2000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
414th session of General Assembly
convened in Annapolis, Maryland
January 12 - April 10, 2000 |
|
BILLS |
|---|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
907 |
366 |
| House |
1,440 |
518 |
| Total |
2,347 |
884 |
| |
Enacted |
Vetoed |
| Senate |
266 |
100 |
| House |
434 |
84 |
| Total |
700 |
184 |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS |
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
12 |
8 |
| House |
28 |
9 |
| Total |
40 |
17 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
|
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
| Senate |
7 |
1 |
| House |
4 |
0 |
| Total |
11 |
1 |
|
|
| Submitted to referendum
| 1 |
| VETOES |
| Total Vetoes
| 184 |
|---|
| Overridden
| 0 |
|---|
| BUDGET |
| Operating Budget
| $19,559,963,913 |
| Bond-Financed Capital Program
| $609,679,338 |
| General Obligation Bonds*
| $470,717,685 |
| Consolidated Transportation Bonds
| $113,961,653 |
| Higher Education Bonds
| $25,000,000 |
2000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Baltimore City criminal justice system; business and economic development funds consolidation; Business and Technology Court; check-cashing services; child care (early) and education; child welfare (substance abuse treatment programs); Children's Health Program expansion; cigarette vending machines; contracts - late fees; earned-income tax credit; electronic commerce and government; Energy Efficient Technology Tax Act; handgun safety; health insurance - coverage of habilitative services for children; health maintenance organizations (downstream risk assumption contracts; subrogation provisions); higher education funding; home builders (new); horse racing; inheritance tax; Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; Juvenile Justice Department programs and services; lead paint testing and funding initiative; legislative ethics (business relationships with lobbyists); Maryland Prepaid College Trust and Investment Plan; Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit; mass transit - farebox recovery; medical records - confidentiality; nursing homes; prescription-drug subsidy plan (for elderly persons in medically underserved areas); prevailing wage - school construction projects; real property sales practices (flipping); Regional Air Service Development Program; school aid (public and private); smart codes (infill development and smart neighborhoods; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code); tax-free week; taxation (truth in); transportation priority funding; tobacco settlement funds (Cigarette Restitution Fund); Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act; Uniform Electronic Transaction Act.
*includes debt service for public school construction
Source: Department of Legislative Services
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