SB 176

Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information

Sponsor: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: AgricultureStatus: Hearing canceled (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use information from a soil conservation and water quality plan for certain enforcement actions and statistical purposes.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 14FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Smith, Virginia	Indivisible HoCo Maryland	Position only
FAV	Braveheart, T. Shekhinahlobbyist	Justice PoIicy Institute	Position only
FAV	Jones, Rachel	MDA	Oral
FAV	Jones, Rachel	Maryland Department of Agriculture	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Rachel	Maryland Department of Agriculture	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Annie	ShoreRivers	Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Annie	ShoreRivers	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm	Individual	Oral
FAV	Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm	Individual	Oral
UNF	Darcey, Steven	Prince Goerge's Soil Conservation District	Written (PDF)
INFO	Nelson, Jen	Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts	Written (PDF)
INFO	Nelson, Jen	Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 2

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Indivisible HoCo MarylandFAV 1

Justice PoIicy InstituteFAV 1

Maryland Association of Soil Conservation DistrictsINFO 2

Maryland Department of AgricultureFAV 2

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFAV 2

MDAFAV 1

Prince Goerge's Soil Conservation DistrictUNF 1

ShoreRiversFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBraveheart, T. ShekhinahJustice PoIicy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute