MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1994 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Adoption of foster children; AIDS insurance assistance program (extension); AIDS prevention (pilot needle exchange program - Baltimore City); ambulatory care facilities; assault pistols and firearms regulation; budgets (operating and capital); casino gambling - Prince George's County; child support; crime (victims' rights, mandatory sentencing for habitually violent criminals); cross burning; death penalty (lethal injection; legal procedures); defense conversion assistance; Department of State Police; developmental disabilities (equity fund waiting list); discrimination by private clubs that serve alcoholic beverages; DNA data base and central repository; domestic violence; Efficiency 2000 Commission; English language; flag burning; gambling (charitable) regulation statewide; health care patient access (any willing provider); health services - local funding; Information Technology Board; juvenile crime (jurisdiction of criminal court); lead paint poisoning prevention; nursing facilities (discharge and transfer; prescreening and evaluation); parole eligibility and public hearings; procurement practices; schools (year-round); SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) suits; slot machines on Eastern Shore; small business development; State Aviation Commission; State symbols; Takoma Park (Prince George's and Montgomery Counties); tobacco tax; tourism funding; transportation funding; unemployment insurance (employers' surcharge); Vehicle Theft Prevention Council; welfare reform; wrongful death cases (cap on noneconomic damages).