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Maryland Manual 1994-1995
1991
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
401st session of General Assembly
January 9—April 8, 1991
BILLS
Introduced .......... Passed
Senate............. 844 ............. 302
House. ........... 1,324 ............. 474
Total............. 2,168 ............. 776
Enacted Vetoed
Senate. ............ 234 ............. 68
House............. 437 ............. 37
Total .............. 671 ............ 105*
*Also line item veto of House Bill 210.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Introduced .......... Passed
Senate. ............. 16 ............... 1
House.............. 28 ............... 4
Total............... 44 ............... 5
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Introduced .......... Passed
Senate............... 4 ............... 0
House............... 7 ............... 0
Total............... 11 ............... 0
Submitted to referendum .................. 0
Petitioned to referendum .................. 1
VETOES
Overridden ............................. 0
BUDGET
Operating Budget. .......... $11,456,892,531
State Debt ................ $ 329,999,673
General Construction Loan ... $ 240,034,673
School Construction Loan. ... $ 60,000,000
Bonds .................... $ 29,965,000
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Abortion and abortion referral; battered spouse
syndrome; budgets; cancer registry; election law
and campaign financing; growth management and
land use (recommendations of Governor's Com-
mission on Growth in the Chesapeake Region,
known as 2020 Commission); insurance; kidney
disease program; mandatory kindergarten; motor
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vehicles (fees, seat belts, speed limits, vehicle emis-
sion inspection); open meetings law; recycling; re-
forestation; scholarship reform; social services
(local directors); State employees; State govern-
ment (community colleges, energy administration,
income and health security); taxes (revenue en-
hancement, tax reform (Governor's Commission
on State Taxes and Tax Structure, known as Li-
nowes Commission)); weapons.
1991
1ST SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
402nd session of General Assembly
June 26,1991
BILLS
Introduced Passed
Senate ............... 6 ................ 1
House ............... 3 ................ 1
Total ................ 9 ................ 2
Enacted Vetoed
Senate ............... 1 ................ 0
House ............... 1 ................ 0
Total ................ 2 ................ 0
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
None Introduced
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
None Introduced
VETOES
Overridden ............................. 0
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Budget and fiscal matters.
1991
2ND SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
403rd session of General Assembly**
September 25—October 22, 1991
BILLS
Introduced .......... Passed
Senate .............. 35 ................ 3
House .............. 23 ................ 2
Total ............... 58 ................ 5
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