Subject Environmental Matters | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB93 | Explicitly stating the power of the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct or coordinate a study of the environmental impact of a proposed transportation facility; requiring the Authority, in collaboration with specified other agencies, to comm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| MD | HB1111 | Authorizing Prince George's County to impose, by law, a fee on specified retail establishments for use of disposable bags as part of a retail sale of products; and defining "disposable bag". [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| MD | SB275 | 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] | 2013-02-13 |
| MD | SB936 | Establishing the SmartStat Technical Assistance and Support Center in the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland, College Park; requiring the SmartStat Technical Assistance and Support Center to collect ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| MD | HB106 | Repealing the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the adoption of specified growth tier designations by specified local jurisdictions; repealing a prohibition against the sal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB400 | Requiring the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,0... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB573 | Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to establish a Healthy Homes Initiative in the Department for specified purposes; authorizing the Secretary to apply for specified federal grants; and requiring the Secretary to administer specified grants f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB325 | Exempting Frederick County from specified soil erosion and sediment control standards; requiring completion of specified stabilization measures within specified time periods; eliminating a specified limit on a specified area to be graded; and elimina... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB317 | Exempting Frederick County from the requirement to adopt a watershed protection and restoration program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB310 | Authorizing, notwithstanding a specified regulation, Garrett County to store coal combustion by-products used as a traction aide in winter driving conditions in the same locations and in the same manner that the coal combustion by-products were store... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB391 | Repealing the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the adoption of specified growth tier designations by specified local jurisdictions; repealing a prohibition against the sal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB800 | 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 wetlands or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| MD | HB252 | Repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning prepare and revise specified plans for the development of the State for specified purposes and based on specified studies; repealing a requirement that the Department seek comments from and cons... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB289 | Increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 a specified penalty for specified violations of the water pollution control law. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Recommitted to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (Senator Conway) |
| MD | HB389 | Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State income tax for costs incurred for an approved lead hazard reduction project for qualifying property; providing for the calculation of the credit; providing for the submission... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| MD | SB576 | Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| MD | HB1083 | Authorizing in Prince George's County specified volunteer fire departments and organizations that promote the arts and preserve the culture to hold events in which the public may play poker card games; limiting the number of poker events that may be ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| MD | HB1282 | Establishing the Agricultural Land Condemnation Board; specifying the membership of the Board and terms of membership; requiring specified State and local entities to notify the Board of the intent to condemn specified land for specified purposes; pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| MD | HJ1 | Expressing support for the reform of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| MD | HB135 | Requiring any person selling motor vehicle batteries for retail sale in the State to accept all used motor vehicle batteries offered by customers for recycling and to post a sign in accordance with specified requirements; requiring a person accepting... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB451 | Authorizing, notwithstanding a specified regulation, Garrett County to store coal combustion by-products used as a traction aide in winter driving conditions in the same locations and in the same manner that the coal combustion by-products were store... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB835 | 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] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB949 | Establishing the SmartStat Technical Assistance and Support Center in the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland, College Park; requiring the SmartStat Technical Assistance and Support Center to collect ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB641 | 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] | 2013-03-05 Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) |
| MD | SB364 | Requiring the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,0... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | SB500 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a person to install an on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes nitrogen removal technology to service specified new construction on specified property that is outside the Chesapeake an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1086 | Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-08 Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) |
| MD | SB601 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Depart... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB434 | Exempting Frederick County from the requirement to adopt a watershed protection and restoration program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB407 | Exempting Frederick County from specified soil erosion and sediment control standards; requiring completion of specified stabilization measures within specified time periods; eliminating a specified limit on a specified area to be graded; and elimina... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1392 | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Department of the Environment jointly to study the feasibility and desirability of establishing, in whole or in part, a specified decentralized emissions inspection and testing program to im... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| MD | HB824 | Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish all sewer overflow and treatment plant bypass reports on a single page on its Web site; requiring the Department to develop and maintain a list containing the electronic mail addresses of persons... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | SB839 | Requiring the Legislative Policy Committee to study how the amount of paper used by the General Assembly and the Department of Legislative Services can be reduced by 80% by the beginning of 2018 by changing specified rules, procedures, and provisions... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | HB506 | Requiring specified water or sewerage service suppliers to include annually with the billing information sent to each customer a bill insert that provides specified information related to dental materials containing mercury; and requiring the Departm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB953 | 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] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1266 | Establishing a municipal solid waste portfolio standard; requiring the Department of the Environment to implement and manage a municipal solid waste portfolio standard for each county in the State during specified years; requiring each county to subm... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB1274 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Depart... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB879 | Imposing a tax on the production of natural gas from specified wells in the State; setting the rate of the tax at 2.5% of gross fair market value of natural gas produced; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; providing for t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | HB44 | Requiring the Department of the Environment to use specified penalties or fines that are paid into the Maryland Clean Water Fund to restore specified areas associated with the penalty or fine; restricting the use of specified penalties or fines for a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB341 | Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB513 | Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | HB799 | Increasing a specified penalty for specified violations of the water pollution control law. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB979 | Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 follow... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB973 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a person to install, or have installed, an on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes nitrogen removal technology on specified property in the State. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB1008 | Applying specified standing requirements, legal processes for judicial review of environmental permits, and a specified prohibition against contested case hearings to specified sewage sludge utilization permits issued for land in the Chesapeake and A... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1208 | Exempting a user of an on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes best available technology for nitrogen removal from paying the Bay Restoration Fee. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB935 | 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] | 2013-03-19 Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) |
| MD | HB1453 | Repealing specified criminal violations for the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana in specified circ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB611 | 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] | 2013-03-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | SB943 | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Department of the Environment jointly to study the feasibility and desirability of establishing, in whole or in part, a specified decentralized emissions inspection and testing program to im... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
