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Significant Issues
Aid to education (Action Plan for Educational
Excellence); auto emissions; blue laws (Sunday
sales); boating safety; child abuse and neglect;
Children's Trust Fund; collateral source rule in
awards of damages; condominiums, cooperatives,
and homeowners associations; corporal punish-
ment for schoolchildren; covered loads on trucks;
death penalty for minors and incompetents; cre-
ation of Dept. of the Environment; Distinguished
Scholar Program; Driver License Compact; drug
testing for State employees; drunk driving; elderly
social services; election campaign reform; family-
oriented personnel policies; food establishment
regulation; gambling in Baltimore County; gas tax
(5 cents per gallon increase); health care delivery
systems; independent status for Juvenile Services
Agency; live animal experiments; medical malprac-
tice (tort reform); out-of-State banks (Citicorp);
motorcyclists' protective headgear; rape trials—jury
charge (Lord Hale); regional savings and loans;
reorganization of State government—Dept. of
Economic & Employment Development and Dept.
of Housing & Community Development; slot ma-
chines on the Eastern Shore; smoking in public
places; stadiums and creation of Stadium Author-
ity; State income tax reform; steep slope mining;
surrogate parenting; tax amnesty; tort liability of
local governments; truck safety; Vietnam veterans
recognition; windfall tax; workers' compensation.
1988 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
394th session of General Assembly
Convened: January 13, 1988
Adjourned: April 11, 1988
Bills
Introduced Passed
Senate...........................883...........................342
House........................1, 490...........................530
Total..........................2, 373...........................872
Signed Vetoed
Senate...........................295............................ 47
House...........................497............................ 33
Total.............................792............................ 80
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Joint Resolutions
Introduced Passed
Senate.............................38................................9
House.............................58................................6
Total...............................96.............................15
Constitutional Amendments
Proposed:
Senate..................................................16
House..................................................19
Total....................................................35
Submitted to referendum: ....................................2
Vetoes
Overridden: ..........................................................1
Budget
Operating Budget........................$9, 782, 046, 826
(8. 7% increase)
State Debt.......................................$269, 178, 000
General Construction Loan ...........$110, 691, 000
School Construction Loan..............$ 53, 000, 000
Bonds..............................................$ 90, 509, 000
Significant Issues
Abortion funding; AIDS; appointment of
judges; aquaculture; auto emissions; budget; Ches-
apeake Bay; child abuse victims—testimony; child
care regulation; child support guidelines; corporate
directors and officers liability; corporate takeovers;
covered loads on trucks; drunk driving; dangerous
dogs; economic development funds and programs;
handguns; higher education reorganization; higher
education scholarships; ignition interlock systems;
inheritance tax law revision; homestead tax credit;
light rail; national banking acquisitions; Port Com-
mission to enhance Port of Baltimore; racing—
intertrack wagering; recycling; regulation of
plumbers, electricians, and real estate brokers; sav-
ings and loan associations—conversion; surrogate
motherhood; smoking in retail stores; unemploy-
ment insurance trust funds.
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