Maryland Legal Research

The General Assembly is Maryland's legislative body and directly represents the electorate. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives. Members of both houses serve four-year terms. Each house elects its own officers, judges the qualifications and election of its own members, establishes rules for the conduct of its business, and may punish or expel its own members. It convenes at the State House in Annapolis.

STATUTORY COMPILATIONS:

Table T.1 on page 269-270 of the 20th edition of the Bluebook says to [c]ite by subject to either Michie's MD. CODE ANN. or West's MD. CODE ANN., if therein. The templates for creating a citation to these two codes are:

Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland: 

MD. CODE ANN., <subject> § x-x (LexisNexis <year>)

West's Annotated Code of Maryland:

MD. CODE ANN., <subject> § x-x (West <year>)

SESSION LAWS:

Cite to Md. Laws, if therein.

Laws of Maryland:

<year> Md. Laws <page no.>

Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland Advance Legislative Service (LexisNexis):

<year>-<pamph. no.> Md. Code Ann. Adv. Legis. Serv. <page no.> (LexisNexis)

West's Maryland Legislative Service:

<year> Md. Legis. Serv. <page no.> (West)