CHAPTER NUMBER: 165
File Code: Agriculture
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1051/05 - ENV
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Sossi, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Smigiel, and Walkup
- Entitled:
-
Agriculture - Commercial Fertilizer - Required Signage at Retail
Outlets
Requiring retail outlets distributing commercial fertilizer in bags
weighing 50 pounds or more to display a specified sign advising
customers of specified damaging effects of fertilizer overuse and
recommending receipt of a specified chemical analysis of soil before
using commercial fertilizer; etc.
House Action
- 1/23
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 1/25
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/28
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/3
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/6
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/15
- Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/29
- Favorable
- Motion Special Order later today (Senator Hooper) Withdrawn
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed (32-1)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/25
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 165
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- CHESAPEAKE BAY
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc
- ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- CONSERV; NAT RSRCES; POLLUT
- HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
- POLLUTION -see also- SEDIMENT CONTROL
- SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
- SOIL CONSERVATION
- WATER
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Agriculture
- (
6-210.1
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 3, 2006: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
Senate
- March 30, 2006: Third Reading Passed (32-1)
