| 1994 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 408th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 12 - April 11, 1994 |
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| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 857 | 305 |
| House | 1,694 | 596 |
| Total | 2,551 | 901 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 214 | 89 |
| House | 532 | 61 |
| Total | 746 | 150 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 13 | 6 |
| House | 28 | 4 |
| Total | 41 | 10 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 1 | 1 |
| House | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 3 |
| Submitted to referendum | 0 | |
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | 0 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $13,344,388,055 | |
| State Debt | $521,305,068 | |
| General Construction Loan | $379,889,068 | |
| School Construction Loan | $106,000,000 | |
| Bonds | $35,416,000 | |
1994 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Adoption of foster children; AIDS insurance assistance program (extension); AIDS prevention (pilot needle exchange program - Baltimore City); ambulatory care facilities; assault pistols and firearms regulation; budgets (operating and capital); casino gambling - Prince George's County; child support; crime (victims' rights, mandatory sentencing for habitually violent criminals); cross burning; death penalty (lethal injection; legal procedures); defense conversion assistance; Department of State Police; developmental disabilities (equity fund waiting list); discrimination by private clubs that serve alcoholic beverages; DNA data base and central repository; domestic violence; Efficiency 2000 Commission; English language; flag burning; gambling (charitable) regulation statewide; health care patient access (any willing provider); health services - local funding; Information Technology Board; juvenile crime (jurisdiction of criminal court); lead paint poisoning prevention; nursing facilities (discharge and transfer; prescreening and evaluation); parole eligibility and public hearings; procurement practices; schools (year-round); SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) suits; slot machines on Eastern Shore; small business development; State Aviation Commission; State symbols; Takoma Park (Prince George's and Montgomery Counties); tobacco tax; tourism funding; transportation funding; unemployment insurance (employers' surcharge); Vehicle Theft Prevention Council; welfare reform; wrongful death cases (cap on noneconomic damages).
| 1995 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 409th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 11 - April 10, 1995 |
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|---|---|---|
| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 868 | 301 |
| House | 1,393 | 477 |
| Total | 2,261 | 778 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 240 | 61 |
| House | 401 | 76 |
| Total | 641 | 137 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 11 | 3 |
| House | 22 | 7 |
| Total | 33 | 10 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 18 | 1 |
| House | 19 | 1 |
| Total | 37 | 2 |
| Submitted to referendum | 0 | |
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | 0 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $14,428,862,319 | |
| State Debt | $487,460,000 | |
| General Construction Loan | $339,380,000 | |
| School Construction Loan | $117,500,000 | |
| Bonds | $30,580,000 | |
1995 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Automobile insurance; baseball (prohibition against replacement players); bicycle helmets; caning; child support; closing-cost reduction (transfer and real property taxes); community college funding; death penalty; domestic violence; drunk driving; economic development (Neighborhood Business Development Program); education (disruptive students); election law (Task Force to Review the State's Election Law); English language; environmental permits standing [requirements for contested case hearings or judicial review]; Fair Campaign Financing Act; gambling; health-care malpractice claims; Health Care Reform Act; health insurance (patient access); housing (lead reduction); hunting (regulated shooting areas); interstate banking; Judicial Disabilities Commission; juvenile law (detention and intake; restitution); legislative ethics; legislative scholarships; local government (residency requirements); motor vehicle theft; nontidal wetlands; optometrists (scope of practice); pensions (restrictions on special local systems); personal property tax; pornography (displaying to minors); procurement (minority business enterprise); Program Open Space Act; regulatory mandates on local government; sex offender registration; smoking (workplace ban, exceptions); speed limit (65 mph); State agencies reorganization; Student Safety and Support Act; taxes; title insurance; transportation (highway-users revenue distribution); unemployment insurance; University of Maryland System; vehicle emissions testing; welfare; Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.
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1996 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 410th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 10 - April 8, 1996 |
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|---|---|---|
| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 806 | 283 |
| House | 1,463 | 513 |
| Total | 2,269 | 796 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 227 | 56 |
| House | 465 | 48 |
| Total | 692 | 104 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 10 | 3 |
| House | 20 | 4 |
| Total | 30 | 7 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 10 | 3 |
| House | 14 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 4 |
| Submitted to referendum | 4 | |
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | 0 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $14,634,554,408 | |
| State Debt | $ 539,088,000 | |
| General Construction Loan | $373,351,000 | |
| School Construction Loan | $137,000,000 | |
| Bonds | $28,737,000 | |
1996 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Automobile insurance reform; brownfields (cleanup of old industrial sites); crime (victims' rights); economic development (Sunny Day Fund); education (disruptive students); educational funding - accountability and maintenance of effort; executive branch reorganization (Department of Personnel abolished; Department of Budget and Management formed); football stadiums (Camden Yards and Redskins); gambling; gun control; health insurance (mandatory coverage to lengthen postpartum hospitalization); health maintenance organizations (HMOs) provider communication-Health Care Provider and Payor Act; job-creation tax credit; Medicaid reform; personnel (State Personnel Management System Reform Act); sentencing (Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy); spousal murder (adultery as mitigating factor); State employees early retirement/buy-out plan; taxes on snacks; tourism development; transportation funding; welfare reform; wildlands preservation.
| 1997 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 411th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 8 - April 7, 1997 |
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| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 915 | 354 |
| House | 1,470 | 537 |
| Total | 2,385 | 891 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 283 | 71 |
| House | 476 | 61 |
| Total | 759 | 132 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 17 | 3 |
| House | 28 | 5 |
| Total | 45 | 8 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 4 | 0 |
| House | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 |
| Submitted to referendum | 0 | |
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | 0 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $15,443,465,132 | |
| State Debt | $593,773,000 | |
| General Construction Loan | $414,993,000 | |
| School Construction Loan | $147,400,000 | |
| Bonds | $31,380,000 | |
1997 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Alcoholic beverages (microbrewery expansion); Baltimore City schools; brownfields (cleanup of old industrial sites); budgets; campaign financing; child-support enforcement; college tuition-savings program; crimes (warrantless arrests); dairy industry; domestic violence (protective orders); family law (abuse as grounds for divorce); gambling; health (managed care); health (public) - extension of needle exchange program in Baltimore City; health insurance (mandated benefits; Thrive by Three for women and children in low- to moderate-income households); homicide (spousal adultery as mitigating circumstance); HOPE Scholarship Program; horse-racing industry assistance; incinerators in Baltimore City; income tax reduction; job-creation income-tax credits; lead paint; lobbying reform; mortgage-lender regulatory reform; motor vehicles (seat belt violation as primary action; traffic signal violations; use of headlights in rain); pesticides (parental notification of use in schools); property tax - "truth in taxation"; right to farm; Rural Legacy; sales tax; Smart Growth; telecommunications; tobacco tax; tourism funding; Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - dynamometer test; video sales - local tax; welfare innovation.
| 1998 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 412th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 14 - April 13, 1998 |
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| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 799 | 358 |
| House | 1,428 | 531 |
| Total | 2,227 | 889 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 305 | 52 |
| House | 479 | 50 |
| Total | 784 | 102 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 17 | 6 |
| House | 22 | 6 |
| Total | 39 | 12 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 8 | 0 |
| House | 20 | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 2 |
| Submitted to referendum | ||
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | ||
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $16,632,654,449 | |
| State Debt | ||
| General Construction Loan | ||
| School Construction Loan | ||
| Bonds | ||
| 1999 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 413th session of General Assembly convened in Annapolis, Maryland January 13 - April 12, 1999 |
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