Maryland Senate Bill 964 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 4 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-04 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with interested stakeholders, to review specified conflicts that arise related to aquaculture and submerged aquatic vegetation, develop solutions to these conflicts, and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; requiring the Department, notwithstanding specified provisions of law, to adopt regulations that establish standards and a process for evaluating specified aquaculture leases; etc.

Aquaculture - Leases - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]

Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]

2017-03-28 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (139-0) (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-03-15 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-04	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380
2017-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2017-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (139-0)
2017-04-03	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-04-03	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-04-03	House	Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2017-03-29	House	Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-03-15	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation
2017-03-15	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2017-03-14	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {724233/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-13	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2017-03-07	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0964?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0964f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0964t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_380_sb0964t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0964_72423301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0964.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0964_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0964_env.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0964,s-0583&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0964,h-1074&stab=02&ys=2017RS