Calendar: General Assembly
General Assembly of Maryland
Preliminary
Dates of Interest
2007 Session
January 10 General Assembly convenes (noon, Wednesday)
Swearing in of Members
17 Inauguration of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor (Wednesday)
TBA Election of the State Treasurer
19 10th Day — Final date for Governor to introduce budget bill
19 10th Day — Final date for submission of Executive Orders reorganizing the Executive Branch of State Government; either Chamber may disapprove by resolution within 50 days
Administration bills introduced in the Senate after this date referred to Senate Rules Committee
23 14th Day — Senate and House bill request guarantee date
29 20th Day — Final date for Governor to introduce capital budget bill
31 Governor delivers the State of the State Address
February 2 24th Day — Senate bill introduction date
Senate bills introduced after this date referred to the Senate Rules Committee
8 Day before House Bill Introduction Date; “Hopper” will close at 5:00 P.M.
9 31st Day — House bill introduction date
House bills introduced after this date referred to the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
18 40th Day — “Green Bag” appointments submitted by Governor (Delivered on Friday, February 16)
March 5 55th Day — Final date for introduction of bills without suspension of Rules
20 70th Day — Committee Reporting Courtesy Date
Each Chamber's committees to report their own bills by this date
26 76th Day — Opposite Chamber Bill Crossover Date
Each Chamber to send to other Chamber those bills it intends to pass favorably
Opposite Chamber bills received after this date subject to referral to Rules Committees (Senate Rule 32(c), House Courtesy Date)
April 2 83rd Day — Budget bill to be passed by both Chambers
9 90th Day — Adjournment “Sine Die” (Monday)
May 9 Final date for an extended session (Wednesday)
Post-Session
April 29 20th Day after adjournment — Final date for presentment of bills to Governor
May 29 30th Day after presentment — Governor to sign/veto bills by this date
June 1 Other than emergency bills, earliest date for bills to take effect
July 1 Budget, tax, and revenue bills to take effect
October 1 Usual effective date for bills
Holidays and Other Observances
January 1 New Year's Day*
15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day*
February 12 Lincoln 's Birthday
19 Presidents' Day*
February 22 Washington's Birthday
March 25 Maryland Day
April 2 Passover
6 Good Friday
8 Easter
May 28 Memorial Day*
*State Holiday
