When is closest time Bills can be submitted to make Amendments to SB281?

OnTarget · Jun 25, 2013

Give me a simplified view of the process please. For example, suppose we want to make an Amendment to some provision in SB281 in the GA, after it becomes law on 10/01/13. Can a Bill be voted on in the Fall and pass during the same season or must it be voted on in the following year - in this case 2014? I know that a Bill has to get out of Committee first, which is the tough part.
Thanks

6-Pack · Jun 25, 2013

Referendum opportunities have been lost. We needed a certain number of signatures and didn't get them.

The only "amendments" to SB-281 can be new bills next legislative session.

ma_deuce · Jun 25, 2013

Unless MOM were to call a special session (and hell freezes over), nothing can be done until the next session of the General Assembly, which convenes 01/08/14. Bills can be pre-filed, but don't start through the committee process until then.

dogbone · Jun 25, 2013

There's a PDF on the GA web site which gives a run down of the legislative process:

http://dls.state.md.us/data/libandinfser/libandinfser_docandpub/Legislative-Process.pdf

lx1x · Jun 25, 2013

http://dls.state.md.us/data/libandinfser/libandinfser_docandpub/Legislative-Process.pdf

link to the process..

for them to amend it .. it requires new bill and go the same process.. If one is proposed.. probably will not get looked at until 2014 or later date.

capinyoass · Jun 25, 2013

>We needed a certain number of signatures and didn't get them.<

How did that happen?

L0gic · Jun 25, 2013

capinyoass said:
>We needed a certain number of signatures and didn't get them.<

How did that happen?

A bad track record of conservative values surviving a referendum. I think the theme was leave this atrocity of a bill to the courts to be found unconstitutional vs letting MD voters decide. SCOTUS has already said you cannot charge a fee to exercise a Constitutional Right and that is exactly what 281 does.

OnTarget · Jun 25, 2013

6-Pack said:
Referendum opportunities have been lost. We needed a certain number of signatures and didn't get them.

The only "amendments" to SB-281 can be new bills next legislative session.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough, I meant as stated above, "The only 'amendments' to SB-281 can be new bills next legislative session."
I am referring to new Bills that would effectively change some particular part of SB282. Is next legislative session in Spring of 2014, or does it start in Fall of 2013?

dogbone · Jun 25, 2013

The next session starts at 12:00 on January 8, 2014.
See the Maryland Legislature web site:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frm1st.aspx?tab=home

OnTarget · Jun 25, 2013

dogbone said:
The next session starts at 12:00 on January 8, 2014.
See the Maryland Legislature web site:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frm1st.aspx?tab=home

This is what I was looking for. So, then, it is at this time that new Bills can be submitted for review.

MDFF2008 · Jun 25, 2013

You can prefile bills anytime I believe, but they won't be heard until the session begins.

When is closest time Bills can be submitted to make Amendments to SB281?

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