Agriculture (M4)

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  HB 71

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 349

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Department of Agriculture - Weights and Measures - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 73

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 350

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Commission - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 74

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 351

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Easement Termination - County Notification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 75

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 352

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Board of Trustees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 76

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 353

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Animal Health - Administrative Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 77

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 354

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Commercial Feed and Fertilizer, Agricultural Liming Materials, and Pesticide Registration and Labeling Laws - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 78

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 355

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Local Land Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 79

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 356

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Arbitration of Easement Values

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 104

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 358

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Secretary of Agriculture - Animal Health - Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 285

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 530

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McIntosh

  Entitled

  Maryland Tobacco Authority - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 402

  Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 207

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Moe, Bozman, Cardin, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kelly, Leopold, Madaleno, Malone, McConkey, McHale, Menes, Morhaim, Pendergrass, Petzold, Sophocleus, Trueschler, Vaughn, Weir, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Commercial Fertilizer - Ammonium Nitrate - Sale or Distribution Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 555

  Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee and Chair, Ways and Means Committee

  Entitled

  Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 561

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Agricultural Land Preservation - Termination of Agricultural Districts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 576

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 385

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stull and Cane

  Entitled

  Department of Agriculture - Water Pollution Control - Cost Sharing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 709

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 390

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Control Avian Influenza

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 933

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale and Aumann

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Request for Release by Landowner's Estate

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 934

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale and Aumann

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Child Lot - Notice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 971

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 405

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell and McIntosh

  Entitled

  Fish and Fisheries - Seafood - Aquaculture

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1039

  Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Cecil County Delegation

  Entitled

  Income Tax Checkoff - Cecil County Agricultural Preservation Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1051

  Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sossi, Smigiel, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Commercial Fertilizer - Required Signage at Retail Outlets

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1334

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Stull, Bartlett, Bozman, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Hogan, McKee, Rudolph, Shank, Sossi, Walkup, Weldon, Bobo, V. Clagett, Glassman, Jennings, Montgomery, Parker, and Weir

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Critical Farms Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1346

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Bartlett, Bates, Bobo, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Costa, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Glassman, Haddaway, Hubbard, James, Jennings, Kelly, Kullen, McComas, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Montgomery, Morhaim, Myers, Parrott, Petzold, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stern, Stull, Walkup, Weldon, Wood, and Cane

  Entitled

  Renewable Fuels Promotion Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1450

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Clagett, McIntosh, Bartlett, Bohanan, Cane, Cluster, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kaiser, Kullen, Mayer, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Montgomery, O'Donnell, Parrott, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, Stull, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund and Council - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1530

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stull, Cane, Bartlett, Elliott, Hogan, McKee, Myers, Shank, Sossi, Walkup, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund - Priority Preservation Areas - New Funding Sources

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 249

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  Maryland Tobacco Authority - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 283

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Middleton, and Schrader

  Entitled

  Fish and Fisheries - Seafood - Aquaculture

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 325

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Agricultural Land Preservation - Termination of Agricultural Districts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 446

  Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee) and Senator Middleton (Chair, Finance Committee)

  Entitled

  Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
  House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means

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  SB 459

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Cecil County Senators

  Entitled

  Income Tax Checkoff - Cecil County Agricultural Preservation Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 470

  Status as of March 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Jones, Pinsky, and Stone

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Confinement of Pregnant Sows and Gilts - Minimum Enclosure Size

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 502

  Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 155

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson , Middleton, Colburn, Harris, and Greenip

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Critical Farms Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 566

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 320

  Sponsored By

  Senator Munson

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund and Council - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 740

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 332

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Gladden, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Jacobs, Munson, Pipkin, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Renewable Fuels Promotion Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Environmental Matters