2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 425th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
January 9 - April 7, 2008 |
| BILLS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
1,014 |
295 |
| House |
1,627 |
452 |
| Total |
2,641 |
747 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
264 |
31 |
| House |
438 |
14 |
| Total |
702 |
45 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
5 |
0 |
| House |
5 |
0 |
| Total |
10 |
0 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
8 |
0 |
| House |
8 |
0 |
| Total |
16 |
0 |
|
|
| Submitted to referendum
| 0 |
| VETOES |
|---|
| Overridden
| 0 |
|---|
| BUDGET |
|---|
| Operating Budget
| $31,248,704,107 |
|---|
| Bond-Financed Capital Program
| |
| General Obligation Bonds
| $935,000,000 |
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds
| |
| Higher Education Bonds
| |
|---|
2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Alcoholic beverages - defining beer; base realignment and closure (BRAC); budget reductions and revenue outlook; Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Protection Program; computer services (sales tax repeal); credit grantors - exceptions from prepayment penalties; crimes - collecting DNA samples; death penalty; domestic partners - medical decisions and transfer and recordation taxes; education - transfer of adult programs; electric industry restructuring; electronic gaming devices; energy conservation, efficiency, and global warming; flexible leave; foreclosure and mortgage lending practices; higher education - in-state tuition freeze; immigration; income tax - high bracket; lead in children's products; medical assistance program (Medicaid) expansion; Prince George's County Hospital Authority, same-sex marriages and civil unions; speed cameras - statewide use; teenage drivers; underage drinking; wireless communication devices - use while driving.
For further budget information, see The 90 Day Report
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