Subject Agriculture, Department of | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB675 | Establishing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a pesticide use ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 |
| MD | HB775 | Establishing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a pesticide use ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| MD | HB1017 | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified qualified expenditures at specified wineries and specified vineyards; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the tax credit; providing for the maximum a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659 |
| MD | HB767 | Establishing the Spay/Neuter Fund within the Department of Agriculture; stating the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; requiring the Department to establish a specified fee on specified commercial feed prepared and distributed ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562 |
| MD | SB820 | Establishing the Spay/Neuter Fund within the Department of Agriculture; stating the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; requiring the Department to establish a specified fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consum... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 561 |
| MD | SB53 | Repealing provisions of law relating to the Board of Review of the Department of Agriculture, including provisions requiring persons in contested cases to exhaust an avenue of appeal to the Board of Review before pursuing review in court; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | SB1029 | Establishing the Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program; stating the intent of the General Assembly; establishing the purpose of the Program; requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop the Program in coordination with the Department of the E... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 |
| MD | SB180 | Repealing specified special funds in the Department of Agriculture; establishing the State Chemist Fund in the Department as a special, nonlapsing fund; providing for the contents of the Fund; requiring specified penalties and proceeds to be deposite... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27 |
| MD | HB1327 | Repealing the requirement that an assessment on an agricultural commodity be collected annually; repealing the requirement that an assessment be deducted by a purchaser on and after the date stated in a specified notification letter; requiring a purc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| 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 | SB970 | Creating a cause of action under specified circumstances for an owner of property to use against the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Natural Resources, or the Department of Planning if the application o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| 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 | 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 | SB412 | Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | HB433 | Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| 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 | SB38 | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified qualified expenditures at specified wineries and specified vineyards in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Agriculture to administer the tax credit; providing for the maximum a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation Withdrawn |
