1994 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 408th session,
Annapolis, Maryland,
January 12 - April 11, 1994 |
|
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).
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