Maryland Senate Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 5 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-05 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring an easement approved for purchase by the Board of Public Works after June 30, 2014, to authorize the landowner to request approval, under specified circumstances, to use the land subject to the easement for the generation of electricity by a facility utilizing an authorized renewable energy source under specified circumstances; authorizing a written request of a landowner to be approved by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to amend a specified easement; etc.

Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities

Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]

2014-03-30 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (113-20) (Y: 113 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2014-03-20 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (44-3) (Y: 44 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-05	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287
2014-04-07	Senate	Returned Passed
2014-04-05	House	Third Reading Passed (113-20)
2014-04-05	House	Second Reading Passed
2014-04-05	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2014-04-05	House	Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
2014-04-04	House	Rereferred to Environmental Matters
2014-03-27	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2014-03-27	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-3)
2014-03-26	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2014-03-26	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {174933/1 Report Adopted
2014-03-25	Senate	Special Order until 3/26 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
2014-03-25	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {174933/1
2014-03-24	Senate	Laid Over (Senator Colburn) Adopted
2014-03-24	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {174933/1
2014-03-24	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2014-02-04	Senate	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
2014-01-17	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0259?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0259f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0259t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/Chapters_noln/CH_287_sb0259t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0259_17493301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0259.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0259_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0259_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0259_env.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0259,s-0741&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0259,h-1211&stab=02&ys=2014RS