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MDSB932Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-28
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB1174Intro
25%
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Authority Governance Workgroup to study the regional water authority governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to hi...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1140Intro
25%
Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that use certain data; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report on the implications and feasibilit...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1144Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of an environmental outcome, to allow for nonuniform payment schedules and include certain financial incentives f...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1320Intro
25%
Altering the disbursement of certain fee revenue deposited into the Bay Restoration Fund in a certain manner; and authorizing certain fee revenue deposited into the Fund to be used for certain costs attributable to the testing, engineering, or design...
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2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1077Intro
25%
Establishing the Small Business Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in the Executive Department to support the State's small, minority, and women-owned business community on matters related to clima...
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2024-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB1315Intro
25%
Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain factors before authorizing or approving any agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility; establishing a rebuttable presumption that an electricity gen...
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2024-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDSB798Intro
25%
Establishing the Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board; requiring a person to be licensed as a stream restoration contractor or be employed by an individual or entity that is licensed as a stream restoration contractor before the person perf...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB820Intro
25%
Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commissio...
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2024-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB1250Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1404Intro
25%
Authorizing a political subdivision to enact a certain local law or ordinance regarding the storage of dissolved air flotation by-products that is equal to or more stringent than the permit requirements for a sewage sludge utilization permit.
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1375Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of the Environment to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024, relating to the identification of overburdened and underserved communities, the percentage of spending for cer...
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1360Intro
25%
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a...
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2024-03-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1478Intro
25%
Altering the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include, beginning in fiscal year 2026, 100% of certain costs related to the decommissioning of certain wastewater treatment lagoons.
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2024-03-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1509Intro
25%
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before June 30, 2027, its findings to the Mayor of Baltimore Ci...
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2024-03-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB936Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-03-07
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB163Intro
25%
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; ...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB339Intro
25%
Exempting the installation and maintenance of certain duck nest boxes from certain wetlands license requirements; defining a "duck nest box" as a nesting structure located on or over water that is provided for the purpose of sheltering domesticated d...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB187Intro
25%
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a fina...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB920Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Electric Transmission Authority to serve as the lead State agency on issues related to electricity transmission; and requiring the Authority to advocate on, research, evaluate, and identify certain issues related to electric...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB942Intro
25%
Establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate a process to test the use of treated reclaimed water from a demonstration facility as a source for groundwater augm...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHJ6Intro
25%
Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive...
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2024-02-29
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB918Intro
25%
Changing the name of the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund to the Education and Protection Fund; and modifying the purpose and uses of the Fund to include educating certain customers on certain energy choices and developing a certa...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB935Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Co...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB352Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB922Intro
25%
Requiring the factfinder in a public welfare action to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from ce...
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2024-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB444Intro
25%
Exempting the installation and maintenance of certain duck nest boxes from certain wetlands license requirements; defining a "duck nest box" as a nesting structure located on or over water that is provided for the purpose of sheltering domesticated d...
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2024-02-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1131Intro
25%
Establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; and authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate a process to test the use of treated reclaimed water from a demonstration facility as a source for groundwater ...
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2024-02-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1241Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from using certain polyvinyl chloride or chlorinated polyvinyl chloride piping in the installation, repair, or replacement of a water pipe or plumbing intended to dispense water for human consumption beginning January 1, 2025; an...
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2024-02-19
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1247Intro
25%
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2030; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enfo...
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2024-02-15
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1473Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-02-14
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB761Intro
25%
Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a t...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB893Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from locating a new crematory or a property with a crematory incinerator within 1,000 feet of certain properties in Areas III and IV of the State; and prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a certain permit to...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB219Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB530Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and co...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1190Intro
25%
Prohibiting, beginning June 1, 2025, a person from selling a pesticide that has PFAS chemicals listed as an active ingredient on the labeling accompanying the pesticide; and prohibiting, beginning December 31, 2025, a person from using a pesticide th...
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2024-02-12
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1347Intro
25%
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 ...
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2024-02-12
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1449Intro
25%
Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1284Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1374Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from locating a new crematory within 1,000 feet of an assisted living or nursing facility, a property that primarily serves children, or a residential property that is designed primarily for human habitation; and prohibiting the ...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1355Intro
25%
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain ex...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB409Intro
25%
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1149Intro
25%
Authorizing a political subdivision to enact a certain local law or ordinance regarding the storage of dissolved air flotation by-products that is equal to or more stringent than the permit requirements for a sewage sludge utilization permit.
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB96Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB645Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and co...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB642Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSJ3Intro
25%
Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1045Intro
25%
Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1008Intro
25%
Imposing a fossil fuel transportation fee on a person that transports a fossil fuel in the State; providing that the rate of the fossil fuel transportation fee is 30 cents per million British thermal units of fossil fuels transported in the State; pr...
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB1083Intro
25%
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt certain regulations to oversee electric distribution system planning in the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring electric companies in the State to submit to the Commission certain plans to ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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