Maryland session yields mixed results in 2011
Here is the final disposition of the PWG's priority issues in the 2011 General Assembly.
HB 766/SB 644 - Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government Act. HB 37/SB 740 - amend Maryland Public Information Act to allow receipt of requested electronic records in an electronic format. Both bills passed, nearly unanimously.
Combined Reporting
SB 305/HB 731. Died in committee, no roll call vote.
Offshore Wind Power
SB 861/HB 1054. Deferred for further study.
Public Financing Of Campaigns
SB 657/HB 159. Died in committee, no roll call vote.
Health Security Act
SB 388/HB 1035. Unfavorable report 3/24 by Senate Finance Committee 11-0.
Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home
Letter to Maryland Congressional Delegation. Letter signed by 40 State Senators and Delegates, sent on 3/16.
Maryland DREAM Act
SB 167/HB 470 - Passed. Senate 4/7 27-19; passed House 4/8 74-65.
Civil Marriage Equality
SB 116/HB 175 - Failed. Passed Senate 2/24 25-21; recommitted to House Judiciary.
Clean Drinking water
HB 659/SB 582 - regulation of Atrazine - Unfavorable report 3/14, House Environmental Matters Committee, but no roll call vote, no motion.
HB 660/SB 785 - pesticides use reporting - passed House 3/24 133-4. Unfavorable report 3/13, Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee 10-1.
HB 754/SB 417 - arsenic prohibition - Unfavorable report 3/23, House Environmental Matters Committee, but no roll call vote no motion.