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SPECIAL SESSION SUMMARY
Posted: November 19, 2007
- Updated, detailed summary in pdf format - from Department of Legislative Services
- Govenor's original proposals, click here.
- Governor's plan - GBC analysis, click here.
- Budget Reconciliation
- Passed Senate (32-15) Nov. 9
- Fiscal note
- Passed House (103-36) Nov. 13
- Passed Senate w/amendments (32-13) Nov. 19
- Concur w/ Sen amendments, passed House (100-33) Nov. 19
- Fiscal note
- SB 2 - Admin - Tax Reform Act of 2007 - PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- passed Senate (24-23) Nov. 9
- Passed House w/amendments (78-56) Nov. 18
- Passed Senate (24-20) Nov. 19
- Fiscal note
- HB 2 - Admin - Tax Reform Act of 2007
- Passed House (82-55) Nov. 10
- Fiscal note
- SB 5 - Transportation Investment Act
- Before Budget and Taxation
- Fiscal note
- HB 5 - Transportation and State Investment Act - PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- Passed House (80-56) Nov. 10
- Passed Senate w/ amendments (25-20) Nov. 19
- Concur w/Sen amendments, passed House (81-52) Nov. 19
- Fiscal note
- SB 4 - Admin - Video Lottery Terminals - Authorization and Limitations
- Passed Senate (31-5) Nov. 8
- Fiscal note
- HB 4 - Admin - Video Lottery Terminals - Authorization and Limitations - PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- Passed House (86-52) Nov. 16
- Passed Senate (31-14) Nov. 18
- Fiscal note
- SB 3 - Admin Maryland Education Trust Fund - Video Lottery Terminals - PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- Passed Senate (25-20) Nov. 8
- Passed House w/amendments (71-44) Nov. 18
- Concur w/amendments, passed Senate (25-19) Nov. 18
- Fiscal note
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SB 6 - Admin - Working Families and Small Business Health Coverage Act - PASSED BOTH HOUSES
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Passed Senate (30-17) Nov. 9
- Conference Committee - Nov. 18
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Conf. Committee report adopted, passed House (104-28) Nov. 19
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Conf. Committee report adopted, passed Senate (30-14) Nov. 19
- Fav with amendments - Health and Govt. Operations - Nov. 9
- Fiscal note
GBC TESTIMONY - 2007 SPECIAL SESSION
- HB 2 - Corporate income tax testimony, click here.
- HB 2 - Personal income tax testimony, click here.
- HB 2 - Sales tax testimony, click here.
- HB 2 - Combined reporting, click here.
- HB 2 - tobbacco tax, click here.
- HB 5 - Transportation funding testimony, click here.
- HB 3-4/SB 3-4 - Slots testimony, click here.
- HB 11 - Sales tax on services, click here.
- Gov. O'Malley's Fiscal Plan
- GBC positions - letter to GBC members, click here.
- Transportation Funding
- The case for increasing transportation funding by $600 million per year, click here.
- GBC 2007 testimony on slots, click here.
- For August 2007 report on slots in neighbor states, click here.
- For March 2003 GBC position on gaming, click here.
- GBC 2007 testimony on access to health care, click here.
NEWS AND UPDATES
11-20-07: Most Marylanders to feel squeeze - Baltimore Sun
11-20-07: While state gains, counties lose - Baltimore Sun
11-20-07: Voters will pull the handle on slots issue - Examiner
11-20-07: Business taxes close budget gap - Daily Record
11-19-07: Legislative session yields wins and losses for state - Baltimore Business Journal