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LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: 2008


2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
425th session of General Assembly
convened in Annapolis, Maryland
January 9 - April 7, 2008
BILLS
Introduced Passed
Senate 1,014 295
House 1,627 452
Total 2,641 747
Enacted Vetoed
Senate
House
Total
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Introduced Passed
Senate 5 0
House 5 0
Total 10 0
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Introduced Passed
Senate 8 0
House 8 0
Total 16 0
Submitted to referendum 0
VETOES
Overridden 0
BUDGET
Operating Budget $
Bond-Financed Capital Program
General Obligation Bonds
Consolidated Transportation Bonds
Higher Education Bonds


2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Alcoholic beverages - defining beer; base realignment and closure (BRAC); budget reductions and revenue outlook; Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Protection Program; computer services (sales tax repeal); credit grantors - exceptions from prepayment penalties; crimes - collecting DNA samples; death penalty; domestic partners - medical decisions and transfer and recordation taxes; education - transfer of adult programs; electric industry restructuring; electronic gaming devices; energy conservation, efficiency, and global warming; flexible leave; foreclosure and mortgage lending practices; higher education - in-state tuition freeze; immigration; income tax - high bracket; lead in children's products; medical assistance program (Medicaid) expansion; Prince George's County Hospital Authority, same-sex marriages and civil unions; speed cameras - statewide use; teenage drivers; underage drinking; wireless communication devices - use while driving.

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