2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:24 a.m.

	ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- CONSERV; NAT RSRCES; POLLUT	Another Session
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HB 25	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Walkup
Entitled	Dumping of Dredge Spoil - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 40	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D'Amato, Clagett, Busch, Rosso, Cadden, Rzepkowski, Conway, Hubbard, Billings, Pitkin, Barkley, Walkup, James, Conroy, Cryor, Rosenberg, Boschert, Sophocleus, Schisler, Moe, Hecht, Bobo, Frush, Grosfeld, C. Davis, Howard, Leopold, and Cane
Entitled	Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 41	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Environment - Motor Vehicle Fuel - Sulfur Content
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 68	Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker , Walkup, Cryor, Stern, Boutin, Frush, Schisler, Owings, Oaks, Stull, Elliott, Guns, Hurson, Hubbard, Sher, Cane, Cadden, and D'Amato
Entitled	Dredge Spoil Dumping - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 126	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell and Owings
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 174	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor and Vallario
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 283	Status as of February 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Water Resources Protection Act
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HB 292	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters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 313	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 585
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Owings, Oaks, D. Davis, Frush, Cane, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, Sher, Klausmeier, Boutin, Mohorovic, Elliott, R. Baker, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Hubers, Benson, Marriott, Hill, Billings, Swain, Kagan, Rosso, Bobo, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Fulton, Branch, Gladden, Dypski, Phillips, D'Amato, Conroy, Proctor, Howard, Shriver, and Petzold
Entitled	Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 331	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)
Entitled	Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 373	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Taylor
Entitled	Quality of Life Indicators and the Portrait of a Robust Maryland
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 395	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, Boutin, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conroy, Dembrow, Dypski, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Kach, Leopold, Petzold, Rosso, Riley, Sher, Stern, Stocksdale, Walkup, Kopp, Phillips, La Vay, Shriver, and Hubbard
Entitled	Potomac River Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 448	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 126
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Law - Violations - Fines for Certain Violations
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 457	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 604
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled	Env-Md Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 620	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	Septic Systems - Departmental Review of County Regulations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 660	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard and Rosenberg
Entitled	Lead Functions - Transfer to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 662	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hutchins, Stocksdale, Stull, Kittleman, La Vay, Schisler, O'Donnell, Flanagan, Leopold, Greenip, Brinkley, and Ports
Entitled	Chesapeake Bay - Dredged Material Management
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 716	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 632
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller (Chairman, Joint Committee on Federal Relations)
Entitled	Natural Resources - Interstate Environment Compact - Repealing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 730	Status as of March 9, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell, Amedori, R. Baker, Baldwin, Brinkley, Burns, Cadden, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Elliott, Fulton, Getty, Glassman, Hurson, Hutchins, James, Kach, Kittleman, La Vay, Marriott, McKee, Mitchell, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Ports, Shank, Stocksdale, Valderrama, and Weir
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - State Income Tax Credit for Emissions Related Repairs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 731	Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Boutin, W. Baker, Weir, Riley, Rudolph, Glassman, Schisler, Klausmeier, James, Guns, Bozman, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, D'Amato, Eckardt, Rosso, Walkup, Elliott, Stull, Owings, and Hubbard
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Utilization of Lower Eastern Neck Island or Parsons Island as a Depository for Dredge Spoil
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 771	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Calvert County
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 823	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 415
Sponsored By	Delegates Clagett, Zirkin, Love, Bronrott, Pitkin, Krysiak, Hurson, Bobo, and Rosso
Entitled	Task Force on the Environmental Effects of MTBE
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 836	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 889	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 426
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns (Article 66B Study Commission)
Entitled	Growth Management - Land Use Definitions and Controls
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 924	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer, Ports, Hammen, Boutin, Cane, Klausmeier, and Billings
Entitled	Courts - Statute of Limitations - Water Pollution Violations
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 972	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch, Hubers, Hill, Walkup, Fulton, Barve, McHale, Goldwater, Brown, Love, Krysiak, Pendergrass, Moe, and Eckardt
Entitled	Business and Economic Development - Financing Programs Consolidation Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

HB 984	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled	Noise Control - Industrial Equipment - Continuous Noise
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 985	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg and Taylor
Entitled	Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1061	Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Clagett, D'Amato, McClenahan, Rosso, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Dredge Material Research and Use
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1079	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, and Pitkin
Entitled	Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1110	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Giannetti
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Safety Hazard Inspection
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1204	Status as of March 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Walkup, Barkley, Boutin, Cadden, Cryor, D'Amato, Glassman, Guns, Hutchins, Kittleman, Klima, Kopp, Leopold, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Amedori, W. Baker, Bartlett, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Brinkley, Cane, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Donoghue, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Goldwater, Hubbard, James, Kach, J. Kelly, La Vay, Mandel, Mitchell, Moe, Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Ports, Schisler, Stern, Stull, and Wood
Entitled	Dredge Material - Alternative Uses - Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1218	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1254	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 682
Sponsored By	Delegates Weir, Wood, and McClenahan
Entitled	Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Recreational Watercraft
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1305	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 473
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard , Schisler, Weir, Redmer, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Cane, Klausmeier, Boutin, Baldwin, Frush, Owings, Hammen, Hurson, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Ballast Water Management - Reporting and Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1323	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 475
Sponsored By	Delegate Weir
Entitled	Natural Resources - Critical Areas - Reasonable Accommodations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HJ 6	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosso, Leopold, Montague, Cadden, Dobson, Cole, McHale, Clagett, Conroy, Brown, and Pitkin
Entitled	Promoting Environmental Justice in Zip Code 21226
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HJ 13	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Oxygenated Fuel
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 26	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Environment - Dredge Spoil - Beneficial Placement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 62	Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled	Air Quality - Administrative Civil Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 67	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Miller
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 68	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 226
Sponsored By	Senators Miller and Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 81	Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Baker, Green, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Hughes, Jimeno, Mitchell, and Mooney
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Seniors - Exemption
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 136	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 235
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled	State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 191	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 65
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Comptroller)
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Property Used in a Production Activity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 210	Status as of February 3, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Water Resources Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

SB 235	Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson, Stone, Jimeno, Haines, Mooney, Colburn, Hooper, Harris, and Roesser
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Motor Homes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 248	Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Pinsky, Hollinger, Conway, Sfikas, and Dyson
Entitled	Environment - Registry of Voluntary Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 256	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 511
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 409	Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Sfikas
Entitled	Quality of Life Indicators and the Portrait of a Robust Maryland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 513	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 306
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Conway, and Sfikas
Entitled	Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 624	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh (Article 66B Study Commission)
Entitled	Growth Management - Land Use Definitions and Controls
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 729	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 557
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hogan, Roesser, Frosh, Pinsky, Forehand, and Sfikas
Entitled	Potomac River Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 783	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 305
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, McFadden, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Madden
Entitled	Business and Economic Development - Financing Programs Consolidation Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 806	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Lawlah, Sfikas, Conway, Hughes, Mitchell, Blount, Currie, and Hoffman
Entitled	Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 807	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SJ 6	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Environment - Solid Waste Management - Voluntary Statewide Diversion Goal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters