Chesapeake Bay

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 36

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  HB 33

  Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plans - Implementation Deadlines

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 61

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 97

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio

  Entitled

  Dorchester County - Bay Restoration Fund - Collection of Restoration Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 94

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 647

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Afzali, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beitzel, Branch, Bromwell, Cane, Clippinger, Conway, Donoghue, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Glass, Glenn, Hershey, Hogan, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Lafferty, McDermott, McDonough, McHale, McIntosh, McMillan, W. Miller, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Otto, S. Robinson, Rudolph, Schulz, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stifler, Stocksdale, Vitale, Waldstreicher, Washington, Wood, Costa, McComas, James, F. Turner, A. Miller, and Summers

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Special and Commemorative Registration Plates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 121

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Beitzel

  Entitled

  Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 419

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 446

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 150

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Beidle, Bobo, Clippinger, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, McIntosh, Mitchell, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees and Uses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 464

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 486

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Otto, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 487

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 593

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Public Shellfish Fishery Area - Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 625

  Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 983

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1045

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur and Bobo

  Entitled

  The Maryland Native Plants and Wildflower Preservation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1247

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Washington, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, V. Turner, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1251

  Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hershey, Boteler, Cluster, Haddaway-Riccio, McComas, McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Jacobs, Kipke, W. Miller, Otto, Ready, Schulz, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  SB 20

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Special and Commemorative Registration Plates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 44

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Dorchester County - Bay Restoration Fund - Collection of Restoration Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 65

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 152

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

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  SB 240

  Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 330

  Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Jacobs, Jennings, Kittleman, Montgomery, and Shank

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 428

  Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Garagiola, Jennings, Klausmeier, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Commission to Study Expanding the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 443

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Public Shellfish Fishery Area - Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 483

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Benson, Miller, Frosh, Montgomery, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 511

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Raskin, Ferguson, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
  

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  SB 547

  Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 695

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 818

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, and Getty

  Entitled

  Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing - Environmental Impact Study for a Third Span

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 821

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Cap on Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 822

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 823

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 824

  Status as of February 9, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, and Getty

  Entitled

  Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  

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  SB 860

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Critical Area Commission - Buffer Standards - Hydric Soils

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 877

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman and Simonaire

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Pollution Control - Reporting and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 1043

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Environment - Construction on Piers - Non-Water Dependent Structures at Commercial Marinas

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 1074

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs