Subject Environmental Matters | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB1489 | Establishing the Energy-Efficient and Green Homes Construction Loan Program; providing for the purpose of the Program; establishing specified loan categories and criteria; establishing the Energy-Efficient and Green Homes Construction Fund as a speci... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB1085 | Requiring a beverage distributor operating within the State to register with the Department of the Environment on or before April 1, 2014; requiring a redeemable beverage container sold in the State to bear specified information indicating a refund v... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB907 | Requiring the Public Service Commission to act under a specified certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an interstate authority agent for the purpose of implementing specified federal pipeline safety laws; requiring a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB948 | Requiring specified retail service stations constructed after a specified date to meet specified requirements; requiring a person constructing a specified retail service station on or after a specified date to apply to the Department of the Environme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance Withdrawn |
| MD | HB474 | Establishing the Behavior Analyst Advisory Committee within the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists; requiring the Board to adopt regulations and a code of ethics; requiring the Board to set fees for services provided by the Board to behavior a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1385 | Extending the deadline for a local jurisdiction to adopt a definition or description of a major or minor subdivision if the local jurisdiction has a definition or description pending approval as of a specified date; extending the deadline for a local... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 Unfavorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB875 | Altering the basis for calculating a specified license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; altering the date by which the Department of the Environment is required to report annually to specified subc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 |
| MD | HB1352 | Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Governor annually to issue an order, in observance of Earth Hour, that the lights of Government House and the State House be turned off on the last Saturday of March at 8:30 p.m. and remain off for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB739 | Requiring a specified person to forward the results of a specified soil test to the Department of Agriculture every five years in accordance with a specified schedule; requiring the Department to maintain a specified database that is searchable in a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-06 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB799 | Requiring each county and the Department of the Environment to adopt a specified solid waste management hierarchy; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the State undertake specified actions relating to recycling and landfill disposal rat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB1369 | Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to alter the deadline for a specified grantee to present evidence of a matching fund and to encumber funds for a specified grant; changing the name of the grantee for the Community Forklift... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1451 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hagerstown for the construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Municip... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB226 | Altering the Maryland renewable energy portfolio standard program to include a specified amount of energy derived from offshore wind energy; prohibiting the portion of the renewable energy portfolio that represents offshore wind energy from applying ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3 |
| MD | HB268 | Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland, subject to specified approvals, to authorize the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to award specified joint graduate degrees and post baccalaureate certifica... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 |
| MD | HB472 | Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Local Government Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to local governments; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 119 |
| MD | SB302 | Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish annually on its Web site the total amount of sewage overflow into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and the total amount of fines collected by the Department as a result of sewage overflows ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 |
| MD | SB380 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmenta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248 |
| MD | HB708 | Creating a separate criminal offense for each nuisance organism imported or possessed in violation of specified provisions of law or regulation; and establishing a total maximum fine of $25 for offenses arising out of the same enforcement action. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 |
| MD | SB547 | Creating a separate criminal offense for each nuisance organism imported or possessed in violation of specified provisions of law or regulation; and establishing a total maximum fine of $25,000 for offenses arising out of the same enforcement action. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| MD | HB1343 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmenta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | HB561 | Providing that specified requirements of the nutrient management program administered by the Department of Agriculture apply to specified surface waters, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and other specified bodies of water. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 |
| MD | SB748 | Providing that specified requirements of the nutrient management program administered by the Department of Agriculture apply to specified surface waters, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and other specified bodies of water. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 |
| MD | SB27 | Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Progr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 |
| MD | HB385 | Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Progr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB554 | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on receipt of a specified permit application, to give notice immediately or require the applicant to give notice immediately by certified mail to specified counties and municipal corporations and to specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 |
| MD | SB575 | Requiring the Department of the Environment to report on the status of the Maryland Clean Water Fund to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 15 of each year. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| MD | SB563 | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on receipt of a specified permit application, to give notice immediately or require the applicant to give notice immediately by certified mail to specified counties and municipal corporations and to specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| MD | HB936 | Establishing the Maryland Botanical Heritage Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to define challenges to, explore opportunities for improving, and make recommendations regarding the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 |
| MD | SB854 | Requiring a specified permit application to include a specified closure cost estimate; repealing specified bonding requirements; requiring a holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil to comply with specified requirements under specified circumstance... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| MD | SB524 | Altering the requirements for the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified nonwater-dependent projects located on State or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a specifie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB613 | Authorizing municipalities and specified counties to finance the cost of infrastructure improvements in a sustainable community in the same manner as a transit-oriented development; authorizing a political subdivision to use alternative local tax rev... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 |
| MD | HB637 | Requiring specified buildings owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be high performance buildings under specified circumstances; exempting specified building types from specified high performance building standards; a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 |
| MD | HB102 | Altering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; providing that a specified District Court surcharge shall be add... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 |
