HB 1175

Nutrient Management - Tidal Buffer - Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application

Sponsor: Dana Stein (District 11B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: AgricultureStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 23FavorableUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Swanson, Taylor	Assateague Coastal Trust	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Jim	Audubon Mid-Atlantic	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Isaacson, Evan	Chesapeake Legal Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trippe, Carole	Community member	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Stewart, Frances	Elders Climate Action Maryland	Position only
FAV	Olszewski, Marisa	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Annie	ShoreRivers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Newburn, David	University of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Dirck	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Stein, Delegate Steinlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Earnest, Ray	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Marian	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Mark	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holcomb, Karen	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kusmider, Erin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ramotnik, Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ruhl, Janet	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stein, Dana	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Swanson, Ann	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thacker, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cahall, Marshall	Chesterville Bridge Farm, LLC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dell, Gary	Dell Brothers, Inc.	Position only
UNF	Middleton, Graysonlobbyist	Delmarva Chicken Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Hough, Tylerlobbyist	Maryland Farm Bureau	Written (PDF)
UNF	Thompson, Lindsaylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Jones, Rachel	Maryland Department of Agriculture	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Arundel Rivers FederationFAV 1

Assateague Coastal TrustFAV 1

Audubon Mid-AtlanticFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake Legal AllianceFAV 1

Chesterville Bridge Farm, LLCUNF 1

Community memberFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Dell Brothers, Inc.UNF 1

Delmarva Chicken AssociationUNF 1

Elders Climate Action MarylandFAV 1

Maryland Department of AgricultureINFO 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentINFO 1

Maryland Farm BureauUNF 1

Maryland League of Conservation VotersFAV 1

ShoreRiversFAV 1

University of MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMiddleton, GraysonDelmarva Chicken AssociationRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association

UNFHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau

UNFThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit…