Maryland House Bill 701 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-13 - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from engaging in the nontherapeutic use of medically important antimicrobial drugs in specified cattle, swine, and poultry on or after October 1, 2016; requiring a specified farm operation to submit specified information under specified circumstances to the Department of Agriculture on or before October 1 each year, beginning on or before October 1, 2017; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to impose a specified penalty; providing for the application of the Act; etc.

Agriculture - Cattle, Swine, and Poultry - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs

Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Del. Angela Angel [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]
Del. Will Campos [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Tawanna Gaines [D]
Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]
Del. Andrew Platt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-13	House	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-18	House	Hearing cancelled
2015-03-04	House	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-12	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0701?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0701f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb0701.pdf