1997 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 411th session of General Assembly Annapolis, Maryland January 8 - April 7, 1997
BILLS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	915	354
House	1,470	537
Total	2,385	891
	Enacted	Vetoed
Senate	283	71
House	476	61
Total	759	132
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	17	3
House	28	5
Total	45	8
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	4	0
House	14	0
Total	18	0

Submitted to referendum		0
VETOES
Overridden		0
BUDGET
Operating Budget		$15,443,465,132
State Debt		$593,773,000
General Construction Loan		$414,993,000
School Construction Loan		$147,400,000
Bonds		$31,380,000

1997 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Alcoholic beverages (microbrewery expansion); Baltimore City schools; brownfields (cleanup of old industrial sites); budgets; campaign financing; child-support enforcement; college tuition-savings program; crimes (warrantless arrests); dairy industry; domestic violence (protective orders); family law (abuse as grounds for divorce); gambling; health (managed care); health (public) - extension of needle exchange program in Baltimore City; health insurance (mandated benefits; Thrive by Three for women and children in low- to moderate-income households); homicide (spousal adultery as mitigating circumstance); HOPE Scholarship Program; horse-racing industry assistance; incinerators in Baltimore City; income tax reduction; job-creation income-tax credits; lead paint; lobbying reform; mortgage-lender regulatory reform; motor vehicles (seat belt violation as primary action; traffic signal violations; use of headlights in rain); pesticides (parental notification of use in schools); property tax - "truth in taxation"; right to farm; Rural Legacy; sales tax; Smart Growth; telecommunications; tobacco tax; tourism funding; Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - dynamometer test; video sales - local tax; welfare innovation.

Source: Department of Legislative Services

Maryland Manual On-Line, 2001

April 1, 2001
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