Chesapeake Bay

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 29

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  HB 101

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 136

  Status as of March 2, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Specialty Fertilizer - Surcharge

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 176

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Lafferty, Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Bromwell, Carr, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Hucker, Malone, Niemann, Olszewski, Schuler, and Stein

  Entitled

  Bay Restoration Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 221

  Status as of February 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elliott and Stull

  Entitled

  Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement of Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 297

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 181

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barve, Beidle, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Manno, Bobo, Glenn, and Stein

  Entitled

  Smart, Green, and Growing - Smart and Sustainable Growth Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 312

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 174

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barnes, Beidle, Bronrott, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Malone, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Stein, Stukes, Valderrama, Cane, O'Donnell, Sossi, and Weir

  Entitled

  Aquaculture - Shellfish - Leasing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 729

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McConkey, Beidle, George, Glenn, Holmes, Sossi, and Weir

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prospective Land Purchases - Inspections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 786

  Status as of February 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates George, Sossi, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tolls

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 881

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sossi, Smigiel, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Inspection by Independent Entity Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 882

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sossi, Smigiel, George, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Independent Inspection Required Before Toll, Fee, or Penalty Increase

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means
  

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  HB 888

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sossi and Smigiel

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 927

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir, Boteler, Impallaria, Minnick, Sossi, and Stein

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Prohibition on Dredging Buried Oyster Shells on Man-O-War Shoals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1210

  Status as of February 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Carr, Ali, Frush, Haynes, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Lee, Montgomery, and Schuler

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1362

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Costa

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1375

  Status as of March 26, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel and Sossi

  Entitled

  Commission to Study the Impact of Large Truck Traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1444

  Status as of February 26, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dwyer

  Entitled

  Planning and Zoning - Wireless Telecommunications Towers - Structural Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1537

  Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walkup, Haddaway, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Establishing Teleworking Centers on the Eastern Shore for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Commuters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 42

  Status as of March 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - BayStat Subcabinet - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 125

  Status as of February 5, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, Pinsky, and Stone

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Prohibition on Dredging Buried Oyster Shells on Man-O-War Shoals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 166

  Status as of February 18, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 271

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 173

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Colburn, Conway, Forehand, Harrington, Lenett, Middleton, Pinsky, Raskin, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Aquaculture - Shellfish - Leasing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 280

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 180

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Della, King, Lenett, Madaleno, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Smart, Green, and Growing - Smart and Sustainable Growth Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 475

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Independent Inspection Required Before Toll, Fee, or Penalty Increase

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 476

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 478

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tolls

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 483

  Status as of February 4, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Inspection by Independent Entity Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 554

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 280

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Miller, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, and Robey

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 866

  Status as of April 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Required Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 967

  Status as of April 7, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters