| MD | HB228 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB420 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB533 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB507 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB613 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB683 | Enroll
75% | Specifying the maximum amounts of certain fees relating to tree expert licensing established by the Department of Natural Resources by regulation; and authorizing the Department to permanently revoke or temporarily suspend a tree expert license if th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB674 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB740 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB879 | Enroll
75% | Repealing a restriction on 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 harvesting shellfish ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB915 | Enroll
75% | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB916 | Enroll
75% | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a specie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB922 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1358 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB1118 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1511 | Enroll
75% | Establishing a 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 and adopt certain regulatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB345 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-06
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB379 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB561 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB715 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB981 | Enroll
75% | Requiring, on or before July 1, 2025, the principal departments of the Executive Branch to fully implement certain provisions of law requiring equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB547 | Enroll
75% | Prohibiting a person from allowing for the performance of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of those animals in a certain traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB807 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1296 | Enroll
75% | Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB512 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-04
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1231 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-04
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB207 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB562 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-04-01
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB979 | Enroll
75% | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB19 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB857 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-03-29
Returned Passed |
