2004 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 418th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland
January 14 - April 12, 2004 |
|
| BILLS |
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
934 |
285 |
| House |
1,548 |
421 |
| Total |
2,482 |
706 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
227 |
58 |
| House |
327 |
96 |
| Total |
554 |
154 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
10 |
0 |
| House |
11 |
1 |
| Total |
21 |
1 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
|
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
7 |
0 |
| House |
13 |
0 |
| Total |
20 |
0 |
|
|
| Submitted to referendum
| 0 |
| VETOES |
|---|
| Overridden
| 3 |
|---|
| BUDGET |
|---|
| Operating Budget
| $23,784,982,437 |
|---|
| Bond-Financed Capital Program
| |
| General Obligation Bonds
| |
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds
| |
| Higher Education Bonds
| |
|---|
2004 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Assault weapons ban; brownfields redevelopment; business regulation - do-not-call registry; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Protection Program; Chesapeake Bay-Watershed restoration fund (flush tax); community health care access; crimes-substance abuse-parole-civil commitment-diversion; Crownsville Hospital Center-closing; Disabilities, Department of-creation; elections-voting systems-paper trail; electricity regulation-renewable energy portfolio standard; fetal victims of violence; health insurance-small group market-limited health benefit plan; heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit; higher education-affordability & governance; Hurricane Isabel-insurance claims & Disaster Relief Act, identity theft; juvenile services system reform; lead poisoning prevention requirements; lobbyist ethics-suspension of license during appeals; medical decisions-life partners; medical malpractice; open meetings act-standing to sue; procurement-minority business enterprise & living wage; public education-funding, & boards of education-financial accountability; public school facilities-funding; retired & rehired teachers; same sex marriages; state budgets; taxation of corporations in Maryland with Delaware holding companies; transportation financing-vehicle fees; undocumented immigrants-drivers' licenses & in-state tuition; video lottery terminals-legalization of use for commercial gaming; water quality-nutrient management.
2004 SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 419th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
December 28-30, 2004 & January 11, 2005 |
|
| BILLS |
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
2 |
0 |
| House |
2 |
1 |
| Total |
4 |
1 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
0 |
0 |
| House |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
1 |
1 |
| VETOES |
|---|
| Overridden
| 8 |
|---|
For further budget information, see The 90 Day Report
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