Maryland House Bill 156 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 24 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-22 - Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Authorizing a local government to establish procedures for a qualifying farmer or partner organization to apply to designate an area as an urban agricultural incentive zone; authorizing a local government to designate an urban agricultural incentive zone; establishing an urban agricultural incentive zone advisory committee to advise a local government on the designation of an area as an urban agricultural incentive zone; requiring an urban agricultural incentive zone established by the Act to dissolve after 25 years; etc.

Local Governments – Urban Agricultural Incentive Zones – Authorization

Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Anne Healey [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Roxane Prettyman [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]

2022-02-24 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 127 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-22	Senate	Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-02-25	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2022-02-24	House	Third Reading Passed (127-7)
2022-02-22	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2022-02-22	House	Favorable with Amendments {483727/1 Adopted
2022-02-21	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2022-01-10	House	Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2022-01-12	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation
2021-10-24	House	Pre-filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Agriculture	2	2001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	1	1601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	1	1602	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	1	1603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	1	1604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Tax - General	2	1302.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0156?ys=2022RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0156f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0156t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/amds/bil_0006/hb0156_48372701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/votes_comm/hb0156_ent.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/votes/House/0105.pdf