Coastal Bays
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Cutting or Clearing Trees MC/PG 113-25 [HB-1470]
Providing that, in Prince George's County, a certain person may not be held liable for the cutting or clearing of trees in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area under certain circumstances; and requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt regulations authorizing a certain person to appeal a certain action.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Nutrient Management - Tidal Buffer - Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application [HB-1175]
Authorizing, in accordance with technical specifications adopted by the Department of Agriculture, that State cost-share funding be made available for installing various vegetative buffer practices on land within the 100-foot tidal buffer on an agricultural operation; prohibiting a nutrient management plan renewed after July 1, 2025, from allowing a person to apply certain fertilizer to land within the 100-foot tidal buffer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application [SB-898]
Authorizing, in accordance with technical specifications adopted by the Department of Agriculture, that State cost-share funding be made available for installing various vegetative buffer practices on land within the 100-foot tidal buffer on an agricultural operation; prohibiting a nutrient management plan renewed after July 1, 2025, from allowing a person to apply certain fertilizer to land within the 100-foot tidal buffer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [HB-696]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Climate Vulnerable Areas [HB-671]
Requiring, by January 1, 2026, a county water and sewerage plan to include a plan to minimize inundation risks to existing on-site sewage disposal systems and limit the installation of new on-site sewage disposal systems in climate vulnerable areas; prohibiting the installation of an on-site sewage disposal system in a climate vulnerable area to service a newly constructed building, and prohibiting the replacement of an on-site sewage disposal system in a climate vulnerable area, unless certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [SB-490]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [HB-506]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (113-26) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [SB-428]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [HB-131]
Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [HB-270]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [SB-117]
Prioritizing funding first to failing sewage systems and holding tanks in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, second to those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model, third to failing systems with the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium [SB-168]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from processing or making any recommendation on a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029; and prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [SB-116]
Requiring the Department of the Environment and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Act – Modifications [HB-1511]
Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain model local government ordinance by July 1, 2025, and adopt certain regulations relating to forest conservation on or before July 1, 2026; providing that a solar voltaic facilities granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity before July 1, 2023, may not be subject to certain afforestation requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 457 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys [SB-1140]
Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report on the implications and feasibility of using alternative methods other than an aerial survey to delineate SAV protection zones on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Disbursement and Use of Fund [HB-1320]
Altering the disbursement of certain fee revenue deposited into the Bay Restoration Fund in a certain manner; and authorizing certain fee revenue deposited into the Fund to be used for certain costs attributable to the testing, engineering, or design of a certain on-site sewage disposal system and for installing or replacing the drain field of a certain on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes the best available technology for the removal of nitrogen.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [HB-1165]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from reducing certain monitoring requirements for certain projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program - Established [HB-1042]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer and manage certain competitive grants under the Program in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Guzzone
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program - Established [SB-932]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring a grant applicant to demonstrate that any agricultural operation on which best management practices are to be established are in compliance with certain nutrient management plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [SB-969]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024