Every year during the Legislative Session, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) follows many bills that may impact the agency, agriculture, and its constituents.
If the department provides written testimony for any bill, that testimony will be posted below after the hearing, if not sooner. To read individual bills, fiscal notes, and to obtain complete information about hearings and voting sessions, visit the Maryland General Assembly Website.
Departmental Bills
A summary of MDA's 2021 departmental bills can be found
here.
SB 344 - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - State Cost-Sharing Funds
Jan. 14, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 352 - Agriculture - Multiflora Rose Management - Repeal
Jan. 14, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Bill Testimony
Any testimony that the department submits for or against a bill this legislative session will be posted below on or shortly after the day of the hearing on that bill.
HB 92 - Procurement - Invasive and Nonnative Plant Species - Prohibition on Use of State FundsJan. 28, 2021
Committee: House Health and Government Operations
HB 146 - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Fee on Commercial Feed
Jan. 29, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 208 - Agriculture - Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Sale and Storage
Jan. 29, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 232 - Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member
Jan. 15, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 249 - Agriculture - License to Produce Hemp - LimitationJan. 20, 2021
HB 269 - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program
Jan. 15, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 455 - Agriculture - Processing of Poultry Litter for Alternative Use
Feb. 3, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 472 - Agriculture - Use of Glyphosate - Prohibition
Feb. 3, 2021
HB 583 - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2021Feb. 11, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
Legislative Comment
HB 752 - Income Tax Credit - Food Donation Pilot Program - ExtensionFeb. 11, 2021
Committee: House Ways and Means
HB 801 - Calvert County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism
March 5, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 815 - Income Tax Credit - Food Donation Pilot Program - Extension
Feb. 23, 2021
Committee: House Ways and Means
HB 860 - State Planning - Preservation of Agricultural Land - GoalFeb. 17, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HB 1025 - Pesticides - Carbofuran - Collection, Disposal, and Prohibition on Possession or Storage
Feb. 24, 2021
Committee: House Environment and Transportation
HJ 1 - Natural Resources - Fishing - Wild-Caught Blue Catfish
Feb. 22, 2021
Committee: Rules and Executive Nominations
SB 375 - Agriculture - Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Sale and Storage
Feb. 10, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 414 - Climate Solutions Now Act of 2021
Jan. 28, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 539 - Income Tax Credit - Food Donation Pilot Program - Extension
Feb. 3, 2021
Committee: Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB 585 - Agriculture - Processing of Poultry Litter for Alternative Use
Feb. 24, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 616 - Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish
Feb. 24, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 673 - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program
Feb. 24, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 692 - State Planning - Preservation of Agricultural Land - Goal
Feb. 24, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Legislative Comment
SB 737 - Comprehensive Conservation Finance Act
March 5, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SJ 4 - Natural Resources - Fishing - Wild-Caught Blue Catfish
Jan. 21, 2021
Committee: Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
