Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application
Sponsor: Sara Love (District 16)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: AgricultureStatus: Hearing 2/18 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 listFAV 28FavorableUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Bassett, Elle | Arundel Rivers Federation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Swanson, Taylor | Assateague Coastal Trust | Oral + 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 | Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Trippe, Carole | Community member | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Olszewski, Marisa | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Love, Sara | Maryland State Senator | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Richards, Annie | ShoreRivers | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Newburn, David | University of Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Broder, Robin | Waterkeepers Chesapeake | Position only |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Bartlett, Dirck | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cohn, Debbie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hamm, Shannon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Holcomb, Karen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Masterman, Steve | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pinkard, Georgeanne | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ramotnik, Sara | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ruhl, Janet | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Love, Senator Lovelegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Starkey, Brennan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Swanson, Ann | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Thacker, John | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Middleton, Graysonlobbyist | Delmarva Chicken Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hough, Tylerlobbyist | Maryland Farm Bureau | Oral + 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
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit…