2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 1:35 a.m.

	AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF	Another Session
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HB 140	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Department of Agriculture - Weights and Measures - Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 160	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agriculture - Weed Control - Civil Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 257	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Pitkin, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, and Boschert
Entitled	Nongerminating Genetically Engineered Seed - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 292	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Billings, and Morhaim
Entitled	Environment - Permits - Land Application of Animal Processing Sludge
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 293	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hecht, R. Baker, Grosfeld, Turner, Rosso, Sophocleus, Shriver, Clagett, Mohorovic, and Hurson
Entitled	Agriculture - Interim Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 294	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Cane, Hubbard, R. Baker, Zirkin, Hecht, Mohorovic, D'Amato, Glassman, Nathan-Pulliam, Walkup, Boschert, Grosfeld, Turner, Sophocleus, Hurson, Shriver, Carlson, Rosso, and Clagett
Entitled	Agriculture - Small Farm Protection Loan Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 327	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 485
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Department of Agriculture - Nutrient Management
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 507	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Agriculture - Commercial Use of Industrial Hemp Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 637	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Industrial Hemp - Department of Agriculture - Study and Report
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1002	Status as of March 17, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Bartlett, Parrott, Leopold, Glassman, Edwards, DeCarlo, Rzepkowski, Kach, Klausmeier, Donoghue, K. Kelly, Shank, McKee, Hecht, Stull, Walkup, and Boutin
Entitled	Technology-Based Farm Equipment - Income Tax Subtraction Modification
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1250	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 681
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Davis, Guns, Morhaim, and Baldwin
Entitled	Agriculture - Industrial Hemp - Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1299	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 689
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Amedori, W. Baker, Baldwin, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Brinkley, Cane, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Guns, Hecht, Hutchins, James, Kach, Klausmeier, Linton, McClenahan, McKee, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Owings, Riley, Rudolph, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled	Department of Agriculture - Maryland Crop Insurance Premium Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 709	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky and Exum
Entitled	Mosquito-Borne Diseases - Pesticides - Public Health
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 849	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Hooper, Roesser, Colburn, Middleton, Jacobs, Baker, Munson, Dyson, McCabe, and Haines
Entitled	Department of Agriculture - Maryland Crop Insurance Premium Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters