Maryland Senate Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-17 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Agriculture on or before July 1, 2016 to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change on agriculture in the State; requiring the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to establish specified sea level rise projections; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to update Maryland Environmental Policy Act guidelines; altering the State's Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy to include the consideration of climate change risks; etc.

Maryland Shoreline Risk Assessment, Preparation, and Adaptation Act

Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]
Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]
Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]
Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]
Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-17	Senate	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-04	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0256?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0256f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0256.pdf