Governor Hogan, President Ferguson, and Speaker Jones gathered in the Maryland State House Tuesday morning to sign several bills which passed the General Assembly into law. The leaders praised each other for their commitment to passing bipartisan legislation this past session and for the duration of the governor’s two terms.
From the Governor’s press release:
“I want to first of all thank the presiding officers and the leaders in the legislature on both sides of the aisle for all of their hard work over the past 90 days of the legislative session.
“We haven’t always agreed 100% of the time, but I really do want to thank the legislators on both sides of the aisle for working together with us in a bipartisan way, not just in this most recent legislative session, but over the past eight years, and it’s greatly appreciated. “For eight years we’ve sent a very clear message that unlike just down the road in Washington, where there seems to be more divisiveness and dysfunction, that we actually can come together in a bipartisan way to change things for the better.”
Photo curtesy of Paul W. Gillespie at the Capital Gazette
Maryland Matters outlined some of the bills that the Governor signed into law on Tuesday:
Among the 79 bills signed into law Tuesday were several consequential measures to fund stadium improvements and promote investments in Western Maryland.
House Bill 896 authorizes the Maryland Stadium Authority to spend $1.2 billion on upgrades to Baltimore’s professional sports stadiums. The funding will be divided evenly between Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
House Bill 897 allows the stadium authority to spend $400 million on recreational and entertainment venues in Prince George’s County.
House Bill 838 andSenate Bill 474, named in honor of retiring Sen. George C. Edwards (R-Garrett), establish the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Fund, which will provide grant or loan funding to capital infrastructure and business development projects in the region.
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