Maryland House Bill 1496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that specified contracts for the production of livestock impose a specified obligation of good faith on all parties; requiring specified production contracts to include a specified disclosure statement and cover sheet containing specified information; requiring specified production contracts to comply with specified standards; authorizing a specified producer to cancel a production contract within a specified period of time; providing that specified provisions in a production contract are void and unenforceable; etc.

Farmers' Rights Act

Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Marice Morales [D]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Del. James Tarlau [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2016-03-02	House	Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1496?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb1496f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb1496.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb1496_env.pdf