Maryland Senate Bill 678 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-03 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn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 seed sanctuary; establishing the purpose of an oyster seed sanctuary; requiring that any activity conducted in an oyster seed sanctuary comply with certain adaptive management practices; and requiring that an oyster seed sanctuary be considered an oyster sanctuary for purposes of calculating a certain oyster habitat objective.

Natural Resources - Reclassification of Oyster Sanctuaries - Authorization

Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2020-02-24	Senate	Hearing canceled
2020-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB1285 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-02 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn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/SB0678?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0678f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0678_ehe.pdf