HB1599

Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established

Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program to provide funding for certain oyster propagation and replenishment projects that mitigate the effects on the State's oyster population of certain transportation projects that maintain or expand the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $2,000,000 for the Program from the Transportation Trust Fund.

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Basic Information

Status
Override
Session
2026 Regular Session
Type
Unknown
Cross-filed
SB0558

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Upcoming Events

Hearing
March 13, 2026 at 13:00
📍 Environment and Transportation
Hearing - Environment and Transportation Committee
Hearing
March 13, 2026 at 13:30
📍 Environment and Transportation
Hearing - Environment and Transportation Committee

Sponsors

Allen
Boyce
Morgan, T.
Holmes
Beauchamp
Ghrist
Odom
Jacobs
Arentz
Hartman
Hutchinson
Healey
Long, J.
Stein
Behler
Lewis
Ziegler
Sample-Hughes
Anderson