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2011 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 428th session of General Assembly convened in Annapolis, Maryland January 12 to April 11, 2011 |
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| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 998 | 319 |
| House | 1,355 | 388 |
| Total | 2,353 | 707 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 277 | 42 |
| House | 348 | 40 |
| Total | 625 | 82 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 6 | 0 |
| House | 11 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 1 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 15 | 1 |
| House | 27 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 1 |
| Submitted to referendum | ||
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | ||
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | ||
| Bond-Financed Capital Program | ||
| General Obligation Bonds | ||
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds | ||
| Higher Education Bonds | ||
2011 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act; child neglect; collective bargaining – independent home-care providers; discrimination – gender identity; discrimination – places of public accommodation; distracted driving – reading text messages; drunk driving – ignition interlock systems; electricity – offshore wind generators; electricity – renewable energy portfolio (waste-to-energy); electricity – service quality and reliability; economic development – Invest Maryland Program; education funding – maintenance of effort; elections – campaign finances (independent expenditures); elections – primary election dates; employment applicants – prohibition of use of credit histories and reports; firearms – use in crimes of violence – greater penalties; gambling – video lottery terminals; health benefit exchange; higher education – regulation of for-profit institutions; higher education – tuition rates for undocumented students; horse racing – distribution of revenues; manslaughter by vehicle or vessel – criminal negligence; medical marijuana; Minority Business Enterprise Program participation; natural gas - Marcellus Shale – drilling; natural resources – fish and oyster poaching; parole of persons sentenced to life imprisonment; pensions – state employees and teachers; Prescription-Drug Monitoring Program; same sex marriage; school bus cameras; septic systems; taxation – alcoholic beverages; taxation – distribution of supplementary appropriations; unemployment insurance – extended benefits for long-term unemployed; wine - direct shipment.
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