2010 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 10, 2010 - 9:14 p.m.

	Farmland	Another Session
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HB 25	Status as of January 15, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Smigiel
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Amounts Received for Agricultural Preservation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 160	Status as of January 27, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Malone
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farm Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 221	Status as of January 27, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Kullen, Bartlett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Frush, Haddaway, Hecht, Jameson, Krebs, Mathias, McComas, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Stull, and Jenkins
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 974	Status as of May 4, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 447
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Nutrient Trading - Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1057	Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Rural Heritage Transportation Museum
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1169	Status as of March 30, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Bartlett, Cane, Elmore, Frick, Hecht, Kipke, Krebs, McHale, Sossi, Stull, Barkley, Feldman, Haddaway, Impallaria, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Rudolph, Stifler, Taylor, and Walkup
Entitled	Agricultural and Net Energy Metering Production Act of 2010
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1189	Status as of February 18, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, G. Clagett, Dwyer, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Jenkins, Kach, Krebs, Kullen, Miller, Montgomery, Murphy, Norman, Shank, Sossi, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1571	Status as of April 8, 2010: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Bohanan, Cane, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Jameson, Krebs, Kullen, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, Murphy, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Pilot Program for Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

SB 59	Status as of May 4, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 210
Sponsored By	Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Distribution and Use of Revenue
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 90	Status as of April 13, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 34
Sponsored By	Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Secretary of Agriculture - Farm Quarantine
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 95	Status as of April 13, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 36
Sponsored By	Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Farmland Preservation Partnership Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 155	Status as of January 26, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Glassman, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Garagiola, Harris, Kittleman, Middleton, Mooney, and Munson
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farm Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 396	Status as of May 20, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 554
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Garagiola, Currie, Kasemeyer, Brinkley, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones, King, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, Zirkin, Glassman, Kittleman, and Dyson
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Pilot Program for Payment Deferral for Qualified Agricultural Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 486	Status as of March 3, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Edwards, and Mooney
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Rural Heritage Transportation Museum
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 592	Status as of February 17, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 790	Status as of February 17, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, DeGrange, Dyson, and Lenett
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusions for Family Farms Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 960	Status as of March 3, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Glassman, and Kittleman
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation