GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: 1995

1995 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 409th session,
Annapolis, Maryland,
January 11 - April 10, 1995
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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