{"id":1908,"date":"2016-04-04T11:49:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2016-04-18T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:18:56","slug":"governor-larry-hogan-signs-three-bills-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2016\/04\/04\/governor-larry-hogan-signs-three-bills-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Larry Hogan Signs Three Bills Into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
CONTACT:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov<\/a>
\nShareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov<\/a>
\n410-974-2316<\/p>\n

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Governor Larry Hogan Signs Three Bills Into Law<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Governor Enacts New Child Benefits Measure in Honor of\u00a0Harford County Deputy Sheriffs Dailey and Logsdon,\u00a0<\/em>and Administration-Backed Laws to Strengthen Environmental Protections<\/em><\/p>\n

Annapolis, MD (April 4, 2016<\/span><\/span>) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Governor Larry Hogan was today joined by Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch for\u00a0a bill signing\u00a0ceremony at the\u00a0State House in Annapolis. The Harford County Deputy Sheriffs Dailey and Logsdon Benefits Memorial Act was signed, which increases the maximum age that\u00a0children of law enforcement officers who die in the line of duty are\u00a0eligible to receive state pension death benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarylanders were incredibly saddened by the tragic loss of two of our heroes \u2013 Harford County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies Pat Dailey and Mark Logsdon,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cOur state owes families like theirs a tremendous debt, and providing these extended benefits is one small way that we can honor their sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally SB 323, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act, was signed, which requires Maryland to reduce statewide gas emissions by 40 percent from 2006 levels by 2030. This bipartisan legislation, which was supported by the Maryland Departments of the Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, is based on a recommendation of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and enhances the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act. This law is expected to help create and maintain tens of thousands of jobs and represents a balanced, science-based approach to reduce carbon pollution.<\/p>\n

HB 462 was also signed, fulfilling Governor Hogan\u2019s commitment to restore funding for Program Open Space. This legislation\u00a0returns $60 million over the next two fiscal years to this nationally renowned preservation program. In addition to helping fund parks and conversation projects throughout the state, the bill also strengthens the program by increasing the annual Program Open Space funding for Baltimore City to $6 million, and creates a repayment plan to restore funds that\u00a0had been transferred into the general fund by previous administrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese important pieces of legislation will have a profound impact on preserving our environment, while creating jobs and protecting our business community,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cI want to thank both the Senate and House for supporting our initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

A copy of the bills signed today is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CONTACT: Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316   Governor Larry Hogan Signs Three Bills Into Law Governor Enacts New Child Benefits Measure in Honor of\u00a0Harford County Deputy Sheriffs Dailey and Logsdon,\u00a0and Administration-Backed Laws to Strengthen Environmental Protections Annapolis, MD (April 4, 2016) \u2013\u00a0Governor Larry Hogan was today joined by Senate President Mike Miller and  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-governor-hogan","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}