ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- CONSERV; NAT RSRCES; POLLUT

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 58

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  HB 25

  Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Walkup

  Entitled

  Dumping of Dredge Spoil - Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 40

  Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates D'Amato, Clagett, Busch, Rosso, Cadden, Rzepkowski, Conway, Hubbard, Billings, Pitkin, Barkley, Walkup, James, Conroy, Cryor, Rosenberg, Boschert, Sophocleus, Schisler, Moe, Hecht, Bobo, Frush, Grosfeld, C. Davis, Howard, Leopold, and Cane

  Entitled

  Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 41

  Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Environment - Motor Vehicle Fuel - Sulfur Content

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 68

  Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker , Walkup, Cryor, Stern, Boutin, Frush, Schisler, Owings, Oaks, Stull, Elliott, Guns, Hurson, Hubbard, Sher, Cane, Cadden, and D'Amato

  Entitled

  Dredge Spoil Dumping - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 126

  Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell and Owings

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 174

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Proctor and Vallario

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 283

  Status as of February 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration)

  Entitled

  Water Resources Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 292

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Billings, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Environment - Permits - Land Application of Animal Processing Sludge

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 313

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 585

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Owings, Oaks, D. Davis, Frush, Cane, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, Sher, Klausmeier, Boutin, Mohorovic, Elliott, R. Baker, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Hubers, Benson, Marriott, Hill, Billings, Swain, Kagan, Rosso, Bobo, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Fulton, Branch, Gladden, Dypski, Phillips, D'Amato, Conroy, Proctor, Howard, Shriver, and Petzold

  Entitled

  Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 327

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 485

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Department of Agriculture - Nutrient Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 331

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)

  Entitled

  Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 373

  Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Taylor

  Entitled

  Quality of Life Indicators and the Portrait of a Robust Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 395

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cryor, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, Boutin, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conroy, Dembrow, Dypski, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Kach, Leopold, Petzold, Rosso, Riley, Sher, Stern, Stocksdale, Walkup, Kopp, Phillips, La Vay, Shriver, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Potomac River Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 448

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 126

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Law - Violations - Fines for Certain Violations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 457

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 604

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Env-Md Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 620

  Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Septic Systems - Departmental Review of County Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 660

  Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Lead Functions - Transfer to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 662

  Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hutchins, Stocksdale, Stull, Kittleman, La Vay, Schisler, O'Donnell, Flanagan, Leopold, Greenip, Brinkley, and Ports

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay - Dredged Material Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 716

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 632

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Heller (Chairman, Joint Committee on Federal Relations)

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Interstate Environment Compact - Repealing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 730

  Status as of March 9, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Amedori, R. Baker, Baldwin, Brinkley, Burns, Cadden, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Elliott, Fulton, Getty, Glassman, Hurson, Hutchins, James, Kach, Kittleman, La Vay, Marriott, McKee, Mitchell, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Ports, Shank, Stocksdale, Valderrama, and Weir

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - State Income Tax Credit for Emissions Related Repairs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 731

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boutin, W. Baker, Weir, Riley, Rudolph, Glassman, Schisler, Klausmeier, James, Guns, Bozman, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, D'Amato, Eckardt, Rosso, Walkup, Elliott, Stull, Owings, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Utilization of Lower Eastern Neck Island or Parsons Island as a Depository for Dredge Spoil

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 771

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Calvert County

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 823

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 415

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Clagett, Zirkin, Love, Bronrott, Pitkin, Krysiak, Hurson, Bobo, and Rosso

  Entitled

  Task Force on the Environmental Effects of MTBE

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 836

  Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  St. Mary's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 889

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 426

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns (Article 66B Study Commission)

  Entitled

  Growth Management - Land Use Definitions and Controls

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 924

  Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Ports, Hammen, Boutin, Cane, Klausmeier, and Billings

  Entitled

  Courts - Statute of Limitations - Water Pollution Violations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 972

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Busch, Hubers, Hill, Walkup, Fulton, Barve, McHale, Goldwater, Brown, Love, Krysiak, Pendergrass, Moe, and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Business and Economic Development - Financing Programs Consolidation Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

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  HB 984

  Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Noise Control - Industrial Equipment - Continuous Noise

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 985

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Taylor

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1061

  Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Clagett, D'Amato, McClenahan, Rosso, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit - Dredge Material Research and Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1079

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1110

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Giannetti

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Safety Hazard Inspection

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1204

  Status as of March 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walkup, Barkley, Boutin, Cadden, Cryor, D'Amato, Glassman, Guns, Hutchins, Kittleman, Klima, Kopp, Leopold, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Amedori, W. Baker, Bartlett, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Brinkley, Cane, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Donoghue, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Goldwater, Hubbard, James, Kach, J. Kelly, La Vay, Mandel, Mitchell, Moe, Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Ports, Schisler, Stern, Stull, and Wood

  Entitled

  Dredge Material - Alternative Uses - Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1218

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1254

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 682

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir, Wood, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Recreational Watercraft

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1305

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 473

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard , Schisler, Weir, Redmer, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Cane, Klausmeier, Boutin, Baldwin, Frush, Owings, Hammen, Hurson, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Ballast Water Management - Reporting and Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1323

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 475

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Critical Areas - Reasonable Accommodations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HJ 6

  Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosso, Leopold, Montague, Cadden, Dobson, Cole, McHale, Clagett, Conroy, Brown, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Promoting Environmental Justice in Zip Code 21226

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 13

  Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings

  Entitled

  Oxygenated Fuel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 26

  Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 62

  Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Air Quality - Administrative Civil Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 67

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Miller

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 68

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 226

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller and Dyson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 81

  Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Baker, Green, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Hughes, Jimeno, Mitchell, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Seniors - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 136

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 235

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 191

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 65

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Comptroller)

  Entitled

  Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Property Used in a Production Activity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 210

  Status as of February 3, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Water Resources Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 235

  Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Stone, Jimeno, Haines, Mooney, Colburn, Hooper, Harris, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Motor Homes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 248

  Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Pinsky, Hollinger, Conway, Sfikas, and Dyson

  Entitled

  Environment - Registry of Voluntary Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 256

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 511

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 409

  Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Sfikas

  Entitled

  Quality of Life Indicators and the Portrait of a Robust Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 513

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 306

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Conway, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 624

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh (Article 66B Study Commission)

  Entitled

  Growth Management - Land Use Definitions and Controls

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 729

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 557

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Hogan, Roesser, Frosh, Pinsky, Forehand, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Potomac River Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 783

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 305

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, McFadden, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Madden

  Entitled

  Business and Economic Development - Financing Programs Consolidation Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 806

  Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Lawlah, Sfikas, Conway, Hughes, Mitchell, Blount, Currie, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 807

  Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SJ 6

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 4

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Environment - Solid Waste Management - Voluntary Statewide Diversion Goal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters