2008 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 23, 2008 - 0:12 a.m.

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HB 208	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By	Delegates Riley, Beitzel, Norman, James, Jennings, McComas, Smigiel, and Sossi
Entitled	Agriculture - Wild Pollinators Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 209	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Riley, Beitzel, Norman, James, Jennings, McComas, and Sossi
Entitled	State Government - Commemorative Weeks - Pollinator Week
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 227	Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 57
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agriculture - Animal Health - Administrative Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 274	Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation and Garrett County Delegation
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Allegany County and Garrett County - Coal Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 314	Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegate Beitzel
Entitled	Garrett County - County Commissioners - Agricultural Districts
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 369	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 121
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McIntosh, Bobo, Busch, Cardin, V. Clagett, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Malone, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Sophocleus, Stein, Ali, Beidle, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hucker, Sossi, and Weir
Entitled	Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 388	Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates McConkey and Holmes
Entitled	Environment - Pozzolan - Use and Disposal
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 420	Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Ali, Barkley, Feldman, Reznik, and Rice
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Button Farm Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 445	Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 75
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Property Tax Credits - St. Mary's County - Land Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 446	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Admissions and Amusement Tax - Exemption for Activities Related to Agricultural Tourism
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 447	Status as of March 20, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Niemann, Ali, Beidle, Carr, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Lafferty, and Sossi
Entitled	Agriculture - Fertilizer - Phosphorus Content Reduction
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 466	Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Kullen
Entitled	Environment - Water Pollution Control Fund - Fertilizer Application Environmental Impact Fee
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 521	Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates G. Clagett, DeBoy, Hecht, Sossi, and Walkup
Entitled	Agriculture - Specialty Fertilizers - "No Phosphorus Fertilizer"
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 543	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 277
Sponsored By	Delegates Stull, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Bobo, Bohanan, Boteler, Burns, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Davis, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, George, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hecht, Hucker, James, Jameson, Kullen, Levy, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, McIntosh, McKee, Miller, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Proctor, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Stukes, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
Entitled	Agriculture - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 559	Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Carroll County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Agriculture Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 696	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 372
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Waldstreicher, Gutierrez, Hucker, Mizeur, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Lafferty, Malone, McIntosh, Niemann, O'Donnell, Norman, Shewell, Sossi, and Stein
Entitled	Farm-to-School Program - Activities and Promotional Events
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 710	Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegate Costa
Entitled	Scrap Tires - Reimbursement of Costs - Interest in Site
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 713	Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Bromwell, Aumann, Kach, Morhaim, and Stein
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - The Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 734	Status as of March 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott and Stull
Entitled	Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement of Funds
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 764	Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Costa, V. Clagett, Dwyer, George, Ivey, King, Kipke, McConkey, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Shank, Sophocleus, and F. Turner
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Organic Fertilizer
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters

HB 898	Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Cane (Chair, Task Force on Incentives for Agriculture) and Delegates Braveboy, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jennings, Mathias, Montgomery, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Incentives for Agriculture Act of 2008
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means

HB 939	Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Special Order ...
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Prince George's County Agricultural Preservation Easement Program PG/MC 116-08
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 976	Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 105
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program - Lot Releases
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1018	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 365
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Property Tax Credits - Agricultural Land Preservation Programs PG 421-08
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1137	Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Shewell, Ali, Aumann, Bartlett, Beidle, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Conway, DeBoy, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Glenn, Haddaway, Holmes, Hucker, Jennings, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Lafferty, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Montgomery, Niemann, Olszewski, Schuler, Smigiel, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, Taylor, Waldstreicher, and Weir
Entitled	Agriculture - Prohibited Acts - Force-Feeding Birds
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1230	Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate G. Clagett
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Agriculture and Education Complex
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1267	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Haddaway (By Request) and Delegates Eckardt, Elmore, Sossi, and Walkup
Entitled	State Designations - Soybean - State Crop
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1293	Status as of March 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jennings, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Frank, Haddaway, Krebs, McComas, Miller, Schuler, Sossi, and Stein
Entitled	Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Family Farms
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1480	Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Boteler, Bromwell, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, Schuler, Shewell, Sossi, and Weir
Entitled	State Highway Administration - Snow Removal - Use of Farm Trucks
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1519	Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Bohanan
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's Agricultural Service Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1624	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 332
Sponsored By	Delegates Cane, Cardin, Eckardt, Haddaway, Kullen, Stull, Riley, Beitzel, and Montgomery
Entitled	Milk Products - Farmstead Cheese Production
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HJ 2	Status as of January 29, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Davis, Dumais, Gaines, George, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Levi, Mizeur, Niemann, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walker
Entitled	Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the National Agricultural Library
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 94	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 364
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Currie, Britt, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Prince George's County - Property Tax Credits - Agricultural Land Preservation Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 95	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 366
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Britt, Currie, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Harrington
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Prince George's County Agricultural Preservation Easement Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 119	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Button Farm Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 133	Status as of March 28, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Allegany County and Garrett County - Coal Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 158	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 371
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Madaleno, Colburn, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Harris, Jones, King, Lenett, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Harrington
Entitled	Farm-to-School Program - Activities and Promotional Events
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 165	Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farm or Family-Owned Business
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 213	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 120
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Conway, Dyson, Lenett, Rosapepe, Harrington, Colburn, and Harris
Entitled	Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 246	Status as of March 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, Raskin, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Agriculture - Fertilizer - Phosphorus Content Reduction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 260	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 377
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - County Commissioners - Agricultural Districts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 275	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Haines
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - The Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 396	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Carroll County Senators
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Agriculture Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 419	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 173
Sponsored By	Senator Glassman
Entitled	Agriculture - Wild Pollinators Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 434	Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson (Chair, Task Force on Incentives for Agriculture)
Entitled	Incentives for Agriculture Act of 2008
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 472	Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Garagiola
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 - Montgomery County - Agricultural Activity Center Expansion
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 495	Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Homestead Property Tax Credit - Farm or Agricultural Use Land
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 503	Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Agriculture - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 599	Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, King, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Stone
Entitled	Agriculture - Prohibited Acts - Force-Feeding Birds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 662	Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 610
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Currie, Kasemeyer, McFadden, DeGrange, Jones, Madaleno, Kramer, Brinkley, Munson, Peters, Robey, King, Edwards, and Zirkin
Entitled	Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Surcharge and Distribution of Revenue
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters

SB 758	Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 795	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 219
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 814	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's Agricultural Service Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 853	Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Edwards, and Mooney
Entitled	Washington County - Agricultural/Education Center Loan of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 880	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley and Mooney
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Agriculture and Education Complex
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 909	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 237
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Board of Trustees - Young Farmer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 915	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Dyson, Harris, and Colburn
Entitled	Task Force on the Future Conservation of Maryland's Open Space and Farmland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 939	Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	State Highway Administration - Snow Removal - Use of Farm Trucks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 964	Status as of February 28, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Conway and Frosh
Entitled	Agriculture - Nutrient Management Plans - Filing and Release
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 970	Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Construction of Houses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SJ 2	Status as of March 15, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Rosapepe, Peters, and Pinsky
Entitled	Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the National Agricultural Library
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations