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Where's the beef?
SENATE ADJOURNED SINE DIE!!!
Wonder how many essential bills they pushed through in the last hour help Maryland deal with COVID-19.SENATE ADJOURNED SINE DIE!!!
What's the final body count on bad bills?
I think the universal background check bill was the only one to survive
No. They banned petroleum jelly.
SB 1028 passed
From Delegate Matt Morgan Never let a crisis go to waste. In the middle of a nationwide pandemic, Democrats shut down debate on a bill that creates a constitutional amendment to change the budget process that has been in place for over 100 years. This bill will require a voter referendum, ...
SB 1028 passed
... I will be voting NO on this
This only occurs if Gov Hogan signs the bill into law.
It's time to call and leave messages on the Governor's machine like we did last year with SB1000.
I think what Del Matt wrote would make an EXCELLENT message for each and every one of us on this forum to read into the answering machine.
A House committee sent Senate Bill 1028 to the floor that would give lawmakers more budget authority and the governor line-item veto power. Voters would ultimately decide the fate of that bill through a ballot question in November. If approved, it would take effect in 2024.
"This bill essentially takes away the checks and balances that the governor has on our budget. It will give full discretion to the Legislature, defund certain things and fund other things without any oversight from the governor, real oversight," House Minority Leader Nic Kipke said.
"We are not going to take power away from the governor. If we didn't put a line-item veto in the measure, I could see their argument, but we are not," House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Maggie McIntosh said.
They problem with the text of SB1028 is that it's a bit marked up. Here ya go:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1028t.pdf
So who writes the SB1028 wording for the ballot? Hogan or Frosh?