GENERAL ASSEMBLY

2002 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Abandoned infants and "safe havens"; anti-terrorism; Atlantic coastal bays protection act; budget reconciliation and financing act of 2002; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (conversion to for-profit status & acquisition); Chesapeake Bay critical area protection program - variances; college readiness for disadvantaged and capable students; congressional districting plan of 2002; courts (sentencing powers modification); criminal procedure (DNA testing & DNA evidence preservation); deer population management; domestic violence (district court commissioners, interim protective orders); drunk and drugged driving (repeat offenders); drunk driving (open containers of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles); environmental standing for judicial review of decisions on air quality operating permits; General Assembly compensation; hazardous substances (community right to know); heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit (limitations); higher education investment program (income tax treatment); juvenile justice (office of independent monitor); mental health services (funding); money transmission act; motor vehicles (distracted driving, use of hand-held cellular telephones); motor vehicles (speed monitoring, radar cameras); prescription drug manufacturers rebates (supplemental appropriation, medicaid programs); property and casualty insurance (use of credit ratings by insurers); public education funding; sexual offenders registration; state legislative districting plan of 2002; tobacco tax increase; voter registration (convicted felons); water conservation act.