GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: 2001


2001 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 415th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
January 10 - April 9, 2001
BILLS
Introduced Passed
Senate 901 352
House 1,464 575
Total 2,365 927
Enacted Vetoed
Senate 257 95
House 480 95
Total 737 190
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Introduced Passed
Senate 16 4
House 27 10
Total 43 14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Introduced Passed
Senate 5 0
House 5 0
Total 10 0
Submitted to referendum 0
VETOES
Total Vetoes 190
Overridden 0
BUDGET
Operating Budget $21,206,713,431
Bond-Financed Capital Program
General Obligation Bonds $513,249,500
Consolidated Transportation Bonds
Higher Education Bonds
2001 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Aggressive driving; air quality control permits; bulletproof body armor; Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority Act; Community Legacy Program (neighborhood conservation); crabbing (recreational license); credit services- "payday" loans; credit union laws-modernization; death penalty moratorium; Developmental Disability Administration (reimbursement rates for community providers); drunk driving; Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) scope of authority; elections-statewide voting system; emergency medical systems operations funding; environment (dredge material deposit); "Green" buildings tax credit; GreenPrint Program; gun safety progams; Health Care Trust, Maryland; health maintenance organizations (nurse practitioners as patients' choice of provider); higher education (collective bargaining; funding); income tax; lobbyist ethics; mass transit initiative; Minority Business Enterprise Program; pensions (re-employment of retirees); prescription drugs for senior citizens; public education funding; racial profiling in traffic stops; sex offenders; sexual orientation discrimination; tax amnesty; tobacco crop conversion plan; tourism.


For further budget information, see
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