A week ago, the curtain rang down on the 2010 legislative session. In all, the session proved to be a successful yet challenging one. The 427th General Assembly Session ended with 810 bills and 4 resolutions passed. Of the 2,700 bills that were introduced this year, 1,129 bills and 6 joint resolutions originated in the Senate. The House introduced 1,571 bills and 14 joint resolutions. Most importantly, SB 140, the Budget Bill, was passed and became effective on April 10, 2010.

 

I know that many of you are interested in how Frederick County fared in terms of those budget allocations. We have provided a listing below of how the monies broke down for us and how they compared with the previous year's allocations.

 

Given the enormous amount of legislation heard this year, we thought we'd provide you with a link to the State's Official Legislative Wrap-up put out by the terrific folks of the Department of Legislative Services. This document (16 pages in all) gives an excellent accounting of the more impactful bills that are destined to become law in the great State of Maryland this year. You'll see that there was an enormous amount of legislation aimed at dealing with key issues such as jobs, crime, the environment, education, and transportation.

 

I hope you've been keeping up-to-date, via this newsletter, on how my own sponsored bills have done this year. Please see below for a summary of how some of my bills fared and the impact we expect them to have.