GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: 2019

• 2019, January 9 - April 8, Regular Session
• 2019, May 1, Special Session

2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION 439th session of General Assembly convened in Annapolis, Maryland January 9 - April 8, 2019
BILLS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	1,051	403
House	1,430	461
Total	2,481	864
	Enacted	Vetoed
Senate		2
House		3
Total
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	5	1
House	11	1
Total	16	2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
	Introduced	Passed
Senate	9	0
House	15	0
Total	24	0
Submitted to referendum
VETOES
Overridden		5
BUDGET
Operating Budget
Bond-Financed Capital Program
General Obligation Bonds
Consolidated Transportation Bonds
Higher Education Bonds

2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Adultery decriminalization; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission; asbestos case mediation and resolution; Baltimore Police Department; Board of Public Works; State budget; child care subsidies funding; child sexual abuse claims extension; clean energy jobs; Congressional redistricting; cyberbullying; Maryland Dream Act expansion; Education Blueprint for Maryland's Future; Election Day registration; electric low-speed scooters; End-of-Life Option; family planning program; federal shutdown paycheck protection; firearms; flood mitigation grants; foam packaging (expanded polystyrene) ban; for-profit college regulation; forest conservation; gun control background checks; Handgun Permit Review Board; health insurance; human trafficking; Johns Hopkins University police force; judicial elections; life sentences; Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission; medical cannabis; minimum wage; next generation 9-1-1; opioids; Opportunity Zones; oyster sanctuaries protection; parole decisions; pesticides; Pimlico Race Course; Prescription Drug Affordability Board; public school funding; renewable energy; repeat violent offenders' penalties; retiree prescription drug benefit plan; school bus monitoring cameras; school calendars; school construction funding; Solar Energy Commission; sports betting; tanning devices - minors; tobacco products and e-cigarettes regulation and minimum age; transportation public-private partnership oversight; University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors; University System Board of Regents transparency; water quality.

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