2025 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
SB958: Agriculture - Catastrophic Damage Caused by Deer
Legislative Summary
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to authorize the use of extraordinary measures to reduce the deer population causing the catastrophic damage if the Department determines that deer have caused catastrophic damage to a field; and defining "catastrophic damage" as the loss of 50% or more of crops from a single field.
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Bill History
2/3/2025
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
2/4/2025
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/3/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education, Energy, and the Environment(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Johnny Mautz
Republican