2012 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of May 25, 2012 - 12:15 p.m.

	Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut	Up to the Minute
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HB 21	Status as of April 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate McConkey
Entitled	Certificate of a Qualified Expert - Lead Paint Poisoning Claims
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 33	Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Clagett
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plans - Implementation Deadlines
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 121	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Beitzel
Entitled	Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 158	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 356
Sponsored By	Delegates Beidle, Vitale, Summers, A. Miller, Boteler, Stukes, Walker, Myers, Kaiser, Ross, Hixson, Rosenberg, Howard, F. Turner, Cardin, Ivey, Frick, George, and Luedtke
Entitled	Property Tax - High Performance Building Tax Credit - National Green Building Standards
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 169	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Lafferty
Entitled	Environment - At-Store Recycling - Plastic Carryout Bags
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 208	Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Mitchell
Entitled	Baltimore City Public School System - Governance
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 229	Status as of January 30, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Lafferty, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Frush, Hogan, Niemann, Olszewski, Tarrant, Vaughn, Washington, and Weir
Entitled	Maryland Plastic Bag Recycling Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 296	Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates S. Robinson, Arora, Conaway, Hucker, A. Kelly, Luedtke, and Washington
Entitled	Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 327	Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Community Forklift Facility
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 441	Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hucker, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Hubbard, Jones, Mizeur, Ross, Stein, and Waldstreicher
Entitled	Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 445	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Bobo, Carr, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, Lafferty, McIntosh, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 446	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 150
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Beidle, Bobo, Clippinger, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, McIntosh, Mitchell, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees and Uses
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 447	Status as of March 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Reznik and Morhaim
Entitled	Procurement - Electronics Recycling Services
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 448	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 372
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Reznik
Entitled	Procurement - Preferences - Purchasing and Recycling Electronic Products
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 486	Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jacobs, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Otto, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 487	Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jacobs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Vitale
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 511	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 667
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee and Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 549	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hogan
Entitled	Stormwater Management - Residential Stormwater Practices - Inspection and Maintenance
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 554	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hogan, Boteler, Bromwell, Elliott, Glenn, Hough, Kach, Kaiser, Lafferty, McComas, McIntosh, Minnick, Mitchell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale
Entitled	Lead Safe Income Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 625	Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt
Entitled	Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 626	Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Kipke
Entitled	Environment - Discharge of Pollutants - Permit Exemption
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 639	Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and McIntosh
Entitled	High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations

HB 644	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 387
Sponsored By	Delegates Oaks and Niemann
Entitled	Environment - Reducing the Incidence of Lead Poisoning
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 654	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Szeliga
Entitled	State Development Plan - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 854	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Gilchrist
Entitled	Forest Conservation Act - Exception for Local Stormwater Management Activity
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 867	Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Education - Public School Construction Funding and Children's Indoor Environmental Health
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

HB 879	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 400
Sponsored By	Delegate Morhaim
Entitled	Environment - Statewide Electronics Recycling Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 895	Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Authority to Impose Fees for Use of Disposable Bags PG 402-12
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 901	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 403
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - High Performance Buildings PG/MC 110-12
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 907	Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh and Hixson
Entitled	Environment - Natural Gas Production - Severance Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 929	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 692
Sponsored By	Delegates Stein, Frush, and Niemann
Entitled	Environment - Recycling Rates and Waste Diversion - Statewide Goals
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 932	Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Clagett
Entitled	Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Denial of Projects, Permits, Approvals, or State Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 983	Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush and Hubbard
Entitled	Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 987	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 151
Sponsored By	Delegates Hucker, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Holmes, Kramer, Lafferty, Luedtke, Niemann, S. Robinson, Waldstreicher, Zucker, and Cardin
Entitled	Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1011	Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Alston and Vallario
Entitled	Procurement - State Motor Vehicles - Purchase Requirement
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1019	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 567
Sponsored By	Delegates Murphy, Barve, Branch, Carr, Frick, Gilchrist, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kipke, Luedtke, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Walker, and Cardin
Entitled	County Boards of Education - Green Product Cleaning Supplies - Written Policies
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1034	Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Carr, and Frush
Entitled	Environment - Oil and Gas Leases - Risk Disclosures
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1043	Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Alston and Braveboy
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Prince George's County - Customer Bag Credit Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1071	Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Alston, Braveboy, Howard, and Walker
Entitled	Income Tax - Customer Bag Credit Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1123	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 703
Sponsored By	Delegate Mizeur
Entitled	Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas -Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in Deep Shale Deposits
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1201	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 708
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, James, McMillan, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Rudolph, Vitale, Weir, and Wood
Entitled	Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Use and Conflicts of Law
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1247	Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Washington, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, V. Turner, and Zucker
Entitled	Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters

HB 1303	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 428
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agriculture - Cost Sharing for Water Pollution Control
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1304	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 429
Sponsored By	Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Department of Agriculture - Animal Waste Technology Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1333	Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, McIntosh, Bobo, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Murphy, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Stein
Entitled	Environment - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Payment of Cost Differential
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1349	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Serafini, Smigiel, Stifler, Stocksdale, and Szeliga
Entitled	University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of Lawsuit Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1384	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Jones
Entitled	Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1392	Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Lafferty
Entitled	On-Site Sewage Disposal System - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Homeowner Funding Assistance
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1407	Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Delegates Walker, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, and Tarrant
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1411	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 722
Sponsored By	Delegates George, Frush, and Lafferty
Entitled	Environment - Water Management Administration - Wetlands and Waterways Program Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1467	Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate McIntosh
Entitled	Sustainable Communities - Financing and Designation
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means

HB 1477	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Niemann and McIntosh
Entitled	Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Qualified Offer
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1801	Status as of May 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HJ 2	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Reform of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HJ 16	Status as of April 2, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate McDermott
Entitled	Hudson Family Farm
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 65	Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 118	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 25
Sponsored By	Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient and Sediment Credit Certification Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 164	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Maryland Plastic Bag Recycling Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 222	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Brochin, Conway, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Young
Entitled	High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 236	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 149
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Raskin
Entitled	Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 237	Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 240	Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Raskin
Entitled	Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 268	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Community Forklift Facility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 342	Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Young
Entitled	Nuclear Power Plant Citizens Oversight Committee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 428	Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Glassman, Garagiola, Jennings, Klausmeier, and Middleton
Entitled	Commission to Study Expanding the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 450	Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
Entitled	State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations and Environmental Matters

SB 483	Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senators Benson, Miller, Frosh, Montgomery, and Pinsky
Entitled	Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 511	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Raskin, Ferguson, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance

SB 532	Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kittleman, Mathias, Peters, Pipkin, Reilly, Robey, Shank, and Simonaire
Entitled	Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Use and Conflicts of Law
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 614	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Pinsky
Entitled	Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 635	Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, and Pinsky
Entitled	Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permit Fees - Workgroup
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 636	Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas - Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in Deep Shale Deposits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 651	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ramirez, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Klausmeier, Manno, Montgomery, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled	Economic Development - Green Business Incentive Zones
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

SB 695	Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, and Jacobs
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental Assessment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 705	Status as of February 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Colburn
Entitled	Public Utilities - Hydroelectric Generating Station - Nutrient Filtration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 708	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 566
Sponsored By	Senator Montgomery
Entitled	County Boards of Education - Green Product Cleaning Supplies - Written Policies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 768	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 784	Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Muse, Colburn, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 818	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, and Getty
Entitled	Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing - Environmental Impact Study for a Third Span
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 821	Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Cap on Costs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 822	Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 823	Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank
Entitled	Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 827	Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Environment - Sewage Disposal Systems
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 877	Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Glassman and Simonaire
Entitled	Environment - Water Pollution Control - Reporting and Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 945	Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of Lawsuit Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 947	Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Environment - Reducing the Incidence of Lead Poisoning
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 1037	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 639
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 1074	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 1097	Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Reilly
Entitled	Water Pollution Control and Abatement - Coal Combustion By-Products and Water Pollutants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 1301	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 1305	Status as of May 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Getty, Kittleman, and Reilly
Entitled	Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Nitrogen Removal Technology
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 1308	Status as of May 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Getty, Kittleman, and Reilly
Entitled	Budget - Reductions to Appropriations - Level Funding for Fiscal Year 2013
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation