1999 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 413th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
January 13 - April 12, 1999 |
|
BILLS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
795 |
333 |
| House |
1,219 |
497 |
| Total |
2,014 |
830 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
269 |
64 |
| House |
436 |
61 |
| Total |
705 |
125 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS |
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
11 |
6 |
| House |
24 |
7 |
| Total |
35 |
13 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
1 |
1 |
| House |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Submitted to referendum
| 0 |
| VETOES |
| Total Vetoes
| 125 |
| Overridden
| 0 |
| BUDGET |
| Operating Budget
| $17,579,036,962 |
| Bond-Financed Capital Program
| $628,825,113 |
| General Obligation Bonds*
| $461,751,623 |
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds
| $142,073,490 |
| Higher Education Bonds
| $25,000,000 |
1999 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Abortions - partial birth; After-School Program Initiative; assisted suicide; discrimination - sexual orientation; drunk driving; economic development; education (class-size reduction; financing; teacher incentives; teacher scholarships); ethics law reform; health - Patients' Bill of Rights; health care regulatory commissions - consolidation; HOPE Scholarship Program; horse racing industry - financial assistance; Joseph Fund; Medicaid waivers; peace orders; Prince George's County school system reform; property tax; sexual offenders - posted on Internet; State employees (collective bargaining; pay plan); tobacco settlement - use of funds; tobacco tax; University System of Maryland - structure and governance; year-2000 computer errors - protections and immunities.
*includes debt service for public school construction
For further budget information, see The 90 Day Report
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