GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1995 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Automobile insurance; baseball (prohibition against replacement players); bicycle helmets; caning; child support; closing-cost reduction (transfer and real property taxes); community college funding; death penalty; domestic violence; drunk driving; economic development (Neighborhood Business Development Program); education (disruptive students); election law (Task Force to Review the State's Election Law); English language; environmental permits standing [requirements for contested case hearings or judicial review]; Fair Campaign Financing Act; gambling; health-care malpractice claims; Health Care Reform Act; health insurance (patient access); housing (lead reduction); hunting (regulated shooting areas); interstate banking; Judicial Disabilities Commission; juvenile law (detention and intake; restitution); legislative ethics; legislative scholarships; local government (residency requirements); motor vehicle theft; nontidal wetlands; optometrists (scope of practice); pensions (restrictions on special local systems); personal property tax; pornography (displaying to minors); procurement (minority business enterprise); Program Open Space Act; regulatory mandates on local government; sex offender registration; smoking (workplace ban, exceptions); speed limit (65 mph); State agencies reorganization; Student Safety and Support Act; taxes; title insurance; transportation (highway-users revenue distribution); unemployment insurance; University of Maryland System; vehicle emissions testing; welfare; Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.