HOUSE BILL 315

Sponsored By:

Delegate Barve and the Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hecht, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Levy, Malone, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Braveboy, Burns, Davis, Glenn, Harrison, Jameson, Kirk, Love, Mathias, McHale, and Rudolph

Entitled:

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish and update an inventory of statewide greenhouse gas emissions for calendar year 2006; requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from 2006 levels by 2020; requiring the State to develop and adopt a specified plan, adopt specified regulations, and implement specified programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

1/29

First Reading Economic Matters & Environmental Matters

2/20

Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters)

3/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/26 (Delegate McHale) Adopted

3/23

Special Order next session (Delegate McHale) Adopted

Floor Committee Amendment (Economic Matters) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (32-103)

Floor Amendment (Delegate McDonough) Rejected (37-98)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/24

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (107-31)

4/10

Returned Passed

Senate Action

3/27

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/13

Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/8

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/9

Third Reading Passed (41-6)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/7

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 171

Sponsored by:

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Administration

Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21

Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy, District 25

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate C. William Frick, District 16

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17

Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20

Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19

Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate Gerron S. Levi, District 23A

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19

Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43

Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8

Speaker, The

Delegate Dana Stein, District 11

Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government

Agriculture, Department of

Agriculture -see also- Farmland

Annotated Code of Maryland

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees

Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation

Energy Matters -see also- Fuel; Power Plants; Solar Energy

Environment, Department of

Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut

General Assembly -see also- AELR Cmte; Leg Policy Committee.

Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc.

Industry and Technology

Pollution -see also- Sediment Control

Publications -see also- Maryland Register

Public Information

Reports

Rules and Regulations

Sunset

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Environment

( 2-1201 , 2-1202 , 2-1203 , 2-1204 , 2-1205 , 2-1206 , 2-1207 , 2-1208 , 2-1209 , 2-1210 , 2-1211 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):

House

Number: 333626/01     Offered on: March 26, 2009   at: 6:29 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 343525/01     Offered on: March 26, 2009   at: 6:32 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 583798/03     Offered on: March 25, 2009   at: 10:20 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 983994/01     Offered on: March 26, 2009   at: 6:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 23, 2009: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {333626/1 Rejected (32-103)

March 23, 2009: Floor Amendment (McDonough) {343525/1 Rejected (37-98)

March 24, 2009: Third Reading Passed (107-31)

Senate

April 9, 2009: Third Reading Passed (41-6)