Trees

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 20

• 

  HB 203

  Status as of February 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Barnes, and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation Fund - Authorized Uses - Street Side Shrub Planting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 219

  Status as of February 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Beitzel

  Entitled

  Tax - Property - Assessment and Valuation - Forest Conservation and Management Agreement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 450

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Caroline County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum Native Garden Gateway

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 480

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Levi, Barnes, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gilchrist, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Public Utility Tree Management Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

• 

  HB 765

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Stein

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Land Available for Tree Planting - Database

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 771

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Holmes, Malone, Mathias, McConkey, Rice, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 796

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 421

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walker and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Emerald Ash Borer Grant Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 800

  Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker and Manno

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Protection and Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 1053

  Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh, Barkley, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Dumais, Frush, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, McHale, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Riley, Robinson, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Community Environmental Protection Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 1291

  Status as of April 8, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Carr, Frush, Healey, and Hucker

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - No Net Loss of Forest Policy - Forest Conservation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

• 

  SB 217

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 226

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Tree Services - Advertising

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 223

  Status as of March 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Tax - Property - Assessment and Valuation - Forest Conservation and Management Agreement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 352

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Peters, Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Utility Tree Management Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 399

  Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation Fund Authorized Uses - Street Side Shrub Planting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 449

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 263

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Allegany County and Garrett County - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Forestry Products - Sunset Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 549

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 175

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 581

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 289

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Conway, Harrington, Lenett, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Peters

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Protection and Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 666

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 298

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Conway, Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Harris

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - No Net Loss of Forest Policy - Forest Conservation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 804

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn and Pipkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum Native Garden Gateway

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 824

  Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Brochin, Harrington, Pinsky, Raskin, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Community Environmental Protection Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs