Aumann, Bates, Costa, Cryor, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hubbard, Jennings, Kelly, Krebs, Malone, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, Minnick, O'Donnell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, Wood, and Owings

  Entitled

  Water Pollution - Nutrients - State Waters - Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Restoration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 628

  Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McIntosh

  Entitled

  Local Governments - Regulation of Residential Property for Rent or Lease - Lead Risk Reduction Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 638

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 191

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa, V. Clagett, McConkey, and Glassman

  Entitled

  Environment - Landfills - Bonds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 666

  Status as of April 13, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 59

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Aumann, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Biological Agents Registry Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 743

  Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Department of the Environment - Rubble Landfills - Location

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 881

  Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gordon, Healey, Hixson, Howard, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Regulatory Units - Fee-Setting Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1012

  Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Carter, Anderson, Benson, C. Davis, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Murray, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Ross, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1039

  Status as of April 7, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hogan, Bromwell, Cadden, Cardin, Carter, Gilleland, Kach, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Shank, Sossi, Weir, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Lead-Safe Housing - Income Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1132

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 483

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glassman, Owings, Stull, and Weir

  Entitled

  Environment - Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility - Permit Term

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1172

  Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  Air Quality - Limits on Emissions from Coal-Fired Generating Units

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1179

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood, Elmore, McKee, Glassman, Amedori, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Haddaway, Hennessy, Hogan, James, Jameson, Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Proctor, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Vallario, Walkup, and Weldon

  Entitled

  2020 Rural Maryland - Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1221

  Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell and Owings

  Entitled

  Calvert County - Conversion of a Nonprofit Organization to a Sanitary District

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1229

  Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Environment - Sewage Sludge - Land Application

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1241

  Status as of April 7, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Carter, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Home Improvement Contractor and Subcontractor Licenses - Lead Abatement Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1296

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Quinter, Bobo, Hubbard, Pendergrass, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Water Pollution Administrative Penalties Act of 2004

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1318

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 544

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Oaks

  Entitled

  State and Local Employees - Public Disclosures - Conflicts of Interest

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1343

  Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings

  Entitled

  Landlord and Tenant - Rent Escrow Accounts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1441

  Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Air Quality - Emissions Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1507

  Status as of April 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Jameson

  Entitled

  Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis - Review of Selected State Government Programs by the University System of Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  SB 52

  Status as of April 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Planning)

  Entitled

  Priority Funding Areas - Funding of Sewerage and Water Supply Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 116

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 92

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Britt, Conway, Exum, Frosh, Green, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Environment - Applications for Licenses or Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 183

  Status as of February 2, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brochin, Colburn, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Schrader, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Water Pollution - The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 186

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 72

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Currie, Della, Dyson, Greenip, Hafer, Harris, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, Munson, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Brownfields Redevelopment Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 320

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 428

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Water Pollution - State Waters - The Bay Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 382

  Status as of March 19, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Ambient Air Quality Control Permit - Rendering Facility - Prohibited Location

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 563

  Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Environment - Establishment of Low Emissions Vehicle Program - Emissions Standards and Compliance Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 655

  Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Voluntary Cleanup Program and Brownfields Revitalization Incentive Program - Procedures and Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 791

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 482

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Colburn, and Dyson

  Entitled

  Environment - Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility - Permit Term

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 902

  Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis - Review of Selected State Government Programs by the University System of Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation