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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 08, 2008 09:52am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 8, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DNA Bill Passes as Legislature Adjourns
By John Wagner, Lisa Rein and Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Page A01
In its final hours before adjournment, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill yesterday expanding the collection of DNA from crime suspects but balked at authorizing speed cameras in school zones and neighborhoods, capping a session in which the state's continuing fiscal challenges greatly shaped what was attempted and what occurred.
Bills with sizable price tags were largely shelved during the 90-day session in favor of those that tightened regulations at little cost to the state, including sweeping reforms of mortgage-lending practices and further restrictions on shoreline development, both priorities of Gov. Martin O'Malley (D).
"This has been a session of very real and steady progress, even in these difficult times," O'Malley told reporters, acknowledging that the sour economy "undermines our ability to do as many things as quickly as we'd like to do them." |
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