2002 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 12, 2002 - 2:07 a.m.

	AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND	Another Session
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HB 91	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 200
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	State Agricultural Mediation Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 124	Status as of March 23, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard and Billings
Entitled	Nutrient Management Plans - Transfer to the Department of the Environment and Extension of Deadlines
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 143	Status as of April 9, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 35
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Right to Farm
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 301	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 433
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Weir, The Speaker (Administration), and Delegates Hurson, Billings, Oaks, D. Davis, Stern, Sher, Hammen, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Frush, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Atlantic Coastal Bays Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 337	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 505
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credits - Agricultural Preservation Land and Farm Buildings
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 400	Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Glassman, Parrott, James, and Riley
Entitled	Agriculture - Land Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 468	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 522
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agriculture - Manure Transportation Pilot Project - Repeal of Termination Date
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 493	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Baldwin, Amedori, W. Baker, Boschert, Cadden, Elliott, Greenip, Hubbard, Hutchins, McClenahan, Owings, Ports, Pielke, Boutin, Brinkley, Clagett, Eckardt, James, Kach, Klausmeier, Linton, Morhaim, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Stocksdale, Wood, Edwards, Flanagan, Klima, Mohorovic, O'Donnell, Rzepkowski, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Maryland Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Conservation Tillage Equipment
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 498	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 228
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, McClenahan, W. Baker, Cane, and Bozman
Entitled	Environment - Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration Loans - Lenders
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 514	Status as of May 6, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 372
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier, Malone, Owings, McClenahan, Stull, Wood, Glassman, Bozman, Redmer, Bates, Crouse, DeCarlo, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, and Swain
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates for Farm Trucks - Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 567	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Allegany and Garrett Counties - Natural Gas Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 669	Status as of February 25, 2002: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Getty and Doory (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
Entitled	Criminal Law - Failure to Deliver Documents - Grain Elevators
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 676	Status as of April 2, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Agricultural Society
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 722	Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Shank
Entitled	Agriculture - Land Preservation Easements - Kennels
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 740	Status as of March 26, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegate Wood
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Appropriations From Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 778	Status as of March 23, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Glassman and James
Entitled	Agriculture - Nutrient Management Plans - Applicability
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 809	Status as of March 23, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Bobo, Clagett, Frush, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Kagan, Love, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Rosso, and Zirkin
Entitled	Agriculture - Restricted Use Pesticide - Use and Access
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 810	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Stocksdale and Delegate W. Baker (Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation) and Delegate James
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 849	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegate McClenahan (Chairman, Task Force on Resource Based Industry in Maryland) and Delegate Glassman
Entitled	Task Force on Resource Industry Business Development
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 873	Status as of March 4, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Higher Education - Harford Community College - Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 893	Status as of March 6, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Aquaculture - Enforcement and Education Programs - Transfer to the Department of Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 895	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 551
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht and Stull
Entitled	Natural Resources - Forest Retention Banks - Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 984	Status as of April 7, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Eastern Shore Delegation, Southern Maryland Delegation, Western Maryland Delegation, Harford County Delegation, and Delegates Billings, Frush, Hubbard, Hurson, Klausmeier, and Redmer
Entitled	Agriculture - Water Quality Improvement Act - Nutrient Management
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 994	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 257
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Organically Produced Commodities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 998	Status as of March 29, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker and Stocksdale (Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation) and Delegate James
Entitled	Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements - Commercial Use
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 999	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 258
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker and Stocksdale (Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation) and Delegate James
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easement Sale Application
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1000	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Getty and Stocksdale
Entitled	Agricultural Land Preservation - Easements - Dwelling House
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1012	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boutin, Brinkley, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Giannetti, Glassman, Kach, Klima, McKee, Menes, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Redmer, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Weir, Pielke, and Bates
Entitled	Agriculture - Crimes - Agricultural Research Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1103	Status as of April 2, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McClenahan, Bozman, and Conway
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Agricultural and Civic Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1123	Status as of April 2, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Carroll County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agriculture Center/Danele Shipley Memorial Arena
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1131	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 264
Sponsored By	Delegates James, Rudolph, Hecht, Riley, Glassman, Parrott, R. Baker, W. Baker, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Cadden, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Franchot, Getty, Heller, Hubbard, Hubers, Kach, Kagan, Malone, Mandel, McHale, McKee, Pitkin, Stocksdale, and Turner
Entitled	Local Land Preservation Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1183	Status as of February 8, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman, Conway, McClenahan, Weir, Cane, Boutin, Owings, Wood, Taylor, Mitchell, Hixson, Schisler, Stull, Sher, Hammen, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Mohorovic, Oaks, Billings, Klausmeier, Frush, Stern, Busch, Elliott, Doory, and D. Davis
Entitled	Coastal Bays Protection Program - Establishment - Worcester County
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1195	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Glassman
Entitled	Highways - Placement of Seasonal Farm-Related Directional Signs
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1219	Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates McClenahan, Bozman, and Conway
Entitled	Transportation - Class E Farm Trucks - Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1384	Status as of March 23, 2002: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker and Stocksdale (Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation)
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Proposed Agricultural Districts
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HJ 22	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Joint Resolution 17
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker and Stocksdale (Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation) and Delegate James
Entitled	Preservation of Agricultural Land
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 247	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Atlantic Coastal Bays Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 262	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus and Frosh
Entitled	Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration - Loans - Lenders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 303	Status as of March 15, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Agriculture - Water Quality Improvement Act - Nutrient Management
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 391	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easement Sale Application
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 435	Status as of March 15, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements - Commercial Use
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 438	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson and Mooney
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credits - Agricultural Preservation Land and Farm Buildings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 447	Status as of May 6, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 313
Sponsored By	Senators Kittleman, Astle, Colburn, Dyson, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Middleton, Miller, Mooney, Munson, Neall, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Conservation Tillage Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 502	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Higher Education - Harford Community College - Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 544	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 473
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 573	Status as of March 6, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney and Ferguson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Agricultural Society
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 627	Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	Local Land Preservation Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 724	Status as of March 6, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stoltzfus
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Agricultural and Civic Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 726	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 484
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus , Frosh, Blount, Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Dyson, Harris, Mooney, Pinsky, and Stone
Entitled	Reclaimed Water
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 735	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton (Chairman, Task Force on Resource Based Industry in Maryland) and Senator Stoltzfus
Entitled	Task Force on Resource Industry Business Development
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 736	Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Dyson
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Appropriations From Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 793	Status as of March 6, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Carroll County Senators
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agriculture Center/Danele Shipley Memorial Arena
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SJ 10	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Joint Resolution 16
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Preservation of Agricultural Land
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations