2000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 414th session of General Assembly convened in Annapolis, Maryland January 12 - April 10, 2000
BILLS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	907	366
House	1,440	518
Total	2,347	884
	Enacted	Vetoed
Senate	266	100
House	434	84
Total	700	184
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	12	8
House	28	9
Total	40	17
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	7	1
House	4	0
Total	11	1

Submitted to referendum
VETOES
Overridden
BUDGET
Operating Budget		$19,559,963
Bond-Financed Capital Program		$609,679,338
General Obligation Bonds*		$470,717,685
Consolidated Transportation Bonds		$113,961,653
Higher Education Bonds		$25,000,000

2000 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Baltimore City criminal justice system; business and economic development funds consolidation; Business and Technology Court; check-cashing services; child care (early) and education; child welfare (substance abuse treatment programs); Children's Health Program expansion; cigarette vending machines; contracts - late fees; earned-income tax credit; electronic commerce and government; Energy Efficient Technology Tax Act; handgun safety; health insurance - coverage of habilitative services for children; health maintenance organizations (downstream risk assumption contracts; subrogation provisions); higher education funding; home builders (new); horse racing; inheritance tax; Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; Juvenile Justice Department programs and services; lead paint testing and funding initiative; legislative ethics (business relationships with lobbyists); Maryland Prepaid College Trust and Investment Plan; Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit; mass transit - farebox recovery; medical records - confidentiality; nursing homes; prescription-drug subsidy plan (for elderly persons in medically underserved areas); prevailing wage - school construction projects; real property sales practices (flipping); Regional Air Service Development Program; school aid (public and private); smart codes (infill development and smart neighborhoods; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code); tax-free week; taxation (truth in); transportation priority funding; tobacco settlement funds (Cigarette Restitution Fund); Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act; Uniform Electronic Transaction Act.

*includes debt service for public school construction

Source: Department of Legislative Services

Maryland Manual On-Line, 2001

April 1, 2001
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