GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: 2016

2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
General Assembly, 436th session,
convened in Annapolis, Maryland,
January 13 - April 11, 2016
BILLS
Introduced Passed
Senate 1,173
House 1,644
Total 2,817 834
Enacted Vetoed
Senate 58
House 44
Total 740 102
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Introduced Passed
Senate 7 1
House 8 0
Total 15 1
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Introduced Passed
Senate 7 1
House 17 1
Total 24 2
Submitted to referendum
VETOES
Overridden 8
BUDGET
Operating Budget (Chapter 143)
Bond-Financed Capital Program
General Obligation Bonds
Consolidated Transportation Bonds
Higher Education Bonds
2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Addiction services and mental health treatment; Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission; Baltimore City blight removal; Board of Public Works transparency; State budget; Chesapeake Bay oyster population study; climate change; college affordability; Congressional redistricting; criminal justice system; education - assessments and testing; education - funding; fantasy sports gambling (commercial); greenhouse gas emissions reduction; Harry W. Nice Bridge funding; heroin addiction; ignition locks for drunk drivers (Noah's law); income tax cuts; justice reinvestment; land preservation; lead poisoning; marijuana policy; Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; oyster management; pain medication limits; pay equity; police accountability; pollinator protection; Prince George's County Regional Medical Center; prison populaton reduction; private retirement option; Project Open Space; property taxes and tax credits; redistricting reform; school construction; sick leave (paid); State Song; structured settlements; tax cuts and credits; transportation funding and planning; University of Maryland strategic partnership; voter registration; voting, early; voting rights - felons.

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