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YearBill NumberCrossfileSponsorTitle/ DescriptionCommitteeSynopsisProgressMCFC ActionJurisdictionPosition Priority Special Notes
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2025HB0175SB0232By Request - Department of Human ServicesElectronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration and Receipt of Benefits and Use at Automated Teller MachinesAppropriations Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; requiring, on or before January 1, 2026, each operator of an automated teller machine to ensure that the machine has the functionality to process and dispense cash from an Electronic Benefits Transfer card; etc.In the House - First Reading. In the Senate - First Reading No action
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2025HB0008Delegate HarrisonPublic Health - Food and Milk Product Labeling - RequirementsHealth and Government Operations
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, certain food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to use certain terms regarding the quality or safety date on labels of food items manufactured for human consumption; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2026, a person from selling, or offering for sale, food items manufactured for human consumption with a certain label or that do not meet certain labeling requirements; requiring the creation of an educational program to inform consumers about the meaning of certain dates; etc.		In the House - First Reading. Hearing 1/29 at 1:00pmWritten TestimonyMarylandSupportWritten Testimony
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2025HB0009Delegate CharkoudianPublic Safety - Food systems Resiliency Council - Definitions and ReportsEnvironment and Transportation
Altering certain definitions related to the Food Resiliency Council; defining what constitutes "healthy food priority areas" as predominantly lower-income areas that have limited access to retail outlets that sell, affordable, healthy foods, and defining "wasted food" as not used for its intended purpose that is managed in a variety of ways; and repealing certain outdated reporting provisions and updating ongoing reporting provisions.		In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 2:30pmWritten TestimonyMarylandSupportWriiten Testimony
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2025HB0042SB0134Senator Hester and Delegate BoyceSolid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - EstablishedEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentEstablishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge on the final disposal of solid waste in the State; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly yearly beginning December 31, 2027, on the grants awarded, and the impact on jobs creation, producers, and food waste reduction; etc.In the Senate Hearing - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00pm.Written TestimonyMarylandSupportWritten Testimony
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2025SB0240HB0262By Request - Department of AgricultureDepartment of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young FarmersEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentAltering the membership of the Maryland Agricultural Commission; establishing the Committee on Young Farmers for purposes of communicating to the Maryland Agricultural Commission issues relating to young and beginning farmers in the State; and repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Young Farmers Advisory Board.In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentNo actionMaryland
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2025 HB42/SB134 —Sign on Support LetterInstitute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR)Establishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge on the final disposal of solid waste in the State; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly yearly beginning December 31, 2027, on the grants awarded, and the impact on jobs creation, producers, and food waste reduction; etc.Sign-on LetterMarylandSupportSign-on Letter
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2025SB0317HB0257Senator Lewis YoungNatural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - EstablishmentEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentEstablishing a Food Forests and Foraging Program on areas owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources; defining "foraging" as harvesting plant materials, including seeds, nuts, mushrooms, roots, tubers, and berries for noncommercial personal consumption; requiring individuals who forage in a food forest to obtain a permit; requiring the Department to charge a permit application fee and establish a fee waiver process for individuals who demonstrate financial need; establishing the Food Forests and Foraging Fund; etc.Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.

