Hazardous and Toxic Substances -see also- Asbestos; Radiatn.

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 44

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  HB 4

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 190

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Cullison, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Public Health - Containers of Infant Formula Manufactured with Bisphenol-A - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 53

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 448

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Environment - Phosphorus - Commercial Dishwashing Detergent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 54

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 198

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Environment - Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether - Trace Amounts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 145

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 578

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Costa, Cullison, Frush, Gaines, Holmes, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, Walker, Zucker, Donoghue, Kipke, Morhaim, Pendergrass, and Reznik

  Entitled

  Environment - Cadmium in Children's Jewelry - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 362

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 333

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Economic Matters Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Home Improvement Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 425

  Status as of February 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Barnes, Costa, George, Kipke, Pena-Melnyk, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Environment - Use of Coal Combustion By-Products for Reclamation - Bond Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 428

  Status as of February 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Barnes, Beidle, Costa, George, Kipke, Pena-Melnyk, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 527

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hogan, Boteler, Bromwell, Eckardt, George, Hough, Kaiser, McDermott, McIntosh, McMillan, Minnick, Myers, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Lead Safe Income Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 573

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 485

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Bobo, and Clagett, and Delegates Braveboy, Frush, Pena-Melnyk, Wood, and Glenn

  Entitled

  Fertilizer Use Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 659

  Status as of March 14, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Barnes

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Pesticides - Regulation of Atrazine

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 660

  Status as of April 7, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Healey, Lafferty, and Niemann

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Pesticides - Use Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 687

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Arora, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Cane, Carr, Costa, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, A. Kelly, McHale, Murphy, Niemann, Schuh, Vitale, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 706

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Clagett, Arora, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Cane, Carr, Costa, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, McHale, Murphy, Niemann, Schuh, Vitale, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Phosphorus Reduction Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 754

  Status as of March 23, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Gilchrist, Holmes, A. Kelly, Luedtke, McIntosh, S. Robinson, Stein, and Washington

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 759

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Waldstreicher, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, McHale, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Tarrant, Washington, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Healthy Kids, Healthy Maryland - Toxic Chemical Identification and Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 847

  Status as of February 28, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mitchell, Braveboy, Cane, Carr, Gaines, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Tarrant, Walker, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Environment - Permitting Process - Environmental Justice Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 897

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 606

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murphy, Cardin, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Frick, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Jameson, Love, Mizeur, Reznik, V. Turner, Walker, Wood, Gilchrist, Glenn, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, Lafferty, McComas, McMillan, Niemann, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, S. Robinson, Stein, Vitale, Weir, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Engine Coolant and Antifreeze Bittering Agent Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 901

  Status as of March 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kipke

  Entitled

  Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Environment - Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 903

  Status as of March 18, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates A. Kelly, Braveboy, Burns, Carr, Cullison, Frick, Frush, Guzzone, Hucker, Kaiser, Kipke, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Sophocleus, Waldstreicher, and Wood

  Entitled

  Task Force on Green Chemistry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 966

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 149

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Bohanan, and Wood

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Restricted Waters for Shellfish Harvesting - Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1033

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 610

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks and McIntosh

  Entitled

  Environment - Reducing Lead Risk in Housing - Risk Reduction Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1254

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 620

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Registration and Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1283

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Public School Buildings - Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1353

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Barve, Branch, Haddaway-Riccio, and Hammen

  Entitled

  Crimes - Food Service Facility - Rodenticide Placed on Food Prepared for Human Consumption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HJ 3

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Frush

  Entitled

  Reform of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HJ 11

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood, Aumann, Bohanan, Boteler, Clagett, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, Jameson, McConkey, McDermott, McMillan, Minnick, Murphy, O'Donnell, Otto, Proctor, Schulz, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Vitale, Weir, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Equal Benefits for Treatment for Agent Orange Exposure of Vietnam Veterans Who Served Outside Vietnam

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  SB 151

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 189

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Benson, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Zirkin, Garagiola, Glassman, Mathias, and Muse

  Entitled

  Public Health - Containers of Infant Formula Manufactured with Bisphenol-A - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 153

  Status as of February 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Reorganization of State Government - Consolidating the Department of the Environment into the Department of Natural Resources

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 221

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 197

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Environment - Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether - Trace Amounts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 236

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Home Improvement Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 320

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 447

  Sponsored By

  Senators Montgomery, Frosh, Kelley, Madaleno, Manno, Raskin, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Environment - Phosphorus - Commercial Dishwashing Detergent

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 417

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Madaleno, Raskin, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 487

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 484

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Frosh, Young, Conway, Pinsky, Simonaire, Benson, Rosapepe, Ferguson, Montgomery, and Jennings

  Entitled

  Fertilizer Use Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 544

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Astle, Benson, Ferguson, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 546

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Astle, Benson, Ferguson, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Phosphorus Reduction Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 574

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Muse, Raskin, and Benson

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 582

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Montgomery, Raskin, Forehand, Madaleno, Manno, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Pesticides - Regulation of Atrazine Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 637

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Benson, Frosh, Gladden, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Young

  Entitled

  Healthy Kids, Healthy Maryland - Toxic Chemical Identification and Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 751

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 285

  Sponsored By

  Senator Manno

  Entitled

  Environment - Dishwashing Detergent Containing Phosphorus - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 752

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Benson, Frosh, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Environment - Permitting Process - Environmental Justice Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 785

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Montgomery, Raskin, Benson, Kelley, Madaleno, Manno, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Pesticides - Use, Release, Sale, and Purchase Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 840

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Environment - Reducing Lead Risk in Housing - Risk Reduction Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 886

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists - Advertisements - Materials Containing Mercury

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 889

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists - Informed Consent - Removal of Materials Containing Mercury

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs