2002 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 416th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
January 9 - April 8, 2002 |
| BILLS |
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
903 |
305 |
| House |
1,462 |
483 |
| Total |
2,365 |
788 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
199 |
106 |
| House |
386 |
97 |
| Total |
585 |
203 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
23 |
11 |
| House |
39 |
16 |
| Total |
62 |
27 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
|
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
9 |
0 |
| House |
7 |
3 |
| Total |
16 |
3 |
|
|
| Submitted to referendum
| |
| VETOES |
|---|
| Total Vetoes
| 203 |
| Overridden
| 0 |
| BUDGET |
|---|
| Operating Budget
| $21,935,818,552 |
|---|
| Bond-Financed Capital Program
| |
| General Obligation Bonds
| |
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds
| |
| Higher Education Bonds
| |
|---|
2002 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Abandoned infants and "safe havens"; anti-terrorism; Atlantic coastal bays protection act; budget reconciliation and financing act of 2002; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (conversion to for-profit status & acquisition); Chesapeake Bay critical area protection program - variances; college readiness for disadvantaged and capable students; congressional districting plan of 2002; courts (sentencing powers modification); criminal procedure (DNA testing & DNA evidence preservation); deer population management; domestic violence (district court commissioners, interim protective orders); drunk and drugged driving (repeat offenders); drunk driving (open containers of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles); environmental standing for judicial review of decisions on air quality operating permits; General Assembly compensation; hazardous substances (community right to know); heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit (limitations); higher education investment program (income tax treatment); juvenile justice (office of independent monitor); mental health services (funding); money transmission act; motor vehicles (distracted driving, use of hand-held cellular telephones); motor vehicles (speed monitoring, radar cameras); prescription drug manufacturers rebates (supplemental appropriation, medicaid programs); property and casualty insurance (use of credit ratings by insurers); public education funding; sexual offenders registration; state legislative districting plan of 2002; tobacco tax increase; voter registration (convicted felons); water conservation act.
For further budget information, see The 90 Day Report
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