2/11/2025 - 1:00 p.m.		No action
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2025HB0056SB0177Delegate CharkoudianProcurement - State Department of Education - Control Authority - Local Food PurchasingHealth and Government OperationsAltering the list of units exempt from the authority of the Board of Public Works to control procurement to include the State Department of Education for the purpose of master contracting; altering the list of units that are defined as designated procurement units to include the Department with respect to master contracts related to local food; authorizing the Department to engage in or control procurements of certain local food; etc.In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.Written TestimonyMarylandSupport with AmendmentWritten Testimony
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2025HB0104SB0226Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)Maryland Farms and Families Fund – Purpose and Use – AlterationsEnvironment and Transportation
Altering the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to match purchases made with FMNP, SNAP, and WIC benefits at certain farmers markets and farm stands, support nonprofit farmers markets by providing logistical and marketing support to increase the use of federal nutrition programs at these markets, and to support nonprofit organizations or other responsible persons to implement the Program.		In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.No action
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2025HB1434SB0353Senators Salling and WatsonFood Deserts Workgroup - EstablishmentFinanceEstablishing the Food Deserts Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding solutions to eliminate food deserts in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its key findings and recommended solutions to eliminate food deserts by November 1, 2025, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.In the Senate-Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. In the House Hearing 03/04 at 1pm (Environment and Transportation Committee)Written TestimonyMarylandSupportWritten Testimony
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2025HB1254SB0769Delegates Palakovich Carr, Acevero, Allen, Amprey, Bartlett, Boafo, Charkoudian, Crutchfield, Cullison, Ebersole, Fair, Feldmark, Foley, Forbes, Fraser-Hidalgo, Guzzone, Harris, Healey, Hill, Holmes, D. Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, Lehman, J. Lewis, R. Lewis, J. Long, Lopez, McCaskill, Mireku-North, Pasteur, Patterson, Pena-Melnyk, Queen, Rogers, Ruff, Ruth, Shetty, Simmons, Simpson, Smith, Solomon, Spiegel, Stein, Stewart, Taveras, Terrasa, Turner, Valderrama, Vogel, Wells, White Holland, Wilkins, Williams, Wims, Wolek, Woods, Woorman, Wu, and ZieglerCommunity Eligibility Provision Expansion Program – EstablishmentAppropriationsEstablishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs.In the House Hearing 03/05 (Appropiations). In the Senate Hearing on 2/26 at 1pm (Budget & Taxation Committee)Organization sign-on with Maryland Hunger Solution and joint letter for an additional show of support.MarylandSupportIntroduced in a prior session as: SB0579 Session: 2024 Regular Session
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2025HB0881SB0703Delegates Shetty, Forbes, D. Jones, Kaufman, J. Lewis, Lopez, McCaskill, Smith, and SolomonFamily Investment Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits - Child SupportAppropriationsRequiring that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received; and prohibiting a local department of social services from considering any child support collected when computing the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to provide.In the House - First Reading Appropriations. In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.Written TestimonySupport
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2025Letter of SupportLetter of SupportLetter of SupportLetter pushing back against cuts to SNAP and child nutrition programs at the federal level during the upcoming budget reconciliation.Letter pushing back against cuts to SNAP and child nutrition programs at the federal level during the upcoming budget reconciliation.Organization sign-on with Food & Research Action Center (FRAC)FederalSupport
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2025SB0481HB0989Senators Gallion and HesterOn-Farm Home Processing License - Revenue Limit - Prohibition Finance Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from limiting the amount of revenue the holder of an on-farm home processing license may derive from food processed under the license.In the Senate - Hearing Cancelled. In the House - Hearing Cancelled
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2025SB0789HB0744Senator M. WashingtonHigher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - AlterationsEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentRequiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to designate certain private institutions of higher education as hunger-free campuses; prohibiting a 4-year or 2-year private institution of higher education or a regional higher education center operated by a private nonprofit institution of higher education from being eligible to receive grant funding under the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; and beginning in fiscal year 2027, requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 for the Program.In the Senate - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.mWritten testimonySupport
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2025Resolution to Approve the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan 2025-2034Council and Committee Meetings, GovernmentOn December 31, 2024 the Council received the Executive’s recommended Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan 2025- 2034. • Pursuant to Sections 9-503 and 9-515 of the Environment Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the County’s Solid Waste Plan is required to be reviewed and updated every three years and transmitted to the Maryland Department of the Environment for final approval. View Staff Report County Council--Public Hearing 02/11 at 1:30pmMontgomery County
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2025RFIRFIRFIUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Request for Information on Food LabelingAs a Zero Food Waste Coalition member, the Food Council provided comments to help inform FSIS and FDA’s strategy to address date labels and weign in as a food systems champion.
Comment Comment Federal Written CommentWritten Comment
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2024Sign-on Letter, Food Asssitance Investment in FY26 budgetSign-on Letter to County Executive, FY26 BudgetsMontgomery County CouncilThe Food Council wrote an organizational sign-on letter addressed to the County Executive urging the improtance of continuing to provide funding for food assitance and other key food system aspects in the FY26 budgetSign-on LetterMontgomery CountySupportWritten Testimony
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2024Sign-on Letter in response to County Budget Sign-on letter in response to food system aspects of the Montgomery County 2025 Operating BudgetMontgomery County CouncilThe Food Council wrote an organizational sign-on letter in response to late budget cuts from the Montgomery County Council to several food system aspects of the FY25 Operating BudgetSign-on LetterMontgomery County
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2024Maryland Advocates Sign-on Letter: Farm Bill Priorities to Protect SNAPMaryland Hunger Solutions SNAP Farm Bill Priorities Sign-on letterAn organizational sign-on letter organized by Maryland Hunger Solutions to the federal represenatives from Maryland. The letter is aimed at protecting SNAP in the Farm Bill and lays out the priroities around SNAP, mainly to avoid any cuts to the program. Sign-on Letter
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2024County Executive Proposed BudgetTestimony to the County Council on the County Executive's Proposed Budget. Montgomery County CouncilThe Food Council has submitted written testimony, and testifed in person, on food system related items within the proposed budget from County Executive Marc Elrich. The Food Council supports the food system related proposals laid out in the budget. Written TestimonyMontgomery CountyWritten Testimony
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2024ZTA 23-09Councilmember Natali Fani-GonzalezFarming - Incidental Outdoor Stays. Amendment to zoning laws to allow the building of permanent structures for overnight stays on agricultural land.Ways and Means ZTA 23-09 would allow overnight stays on farms in the AR zone that also have accessory agricultural
education and tourism activities conducted as a part of the farm’s regular operations. 		Written Testimony Montgomery CountyEducational TestimonyWritten Testimony
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2024SB0035HB0666Senator McCraySupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State SupplementBudget and Taxation
Repealing the minimum age that a member of a household must be for eligibility for a State-provided supplemental benefit under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; and increasing the amount of the supplemental benefit that the State must provide from $40 to $95. Amendments were added during the session to lower the increase from $95 to $50 and lower the age eligibility to 60 from 62. 		In the Senate - Crossed over to other chamber, on second reading. In the House - Has been sent to the Governor to be signed into law. Written TestimonyMarylandSupportWritten Testimony
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2024HB0163 SB0056Delegate Charkoudian and Senator SmithFood Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and SurchargeEnvironment and TransportationEstablishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etcBill removedWritten TestimonyMaryland
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2024SB0425 HB0386Delegate FeldmarkMaryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)Ways and MeansClarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts.Bill has been sent to the Governor to be signed into law. Written TestimonyMaryland
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2024SNAP State Supplement Sign-onMaryland Hunger SolutionsSNAP Supplement (SB0035) Support Sign-on LetterSign-on LetterSigned
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2024Student Access to SNAP in the Farm Bill, Sign-OnMaryland Hunger SolutionsSign-on LetterFederal
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2024Code for America, Government Agency Text Message Reminder for Access to Services, Sign-on Code for America "Millions of people lose access to government health care, food assistance, and other benefits each year because they didn't know they had to take action to keep their benefits. Timely text messages can help, but current wireless industry rules make it difficult for government agencies to text the people they serve. Sign on below to call on CTIA—The Wireless Association to update their industry rules so that government agencies can stay connected with people seeking help."Sign-on Letter
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2024HB1318 Sign-on Support LetterInsitute for Local Self Reliance HB1318 establishes a funding mechanism via a nominal $2/ton surcharge on final waste disposal to provide tangible support for developing of infrastructure, programs, education, and other support for wasted food diversion in Maryland through the (1) Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Program, the (2) On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program, and (3) the existing School Waste Reduction and Composting Program.
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2024HB1318Delegate BoyceSolid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - EstablishedEnvironment and TransportationEstablishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities for on-farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge of $2 per ton of solid waste processed by a refuse disposal system for final disposal; establishing the Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Program in the Department of the Environment; etc.In the House - Crossed over to opposite chamber.
Written testimonyMaryland
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2024HB0696SB0579Delegate Palakovich CarrPrimary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal ExpansionWays and MeansAltering the standards of the State Free Feeding Program, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to require that if a school participates in the federal School Breakfast Program or the National School Lunch Program, then each student in the school must be offered a meal at no cost to the student; providing for the reimbursement rate at which the State shall pay county boards and participating nonpublic schools for the meals offered to students; etc.In the House- Referral to committee. In the Senate - Crossed over to opposite chamber, in referral to committee.

Written TestimonyMarylandsupport
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2024HB1434Delegate LewisDepartment of Human Services - EBT Transfer - Restoration of BenefitsAuthorizing, rather than requiring, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; and requiring the Department to reimburse a beneficiary on or before December 31, 2025, for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card that occurred between January 1, 2021, and September 30, 2024, both inclusive.In the Senate - Crossed over to opposite chamber, in referral to committee.

Written TestimonyMarylandOppose
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2024HB0407Delegate KaufmanFood Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students)AppropriationsRequiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected to be $0, and who are eligible to participate in a certain work study program; and requiring, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to reimburse the Department for certain expenditures.In the House- Referral to committeeWritten TestimonyMaryland
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2024SB0215HB0026Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeSmall, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account - AlterationsWays and MeansAltering the type of financial assistance that may be provided by eligible fund managers who receive grants from the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account in the Department of Commerce.In the Senate - Crossed over to other chamber, in referral to committee. In the House - Crossed over to opposite chamber.
MarylandSupportWritten Testimony
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2024HB0042 SB0220Chair, Health and Government Operations CommitteePublic Health - Public Health Services and Protections - RevisionsHealth and Government OperationsRepealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reallocate from one county to another county certain projected unspent grant funding relating to cancer to address certain funding needs; altering the duties of the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; etc.In the Senate - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, in referral to committee. In the House - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024HB0109 SB0281Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee and Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeNatural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal RequirementsEnvironment and Transportation
Authorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; and altering certain requirements related to the alteration or removal of certain submerged aquatic vegetation.		In the Senate - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, in referral to committee. In the House - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024HB0120 SB0032Delegate Morgan, T. and Senator BaileyEconomic Development – Maryland Watermen’s Microloan Program – EligibilityEnvironment and Transportation
Expanding eligibility for the Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program within the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to include, starting July 1, 2025, individuals who are residents of the State and hold a commercial fishing license to catch finfish, crabs, clams, or oysters issued by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.		In the House - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. In the Senate - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024HB0124Delegate TaverasAlcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Residency RequirementsEconomic MattersAltering the information that an applicant is required to provide in an application for an alcoholic beverages license; and authorizing a permanent legal resident of the United States to hold an alcoholic beverages licenseIn the House - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Maryland
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2024SB0213HB0183Chair, Appropriations Committee and Chair, Finance CommitteeHuman Services – Food Supplement Program (Summer SNAP for Children Act)Appropriations
Making technical and clarifying changes to the administration of certain food supplement benefits for children; and increasing the amount the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill for certain food supplement benefits for children		In the Senate -Referral to committee. In the House - Crossed over to opposite chamber, in referral to committee. Maryland
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2024SB0098Senator SallingDepartment of Housing and Community Development - Food Desert StudyFinanceRequiring, on or before November 30, 2024, the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and make recommendations on reducing food deserts in the State and submit its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.In the Senate - Crossed over to opposite chamber. First Reading Environment and Transportation
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2024HB0438SB0152Senator JacksonFishing Licenses and Stamps - Fee Exemptions - Residents Eligible for Assistance ProgramsEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentExempting residents who are eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or Medicaid from the annual fee for angler's licenses, trout stamps, and Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing licensesIn the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HB0357SB0193Senator Lewis Young and Delegate TerrasaAgriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - ProhibitionsEducation, Energy, and the Environment and Environment and TransportationProhibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024SB0290Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCertified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - AlterationsEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentAltering the annual deadline, from July 31 to December 31, for the Office for the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program to submit to the Board of Public Works a report of waivers requested and waivers granted under the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program; and altering the annual deadline, from October 1 to February 1, for the Board of Public Works to submit to certain standing committees a copy of a record of information regarding any waivers requested under the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program.Crossed over to the opposite chamber, in referral to committee. Maryland
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2024SB0301Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeAquaculture - Placement of Shellfish, Bags, Nets, and Structures on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - ExtensionEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentExtending to June 30, 2027, the authorization of a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases to, with prior written approval from the Department of Natural Resources, place shellfish, bags, nets, and structures on submerged aquatic vegetation, subject to certain requirements.Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024SB0303Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeAquaculture - Definition of Shellfish - AlterationEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentAltering the definition of "shellfish" as it relates to certain provisions of law governing aquaculture to include live mollusks and molluscan shells.Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024HB0194Delegate EdelsonSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Seniors - State SupplementAppropriationsIncreasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes an individual who is at least 62 years old and receives a federally funded benefit in an amount less than $60 per month; and requiring the State to provide a supplement to increase the total benefit to $60 per month.Bill removed Maryland
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2024HB0234 SB0278Department of Agriculture - Licensing, Registration, Fees and Penalties, and RegulationDepartment of Agriculture - Licensing, Registration, Fees and Penalties, and RegulationEnvironment and TransportationAltering and establishing renewal and reinstatement processes for horse establishment licenses; establishing certain duties and administrative penalties with respect to beekeeping activities; altering the administrative penalty structure for certain violations related to nutrient management plans; and altering the renewal process and fee structure for the registration of weights and measuresIn the House - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, first reading. In the Senate - Referral to committee. Maryland
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2024SB0311Senator WestAgriculture - Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program - ExpansionEducation, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and TaxationExpanding the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program by making qualified nonprofit organizations that operate a farm or community garden that is on at least 250 acres, grows between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds of produce annually, supplies agricultural food products to the State's food banks and emergency food providers at no cost, and is conserved in a land conservation program eligible for grant funding; and establishing the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Operating Fund.Referral to committeeMaryland
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2024SB0317Senator BaileyOysters, Striped Bass, and Crabs - Commercial Authorizations - Suspensions and RevocationsJudicial ProceedingsProhibiting the Department of Natural Resources from revoking a person's authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs unless the person has been convicted of or entered an accepted plea of nolo contendere to a certain crime; altering and establishing certain procedures for the suspension or revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs; and authorizing the Department to reinstate a certain authorization under certain circumstancesReferral to committeeMaryland
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2024SB0392HB0616Senator GallionAgricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property InterestsEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentProhibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.In the House- Referral to committee. In the Senate- Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HB0512 Delegate BoyceNatural Resources - Fish and Fisheries - Reporting RequirementsEnvironment and TransportationRequiring certain persons licensed or regulated by the Department of Natural Resources to submit reports in accordance with regulations adopted by the Secretary of Natural Resources.Crossed over to opposite chamber, first reading. Maryland
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2024HB0543SB0722Delegate HensonSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Seniors - State SupplementAppropriationsIncreasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes an individual who is at least 62 years oldIn the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.
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2024HB0640SB0869Delegate ZieglerProperty Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - AssessmentWays and MeansClarifying a property owner's right to receive information on the calculation of an assessment; requiring owners of certain buildings to provide certain information to the supervisor of assessments within 90 days after construction of the buildings is completed; creating a subclass of real property consisting of improvements on agricultural land; requiring improvements on agricultural land to be assessed in a certain manner; etc.Bill removed.Maryland
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2024HB0718Delegate Long, J.Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Seniors - Minimum BenefitAppropriationsRequiring the State to provide a benefit of at least $40 under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to a household that includes an individual who is at least 65 years old and has a gross annual household income that does not exceed $50,000.Bill removed.Maryland
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2024SB0589HB0812Senator BaileyTri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - FundingBudget and TaxationIncreasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission; etc.In the House - First Reading (opposite chamber). In the House- First Reading.Maryland
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2024SB0746HB0914Senator GuzzoneWinery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program - ModificationsFinanceAltering procedures for the claiming and awarding of grants under the Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program to allow an individual or corporation who paid or incurred qualified capital expenses during the immediately preceding calendar year to submit a grant application.In the House - Crossed over to opposite chamber, first reading.
In the Senate - Crossed over to the opposite chamber, referral to committee.		Maryland
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2024SB0879HB0857Senator KlausmeierShellfish Aquaculture - Harvest HoursEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentRepealing a restriction which prohibited the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvesting shellfish within leased areas.In the House - First Reading (opposite chamber). In the Senate - First Reading (opposite chamber)Maryland
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2024SJ0003HJ0006Senator BaileyCommercial Fishery Disaster Declaration Due to Invasive SpeciesEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentSupporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive species.In the House- Referral to committee. In the Senate- Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HB0914SB0746Delagate Jones, D.Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program - ModificationsAppropriationsAltering procedures for the claiming and awarding of grants under the Winery and Economic Development Grant Program.In the Senate - First Reading (opposite chamber).
In the House - Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m (opposite chamber)		Maryland
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2024HB1030SB1055Delegate AllenAgriculture - Roosters - RestrictionsEnvironment and TransportationProhibiting, unless authorized by the Department of Agriculture, a person from keeping a certain number of roosters on certain property beginning on January 1, 2026, subject to certain exceptions; authorizing the Department to work in cooperation with a local animal control or law enforcement officer to enforce the Act; and establishing a fine of $1,000 for a violation of the Act.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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2024HB1116Delegate HarrisonBusiness Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing RequirementsEconomic MattersRepealing an exception for licensed restaurants to the requirement that a person who does business as a trader or an exhibitor have a trader's license.In the House - Second Reading Passed with AmendmentsMaryland
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2024HB1190Delegate RuthPesticides - PFAS Chemicals - ProhibitionsHealth and Government OperationsAuthorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy part of a graduation requirement to earn a certain number of credits in mathematics by completing a credit in an advanced placement computer science or computer programming course or an equally rigorous college preparatory computer science or programming course if enrolled in the course concurrently with or after completing Algebra II; and requiring a county board of education to make a certain certification that certain selected courses may count toward graduation.Referral to committeeMaryland
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2024HB1223SB0925Delegate AdamsTidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - ReinstatementEnvironment and TransportationAuthorizing a person whose authorization to catch oysters is revoked under certain provisions of law to apply for reinstatement of the authorization after 5 years; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish an Oyster Harvester Education Program; and requiring an applicant for reinstatement of an oyster authorization to successfully complete the Program.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Bill removed.
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2024HB1231SB0922Delegate AdamsNatural Resources - Fisheries - Oyster ManagementEnvironment and TransportationRepealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oysters; and authorizing a person to dredge by power boat in the public oyster fishery area in Eastern Bay in Queen Anne's and Talbot counties.In the House - Third Reading Passed (133-0)
In the Senate - Referral to committee.		Maryland
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2024HB1232SB0711Delegate JacobsFisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile SurveyEnvironment and TransportationExpanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay in addition to sampling sites in the northern and southern regions of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and establishing certain requirements for the central region sampling sites.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HB1238SB1053Delegate JacobsFisheries - Striped Bass - Closed SeasonEnvironment and TransportationProhibiting a person from catching or attempting to catch striped bass or striped bass hybrids in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from March 1 through May 15, inclusive, in any year for which the Department does not establish a spring trophy season for striped bass; and establishing an exception for the closed striped bass season to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to manage the striped bass fishery under a fisheries management plan.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HB1306Delegate FairAdmissions and Amusement Tax - Food and BeveragesWays and MeansAuthorizing a county or a municipal corporation to impose the admissions and amusement tax on certain gross receipts derived from the sale of food or beverages; prohibiting the imposition of the admissions and amusement tax on certain sales of food or beverages; establishing a maximum tax rate of 2% that a county or a municipal corporation may set on the sale of food or beverages; and providing that a certain combined maximum tax rate does not include a tax rate on the sale of food or beverages.Bill removed.Maryland
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2024HB1421SB0911Delegate Johnson, S.Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics - Gene Structure- and Function-Modifying Products - LabelingHealth and Government OperationsProhibiting a person from offering for sale in the State a gene structure- or function-modifying product unless the product is labeled in a prominent and conspicuous manner with the words "Gene structure- or function-modifying product" and all potential risks, side effects, adverse effects, and other reasonably possible effects that the product may have; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024HJ0006SJ0003Delegate JacobsCommercial Fishery Disaster Declaration Due to Invasive SpeciesRules and Executive NominationsSupporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive species.In the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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2024SB0808HB1466Senators Carozza, Gallion, and HesterAnaerobic Digestion Technology - Coordination and GuidanceEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentRequiring the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Commerce, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and certain other stakeholders to ensure anaerobic digestion technology projects are not unduly delayed; and requiring the Department, in coordination with certain State agencies, to establish certain guidance for farmers regarding the development and implementation of anaerobic digestion technology.In the House - First Reading. In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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2024SB1074HB0991Senators Ready, Elfreth, West, and Lewis YoungEnvironment - Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit - EstablishmentEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentEstablishing an industrial sludge utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing industrial sludge in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of the Environment to provide certain notices and information to certain persons; applying certain provisions of law regarding public notice and participation to industrial sludge utilization permits; and authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where industrial sludge is utilized.In the House - Third Reading Passed (109-28). In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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2024SB0642HB0735Senators Brooks, Rosapepe, Muse, Waldstreicher, Gile, Carter, Kagan, Jackson, Augustine, Kelly, Lewis Young, M. Washington, Hettleman, Lam, Benson, and ElfrethMaryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction ProgramEducation, Energy, and the EnvironmentEstablishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certainIn the House - Referral to committee. In the Senate - Referral to committee.Maryland
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