| MD | HB1358 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 965 |
| MD | HB19 | Pass | Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572 |
| MD | HB233 | Pass | Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| MD | HB78 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Environmental Service to delegate certain responsibilities to an employee of the Service; altering the obligations of the Service after receiving a request for services and after ent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 |
| MD | HB345 | Pass | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life needs, habitat requirements, and status of the species; requiring the Secretary of Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | HB379 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,00...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| MD | HB420 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| MD | HB481 | Pass | Authorizing a person to receive a raffle ticket for each antlerless deer hunted by the person during a certain raffle program that has as its objective the hunting of antlerless deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| MD | HB562 | Pass | Increasing the license fee for a special Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license for nonresident license applicants from $50 to $100.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 |
| MD | HB561 | Pass | Specifying the maximum amounts of fees for a tree expert license established by the Department of Natural Resources by regulation; authorizing the Department to permanently revoke or temporarily suspend a tree expert license if the license holder fai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| MD | HB497 | Pass | Altering the fee for nonresident sika deer stamps from $25 to $200.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| MD | HB512 | Pass | Requiring certain persons licensed or regulated with respect to fish and fisheries by the Department of Natural Resources to submit reports in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | Altering certain authorizations to recreationally catch clams in the State; establishing a recreational oyster license; requiring an applicant for a recreational oyster license to be at least 16 years of age; requiring the Department of Natural Resou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | HB715 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue certain complimentary fishing and hunting licenses to certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable; and exempting certain veterans who the U.S. Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | HB807 | Pass | Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| MD | HB918 | Pass | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Commission...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB857 | Pass | Repealing a restriction which prohibited the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| MD | HB1012 | Pass | Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | HB1165 | Pass | Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | HB1231 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oyste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 |
| MD | HB1511 | Pass | Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain model local government ordinance by July 1, 2025, and adopt ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| MD | HB228 | Pass | Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to before July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 |
| MD | HB237 | Pass | Repealing certain buffer zones within which a commercial northern snakehead licensee may not fish using bowfishing gear; and requiring a licensee who fishes for northern snakehead to comply with Department of Natural Resources regulations governing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109 |
| MD | HB109 | Pass | Authorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83 |
| MD | HB117 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Geological Survey Fund to finance certain direct and indirect costs, including long-term budgeting and planning for survey projects, procurements, and equipment purchases; establishing the Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 85 |
| MD | HB45 | Pass | Authorizing the sale, barter, or exchange of a legally acquired mounted specimen of a game bird, excluding a migratory game bird, or game mammal, from a decedent's estate and the specimen is part of the personal property being liquidated or distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 81 |
| MD | HB770 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB293 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to remove abandoned or sunken recreational vessels secured to certain apparatuses or left anchored and unattended for more than 60 days under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department to consi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1480 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting certain licensed bow hunters from openly carrying a handgun under certain circumstances in Frederick County and Washington County during deer hunting season.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-17
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1250 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a landowner whose land is subject to an agricultural land preservation easement to use the land for the construction and use of a certain wood vault under certain circumstances; requiring a person to have a permit issued by the Secretary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB239 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering and repealing certain definitions for purposes of the State Boat Act; repealing certain advertising and public hearing requirements for proposed regulations implementing provisions of the State Boat Act; altering the fees for manufacturer an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB590 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from operating a vessel within 500 yards of a stationary blind or blind site that is occupied and being used for hunting migratory waterfowl during open season.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB352 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the powers and duties of the Chesapeake Bay Trust by authorizing the Trust to retain outside counsel as necessary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1500 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the time restrictions that apply to Sunday hunting in Dorchester County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting residents who are eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or Medicaid from the annual fee for a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1473 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a certain process to phase out on or before December 31, 2026, the use of lead or lead-based ammunition for hunting; and requiring the Department to establish a process to certify ammunition ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB219 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a utility or local government to remove a tree or shrub on certain private property under certain circumstances, including requiring the utility or local government to provide certain notice to the owner of the property on which the tree ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1347 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the amount of an appropriation the Governor is required to make to the State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund, from $1,000,000 each fiscal year to $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 and 2027; and extending the termination date applicable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1284 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing an exemption for stream restoration projects from certain application fees for certain projects that impact a wetland or waterway; requiring a person applying for a wetlands and waterways authorization for a stream restoration project assoc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1461 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the owner of a vessel that is required to be numbered to include certain contact information for each owner of the vessel with the application for a certificate of number; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, before and after seiz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1178 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting an individual to whom a handgun permit has been issued from wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in a State park or forest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1046 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1223 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a person whose authorization to catch oysters is revoked under certain provisions of law to apply for reinstatement of the authorization after 5 years; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish an Oyster Harvester Educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1232 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1238 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from catching or attempting to catch striped bass or striped bass hybrids in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from March 1 through May 15, inclusive, in any year for which the Department does not establish a spring tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1129 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Highway Administration, to identify and prioritize certain species whose habitat or movement corridors intersect with State highways and develop tools, technology, and tec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1042 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB866 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Trail Fund; establishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Recreation Oversight Board to advise the Secretary of Natural Resources on certain matters and review and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
