Maryland House Bill 394 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-17 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund to address the potential health risks associated with chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing; establishing a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each specified violation of the Act; etc.

Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund

Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]
Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-17	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-28	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0394?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0394f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0004/hb0394.pdf