2009 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 30, 2009 - 6:11 p.m.
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Current Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40
HB 34 Status as of February 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Cardin
Entitled Environment - Impervious Surface - Statewide Database
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 49 Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate G. Clagett
Entitled Agriculture - Specialty Fertilizers - "No Phosphate Fertilizer"
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 82 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 368 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Frederick County Delegation
Entitled Frederick County - Overdue Water and Sewer Charge - Restoration of Service Penalty
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 90 Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 127 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
Entitled Department of the Environment - Bay Restoration Fund and Bay Restoration Fee
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 176 Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Lafferty, Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Bromwell, Carr, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Hucker, Malone, Niemann, Olszewski, Schuler, and Stein
Entitled Bay Restoration Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 218 Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 135 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegate Beitzel
Entitled Garrett County - Sanitary Commission - Collection of Unpaid Benefit Assessments
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 221 Status as of February 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Elliott and Stull
Entitled Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement of Funds
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 259 Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 665 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegates King, Love, Kipke, and Schuh
Entitled Environmental Health Monitoring and Testing - Reimbursement of Costs
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 297 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 181 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barve, Beidle, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Manno, Bobo, Glenn, and Stein
Entitled Smart, Green, and Growing - Smart and Sustainable Growth Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 346 Status as of March 21, 2009: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Environmental Matters Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Love, Beidle, V. Clagett, Costa, Dwyer, George, King, Kipke, Schuh, and Sophocleus
Entitled Bay Restoration Fund - Nitrogen-Removing Septic Systems
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 357 Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Barnes
Entitled Business Occupations and Professions - Plumbers - Lead-Free Materials
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 700 Status as of March 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Bronrott, Carr, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Haynes, Howard, Lee, Mizeur, Stein, and Waldstreicher
Entitled Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Solar Hot Water Systems
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 771 Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Holmes, Malone, Mathias, McConkey, Rice, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Walkup
Entitled Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 804 Status as of March 2, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates King and Love
Entitled Environment - Coal Combustion By-Product Disposal Facilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 862 Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Smigiel
Entitled Natural Resources - Oyster Harvest - Closure of State Waters
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1054 Status as of February 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Niemann
Entitled Environment - Permitting Process - Environmental Justice Review
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1078 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 193 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegate Niemann
Entitled Environment - Permit Applications - Notice Requirements
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1083 Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Schuh and V. Clagett
Entitled Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Requirements
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1116 Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Lafferty, Ali, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Frush, Gaines, Guzzone, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kullen, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Rosenberg, and Weir
Entitled Smart Growth - Visions and Performance Standards
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1139 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 441 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - System Development Surcharge - Exemptions MC/PG 104-09
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1210 Status as of February 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Carr, Ali, Frush, Haynes, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Lee, Montgomery, and Schuler
Entitled Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1233 Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates O'Donnell, Bohanan, Proctor, and Wood
Entitled Wild Waterfowl Hunting - Calvert and St. Mary's Counties
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1289 Status as of March 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Carr
Entitled Public Safety - Regulation of Demolition - Demolition Contractors
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 1417 Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 168 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
Entitled Water Quality and Drinking Water Quality Revolving Loan Funds - Use of Funds
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1510 Status as of March 31, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission - Revisions and Corrections
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1547 Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Frush
Entitled Environment - Water Pollution Control - Incentives and Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1559 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 481 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled Task Force to Study the Governance and Structure of the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1569 Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 651 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegates McIntosh, Barkley, Beidle, Carr, V. Clagett, Dumais, Frush, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, McHale, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Riley, Robinson, Stein, and Waldstreicher
Entitled Standing - Miscellaneous Environmental Protection Proceedings and Judicial Review
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 4 Status as of January 14, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Harrington
Entitled Environment - Permitting Process - Environmental Justice Review
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 47 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 192 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senator Harrington
Entitled Environment - Permit Applications - Notice Requirements
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 280 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 180 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Della, King, Lenett, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
Entitled Smart, Green, and Growing - Smart and Sustainable Growth Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 408 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 258 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senators Simonaire, Brochin, Colburn, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, Lenett, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled Environment - Water Pollution Control - Penalties
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 529 Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Harrington
Entitled Environment - Environmental Justice Review - Public Service Companies
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance

SB 549 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 175 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senator Dyson
Entitled Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 554 Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 280 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senators Lenett, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Miller, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, and Robey
Entitled Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2009
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 607 Status as of May 19, 2009: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative Failed - Vetoed - Duplicate Signed
Sponsored By Senators Brinkley and Mooney
Entitled Frederick County - Overdue Water and Sewer Charge - Restoration of Service Penalty
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

SB 878 Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Harrington and Frosh
Entitled Smart Growth - Visions and Performance Standards
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 975 Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Harrington
Entitled Public Safety - Regulation of Demolition - Demolition Contractors
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 1017 Status as of March 16, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Colburn
Entitled Marine Contractors - Licensure and Regulation - Wetland Permits and Authorizations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 1065 Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 650 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senators Frosh, Harrington, and Lenett
Entitled Standing - Miscellaneous Environmental Protection Proceedings and Judicial Review
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

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