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

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 88

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  HB 21

  Status as of April 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McConkey

  Entitled

  Certificate of a Qualified Expert - Lead Paint Poisoning Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 33

  Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plans - Implementation Deadlines

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 121

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Beitzel

  Entitled

  Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 158

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 356

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Beidle, Vitale, Summers, A. Miller, Boteler, Stukes, Walker, Myers, Kaiser, Ross, Hixson, Rosenberg, Howard, F. Turner, Cardin, Ivey, Frick, George, and Luedtke

  Entitled

  Property Tax - High Performance Building Tax Credit - National Green Building Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 169

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Lafferty

  Entitled

  Environment - At-Store Recycling - Plastic Carryout Bags

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 208

  Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Mitchell

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Public School System - Governance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 229

  Status as of January 30, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Lafferty, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Frush, Hogan, Niemann, Olszewski, Tarrant, Vaughn, Washington, and Weir

  Entitled

  Maryland Plastic Bag Recycling Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 296

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates S. Robinson, Arora, Conaway, Hucker, A. Kelly, Luedtke, and Washington

  Entitled

  Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 327

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Community Forklift Facility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 441

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hucker, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Hubbard, Jones, Mizeur, Ross, Stein, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 445

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Bobo, Carr, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, Lafferty, McIntosh, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 446

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 150

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Beidle, Bobo, Clippinger, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, McIntosh, Mitchell, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees and Uses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 447

  Status as of March 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Procurement - Electronics Recycling Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 448

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 372

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Reznik

  Entitled

  Procurement - Preferences - Purchasing and Recycling Electronic Products

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 486

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Otto, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 487

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 511

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 667

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee and Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 549

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hogan

  Entitled

  Stormwater Management - Residential Stormwater Practices - Inspection and Maintenance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 554

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hogan, Boteler, Bromwell, Elliott, Glenn, Hough, Kach, Kaiser, Lafferty, McComas, McIntosh, Minnick, Mitchell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Lead Safe Income Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 625

  Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 626

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kipke

  Entitled

  Environment - Discharge of Pollutants - Permit Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 639

  Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and McIntosh

  Entitled

  High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 644

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 387

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks and Niemann

  Entitled

  Environment - Reducing the Incidence of Lead Poisoning

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 654

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Szeliga

  Entitled

  State Development Plan - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 854

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Gilchrist

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation Act - Exception for Local Stormwater Management Activity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 867

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Education - Public School Construction Funding and Children's Indoor Environmental Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
  

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  HB 879

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 400

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Environment - Statewide Electronics Recycling Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 895

  Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Authority to Impose Fees for Use of Disposable Bags PG 402-12

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 901

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 403

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - High Performance Buildings PG/MC 110-12

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 907

  Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh and Hixson

  Entitled

  Environment - Natural Gas Production - Severance Tax

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 929

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 692

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stein, Frush, and Niemann

  Entitled

  Environment - Recycling Rates and Waste Diversion - Statewide Goals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 932

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Denial of Projects, Permits, Approvals, or State Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 983

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 987

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 151

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Holmes, Kramer, Lafferty, Luedtke, Niemann, S. Robinson, Waldstreicher, Zucker, and Cardin

  Entitled

  Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1011

  Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston and Vallario

  Entitled

  Procurement - State Motor Vehicles - Purchase Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1019

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 567

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murphy, Barve, Branch, Carr, Frick, Gilchrist, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kipke, Luedtke, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Walker, and Cardin

  Entitled

  County Boards of Education - Green Product Cleaning Supplies - Written Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1034

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Carr, and Frush

  Entitled

  Environment - Oil and Gas Leases - Risk Disclosures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1043

  Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston and Braveboy

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit - Prince George's County - Customer Bag Credit Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1071

  Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston, Braveboy, Howard, and Walker

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Customer Bag Credit Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1123

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 703

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Mizeur

  Entitled

  Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas -Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in Deep Shale Deposits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1201

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 708

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, James, McMillan, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Rudolph, Vitale, Weir, and Wood

  Entitled

  Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Use and Conflicts of Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1247

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Washington, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, V. Turner, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1303

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 428

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Cost Sharing for Water Pollution Control

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1304

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 429

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Department of Agriculture - Animal Waste Technology Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1333

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, McIntosh, Bobo, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Murphy, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Stein

  Entitled

  Environment - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Payment of Cost Differential

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1349

  Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Serafini, Smigiel, Stifler, Stocksdale, and Szeliga

  Entitled

  University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of Lawsuit Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1384

  Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Jones

  Entitled

  Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1392

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Lafferty

  Entitled

  On-Site Sewage Disposal System - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Homeowner Funding Assistance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1407

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walker, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, and Tarrant

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1411

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 722

  Sponsored By

  Delegates George, Frush, and Lafferty

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Management Administration - Wetlands and Waterways Program Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1467

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McIntosh

  Entitled

  Sustainable Communities - Financing and Designation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1477

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Niemann and McIntosh

  Entitled

  Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Qualified Offer

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 2

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Reform of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HJ 16

  Status as of April 2, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McDermott

  Entitled

  Hudson Family Farm

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  SB 65

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 118

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 25

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient and Sediment Credit Certification Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 164

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland Plastic Bag Recycling Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 222

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Brochin, Conway, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Young

  Entitled

  High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 236

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 149

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 237

  Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 240

  Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 268

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Community Forklift Facility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 342

  Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Nuclear Power Plant Citizens Oversight Committee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 428

  Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Garagiola, Jennings, Klausmeier, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Commission to Study Expanding the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 450

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee

  Entitled

  State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 483

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Benson, Miller, Frosh, Montgomery, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 511

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Raskin, Ferguson, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
  

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  SB 532

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kittleman, Mathias, Peters, Pipkin, Reilly, Robey, Shank, and Simonaire

  Entitled

  Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Use and Conflicts of Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 614

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 635

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permit Fees - Workgroup

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 636

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas - Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in Deep Shale Deposits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 651

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ramirez, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Klausmeier, Manno, Montgomery, Rosapepe, and Stone

  Entitled

  Economic Development - Green Business Incentive Zones

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  

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  SB 695

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 705

  Status as of February 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Colburn

  Entitled

  Public Utilities - Hydroelectric Generating Station - Nutrient Filtration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 708

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 566

  Sponsored By

  Senator Montgomery

  Entitled

  County Boards of Education - Green Product Cleaning Supplies - Written Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 768

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 784

  Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Muse, Colburn, Kittleman, and Klausmeier

  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 818

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, and Getty

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 821

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Cap on Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 822

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 823

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 827

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Environment - Sewage Disposal Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 877

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman and Simonaire

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Pollution Control - Reporting and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 945

  Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of Lawsuit Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 947

  Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Environment - Reducing the Incidence of Lead Poisoning

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  

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  SB 1037

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 639

  Sponsored By

  Senator DeGrange

  Entitled

  Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 1074

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 1097

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Reilly

  Entitled

  Water Pollution Control and Abatement - Coal Combustion By-Products and Water Pollutants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs