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IntroducedFeb 02, 2024
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Passed SenateMar 14, 2024
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2024
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Signed into LawMay 09, 2024
Agriculture – Invasive Plant Species – Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act)
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 09, 2024: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 915
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Corderman
- Hester
- Kramer
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Elfreth
- Hettleman
- Lam
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Ellis
- Jackson
- Lewis Young
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Feldman
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Benson
- Gallion
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Gile
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Carozza
- Guzzone
- Kelly
- Ready
- West
- Carter
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Charles
- Hershey
- Klausmeier
- Salling
NO: 0
YES: 106
- Speaker
- Davis
- Ivey
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Jackson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Addison
- Edelson
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Allen
- Embry
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Taveras
- Alston
- Fair
- Johnson, S.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Terrasa
- Attar
- Fennell
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Toles
- Atterbeary
- Foley
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Kerr
- Queen
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Grossman
- Korman
- Roberts
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Lewis, J.
- Rosenberg
- White Holland
- Bouchat
- Harris
- Lewis, R.
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Williams
- Cardin
- Healey
- Lopez
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Chang
- Henson
- Love
- Shetty
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Martinez
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- McCaskill
- Simpson
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Mireku-North
- Smith
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Howard
- Moon
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Cullison
NO: 31
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 47
- Mr. President
- Elfreth
- Hettleman
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Ellis
- Jackson
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Bailey
- Feldman
- James
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Folden
- Jennings
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Benson
- Gallion
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Gile
- Kelly
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Guzzone
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Carter
- Hayes
- Klausmeier
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hester
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- May 09, 2024 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589
- Apr 08, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 08, 2024 | House
- Third Reading Passed (106-31)
- Apr 05, 2024 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Favorable with Amendments {543621/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 21, 2024 | House
- Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 15, 2024 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 14, 2024 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 13, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {743320/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 09, 2024 | Senate
- Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2024 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Agriculture - Invasive Plant Species - Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act)PDF
- Amendments {743320/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Agriculture - Invasive Plant Species - Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act)PDF
- Amendments {543621/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Agriculture - Invasive Plant Species - Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act)PDF
- Text - Chapter - Agriculture - Invasive Plant Species - Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Soreng, Robert
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- LAPORTE, MARIE
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blaylock, Barbara
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Carr, Megan (Maryland Forestry Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Henderson, Jane (Chesapeake Natives)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Tobian, Jennifer
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Kirsten (Green Towson Alliance)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Tallamy, Doug
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Dietz, Michelle (The Nature Conservancy)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Bradley, Bethany
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Knebel, Sarah (Scenic Rivers Land Trust)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hubbard, Adreon (Habitat Stewards of Overlook Park)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Langeler, Sydney (Chesapeake Nurseries)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Woolridge, N Virginia (Save Our Trees)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Reilly, Kathleen
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Hough, Tyler (Maryland Farm Bureau)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Walker, Eric
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rogers, Jimmy (Laurel for the Patuxent)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Oehme, Roland (Roland Oehme Landscape Architecture)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Caprioglio, Lisa
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Marshall, John (Marshalls' Riverbank Nurseries)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rasnake, Roger
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wray, Amanda (WildOnes Greater Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Broadman, Dorothy
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Thompson, Lindsay
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Olszewski, Marisa (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- johnson, barbara (Blue Water Baltimore)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fulton, Judith (Sierra Club)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Mays, Billy Paul (Farm Bureau)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tidd, Jeremy (Bona Terra LLC)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Myers, Doug (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Buker, Kayla (Town of Garrett Park)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- iliff, jesse (Severn River Association)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Lieurance, Deah
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Corasaniti, Nora
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Jones, Rachel (Maryland Department of Agriculture)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ginter, Elizabeth (CCLC)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Brooks, Benjamin
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Van Hyning, Victoria
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine