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1996 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 410th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 10 - April 8, 1996 |
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| BILLS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 806 | 283 |
| House | 1,463 | 513 |
| Total | 2,269 | 796 |
| Enacted | Vetoed | |
| Senate | 227 | 56 |
| House | 465 | 48 |
| Total | 692 | 104 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 10 | 3 |
| House | 20 | 4 |
| Total | 30 | 7 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS | ||
| Introduced | Passed | |
| Senate | 10 | 3 |
| House | 14 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 4 |
| Submitted to referendum | 4 | |
| VETOES | ||
| Overridden | 0 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Operating Budget | $14,634,554,408 | |
| State Debt | $ 539,088,000 | |
| General Construction Loan | $373,351,000 | |
| School Construction Loan | $137,000,000 | |
| Bonds | $28,737,000 | |
1996 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Automobile insurance reform; brownfields (cleanup of old industrial sites); crime (victims' rights); economic development (Sunny Day Fund); education (disruptive students); educational funding - accountability and maintenance of effort; executive branch reorganization (Department of Personnel abolished; Department of Budget and Management formed); football stadiums (Camden Yards and Redskins); gambling; gun control; health insurance (mandatory coverage to lengthen postpartum hospitalization); health maintenance organizations (HMOs) provider communication-Health Care Provider and Payor Act; job-creation tax credit; Medicaid reform; personnel (State Personnel Management System Reform Act); sentencing (Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy); spousal murder (adultery as mitigating factor); State employees early retirement/buy-out plan; taxes on snacks; tourism development; transportation funding; welfare reform; wildlands preservation.
Source: Department of Legislative Reference
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