the legislation is to have only local effect.
An example of this is Senate Bill 6741
which pertains to jurors in Caroline
County.
With respect to referral, those bills
which are sent to one of the standing
committees42 are usually of statewide
consequence, while bills sent to a select
committee are usually local.
For example, a local bill such as
House Bill 57 was referred to the Calvert
County Delegation.43
Observation consisted of the scanning
of any bill when necessary to the deter-
mination of its effect.
In the Senate, unlike the House, most
of the bills related to state matters. The
referral to committee was not decisive
since there were very few instances of a
select Senate committee. The basic cri-
terion employed in the case of Senate
bills was the title.
All of the state bills were then closely
examined. First, all of the state bills
which died in their original committee
were noted. Then, commencing with
House Bill 1 an index card was made for
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each bill which was not eliminated in
the previous separation processes (i.e.,
neither local nor D.I.C.). The card in-
cluded a complete history of a bill from
its introduction to its final passage or
disposal. Particularly noted were : ( 1 )
by whom a bill was introduced; (2) the
type of legislation; (3) all votes taken;
(4) all motions made; (5) re-referrals
to committee; (6) suspension of rules;
(7) the appointment of a conference
committee; (8) whether a bill died in
the second house; and (9) the assign-
ment of each bill to a review index
category.
When the cataloging was complete,
every bill introduced into the 1965
Maryland General Assembly appeared
either on the list of local legislation or
on the index cards of state legislation.
The bills in each category were then
tabulated and the following summary
was prepared:
This exhibit portrays the legislative
activity in the Maryland General Assem-
bly for the session from January 20,
1965, through March 30, 1965.
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