Bill Indexes

Lists of bills and resolutions are available indexed by Sponsor, Subject, Statute, File Code, or Specific Interest Profile. Indexes include sponsor names, the title, committees assigned to consider the legislation, and current status (where the bill or resolution stands in the legislative process).

Indexes of Bills by:

Sponsor
One or two Subjects
File Code
Statute

Daily Status Reports:     Senate Legislation      House Legislation     

Bills listed as "The Speaker (By Request of Administration)", "The President (By Request of Administration)", "Minority Leader (By Request of Administration)", or "Committee Chair (By Request of Department)" are bills proposed by the Governor and his agencies and are not proposals of the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader, or the respective Committee Chair. They are listed with the official title of a legislator rather than the Governor due to requirements in the Maryland Constitution.

Bill Profiles

Profile indexes containing lists of bills of special interest to the user can be created by subscribers only. Reports can be displayed in a long HTML format, a short HTML format, or in a download format.

Further Profile Help
Specific Interest Profile Index
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House and Senate Proceedings

The House and Senate hold daily sessions in their respective chambers and a record of the proceedings is available.

Order of Business
SENATE 1. Call to order. 2. Reading of the journal 3. Presentation of petitions, memorials, and other papers. 4. Presentation of orders. 5. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 6. Introduction of Senate Resolutions. 7. Introduction of visitors. 8. Unfinished business. 9. Laid over bills. 10. Reports of standing committees. 11. Reports of select committees. 12. Special orders of the day. 13. Third reading calendars. 14. Adjournment.	HOUSE 1. Call to order. 2. Reading of the journal. 3. Presentation of petitions, memorials, and other papers. 4. Presentation of orders. 5. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 6. Introduction of House Resolutions. 7. Unfinished business. 8. Reports of standing committees. 9. Reports of select committees. 10. Laid over bills. 11. Special orders of the day. 12. Third reading calendars. 13. Introduction of visitors. 14. Adjournment.

Messages from the Chief Executive or the other chamber may be received at any time except when a question is being put, roll is being called, or a report of a conference committee is being received.

Proceedings Index

Senate Proceedings ( Listen )
House Proceedings ( Listen )

Senate Agenda
House Agenda

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Hearing Schedules

During the legislative session bills and resolutions are referred to committees. The committees hold public hearings on legislation and examine each item thoroughly before recommending to the General Assembly the action it should take on each bill or resolution. A schedule of upcoming hearings is released weekly, with addenda released as necessary.

Hearing Schedule Index
Budget Hearing Schedule

Budget Information

The budget bill is introduced in both chambers. The House will move the bill in the 2009 Regular Session.

Bond Bill Submissions - For guidelines to applicants seeking State grants through the submission of individual bond bills, click here.

Operating Budget

Budget Bill
Fiscal Briefing
Analyses
Report of the House Appropriations Committee
House Reprint Budget Bill
House Summary Report
Report of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Senate Reprint Budget Bill
Senate Summary Report
Conference Committee Report
Conference Committee Summary
Joint Chair's Report

Capital Budget

Budget Bill
Fiscal Briefing
Analyses
Report of the House Appropriations Committee
House Reprint Budget Bill
Report of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Senate Reprint Budget Bill
Conference Commmittee Report

Prior Session Information

Information about the General Assembly's activity is available for the 1996 - 2008 sessions

View Prior Session Information

Roster

Roster contains lists of:

• Current and former members of the Maryland General Assembly along with biographical information
• Members belonging to standing, statutory, special, select, and joint and special joint committees
• Members belonging to Task Forces and Commissions
• Delegation information
• Legislative district information

View Roster and List of Committees

Search

You may search for information within Bills, Amendments, Fiscal Notes, Chapters or Joint Resolutions, using either Verity or Google .

You may also search the DLS Library Catalog of publications.

Statutes

Maryland Statutes (what is this?)

Statute Text - 2009 Drafting Session
Maryland Code Online (on the Michie/Lexis website)

Everything Else

2009 Session - Dates of Interest Calendar

The Legislative Wrap-up

Postings from Committees, Commissions, Task Forces and Study Groups

Summary Reports of the Committees to the Legislative Policy Committee and the 2008 Interim Report are available in the Department of Legislative Services Library and in room 200 of the Legislative Services Building.

Legal and Legislative Reports and Publications

Fiscal Briefings, Reports and Analyses

Redistricting

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