City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0028R

• File #: 08-0028R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 437/House Bill 1311 - State Designations - Walking as the State Exercise
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/10/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/10/2008
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 437/House Bill 1311 - State Designations - Walking as the State Exercise FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that designates, beginning October 2008, walking as the State exercise; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Health and Governmental Operations Committee, respectively, to give Senate Bill 437 and House Bill 1311 a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to support the bills; and petitioning the Governor to sign the legislation into law.
• Sponsors: Agnes Welch, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/10/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
3/10/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
3/10/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 437/House Bill 1311 - State
Designations - Walking as the State Exercise

FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that designates, beginning October 2008, walking as the State exercise; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Health and Governmental Operations Committee, respectively, to give Senate Bill 437 and House Bill 1311 a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to support the bills; and petitioning the Governor to sign the legislation into law.
Body
Recitals

The Preamble to this legislation states, in part, that heart disease is the number 1 cause of death each year in Maryland, that mortality rates from coronary artery disease in Maryland rank in the top 1/3rd in the nation, and that Maryland ranks in the top 50% of the heaviest states in the nation with an adult obesity rate of 23.4%.

It is also reported that health care costs related to cardiovascular disease in Maryland are $2.25 billion yearly; the annual cost of heaviness and obesity in the United States is $122.9 billion, with $64.1 billion in direct costs and $58.8 b...