SENATE BILL 178

Sponsored By:

The President (Administration) and Senators Frosh, Blount, Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Pinsky, Van Hollen, Currie, Dorman, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum

Entitled:

Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998

Synopsis:

Establishing an Animal Waste Technology Fund; requiring specified commercial contract feed to contain specified ingredients by a specified date and to a specified extent; requiring the suspension, modification, or termination of the requirement under specified circumstances; requiring the Governor to provide sufficient funding to maintain a specified level of field personnel for soil conservation districts; requiring specified persons to have and to comply with specified nutrient management plans by specified dates; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

1/23

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

1/28

Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

2/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

2/26

Favorable with Amendments

Laid Over (Senator Middleton) Adopted

2/27

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/3 (Senator Middleton) Adopted

3/3

Floor Amendment (Craig) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (22-25)

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (20-27)

Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Rejected (19-28)

Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Rejected (22-24)

Floor Amendment (Fry) Rejected

Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Rejected (17-29)

Floor Amendment (Senator Colburn)

Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (20-27)

Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Rejected (16-31)

Floor Amendment (Senator Astle) Adopted (24-22)

Floor Amendment (Senator Haines) Rejected (16-28)

Floor Amendment (Senator Colburn) Rejected (14-30)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/5

Third Reading Passed (32-14)

3/26

Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments

Senate Requests House Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Senators Frosh, Blount, and Middleton

4/11

Special Order 4/13 (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (39-8)

4/8

Passed Enrolled

5/12

Signed by the Governor Chapter 324

House Action

3/6

First Reading Environmental Matters

3/19

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

3/20

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Motion Rules Suspended 2rdgs same day (Delegate Guns) Adopted (118-2)

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (88-44)

3/28

House Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Delegates Guns, Elliott, and Klausmeier

4/8

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (139-0)

Sponsored by:

President of the Senate

Administration

Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41

Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6

Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43

Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25

Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21

Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17

Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16

Senator Leo E. Green, District 23

Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42

Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11

Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12

Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10

Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26

Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45

Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22

Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20

Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7

Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19

Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND

ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; HUNTING; TRAPPING; TURTLES

APPROPRIATIONS

BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGET

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- NAT. RESOURCES; POLLUTION

EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

EXEMPTIONS

FARMLAND

FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES

FOOD -see also- KOSHER PROD.; MILK PROD.; MEAT, POUL, SEAFD.

GOVERNOR

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

INCOME TAX

LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LICENSES; DRIVERS' LIC

LOANS

MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD -see also- CLAMS; CRABS; OYSTERS

NOTICES

PENALTIES

POLLUTION -see also- SEDIMENT CONTROL

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SOIL CONSERVATION

STATE EMPLOYEES -see also- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -see also- MEDICAL SCHOOLS

SUNSET

TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER

TRANSPORTATION -see also- BUSES; MASS TRANSIT; RAILROADS

WATER -see also- CHESAPEAKE BAY

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Agriculture

( 6-101 , 6-102 , 6-106 , 6-107.1 , 6-113 , 6-201 , 8-405 , 8-704.1 , 8-704.2 , 8-801 , 8-801.1 , 8-802 , 8-803 , 8-803.1 , 8-803.2 , 8-803.3 , 8-803.4 , 8-803.5 , 8-804 , 8-805 , 8-806 , 8-807 )

Article - 83A Department of Business and Economic Development

( 6-801 , 6-802 , 6-803 , 6-804 , 6-805 , 6-806 , 6-807 )

Tax - General

( 10-208 , 10-208 , 10-308 , 10-308 , 10-704.9 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

Senate

Number: 003804/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 4:44 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 373908/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 5:36 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 413703/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 4:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 453405/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 5:54 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 523800/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 11:56 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 543507/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 5:16 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 653307/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 4:58 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 673104/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 11:58 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 673104/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 4:40 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 683901/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 11:27 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 714413/5 (PDF)     Offered on: February 27, 1998   at: Noon     Status: Adopted

Number: 723402/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 5:13 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 793305/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 11:46 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 843501/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 3, 1998   at: 5:28 p.m.     Status: Rejected

House

Number: 053304/1 Offered on: April 13, 1998   at: 12:08 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 539582/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 20, 1998   at: 11:11 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

Senate

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {793305/1 Rejected (22-25)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {523800/1 Rejected (20-27)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Middleton) {673104/1 Rejected (19-28)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Middleton) {673104/2 Rejected (22-24)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Neall) {653307/1 Rejected (17-29)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {543507/1 Rejected (20-27)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Middleton) {843501/1 Rejected (16-31)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Astle) {373908/1 Adopted (24-22)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Haines) {453405/1 Rejected (16-28)

March 3, 1998: Floor Amendment (Colburn) {723402/1 Rejected (14-30)

March 5, 1998: Third Reading Passed (32-14)

April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (39-8)

House

March 20, 1998: Motion Rules Suspended 2rdgs same day (Guns) Adopted (118-2)

March 20, 1998: Third Reading Passed (88-44)

April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (139-0)