Pollution -see also- Sediment Control

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38

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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  Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters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 270

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cluster and DeBoy

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Enforcement - Police Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 298

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Carr

  Entitled

  Procurement - State Funds - Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Fixtures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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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 464

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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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 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 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 671

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates S. Robinson, Barkley, A. Kelly, A. Miller, and Reznik

  Entitled

  Stormwater Management - Dredging - Testing for Toxic Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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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 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 1163

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Fisher, Hershey, and Norman

  Entitled

  Environment - Penalty for Sewage Overflow - Establishment and Distribution

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1170

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, and Frush

  Entitled

  Fracking Records Transparency Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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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 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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  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 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 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 330

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Jacobs, Jennings, Kittleman, Montgomery, and Shank

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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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 475

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators King, Garagiola, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Stormwater Management - Dredging - Testing for Toxic Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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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 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 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 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 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