Governor O'Malley to sign another 300 bills

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Today Governor Martin O'Malley will sign another 300 bills that were approved in this year's legislative session.

He will also sign the budget and tax bills approved last week in a special session.

Those bills include an income tax increase for people earning more than 100-thousand dollars and households earning more than 150-thousand dollars a year.

Governor O'Malley is also expected to sign a bill that would make Maryland the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed.

State lawmakers passed a bill banning the use of Roxarsone.

It's a chemical used to help the birds grow and fight parasites. The law would go into effect on January 1st.

Top bills to be signed

• The budget, which was approved in the recent special session.
• Tax increases for people earning more than 100-thousand dollars and households earning more than 150-thousand dollars a year
• And a bill to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed.

The bills cover about 93 pages. See a complete list here .