Maryland House Bill 1285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-02 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to reclassify an oyster sanctuary in which the oyster population has declined by 15% or more over a 10-year period as an oyster growth sanctuary; establishing the purpose of an oyster growth sanctuary; requiring that any activity conducted in an oyster growth sanctuary comply with certain adaptive management practices; and requiring that an oyster growth sanctuary be considered an oyster sanctuary for purposes of calculating a certain oyster habitat objective.

Natural Resources - Reclassification of Oyster Sanctuaries - Authorization

Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]	Del. Jason Buckel [R]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Dan Cox [R]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Nino Mangione [R]
Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2020-02-25	House	Hearing canceled
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-07	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

SB678 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-03 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Natural Resources	4	1014.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Natural Resources	4	215	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1285?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1285f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1285_ent.pdf