Rhode Island Senator Frank Lombardi [D] | Bills | Introduced

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RIS2227Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.
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2024-04-23
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2262Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD ACT - Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgende...
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2024-04-23
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2473Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment...
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2024-04-23
[Hearing: Apr 24]

Proposed Substitute
RIS2026Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refu...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2025Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - A judge would have discretion to allow a hardship exception to keep license plates of a person convicted of this offense.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2022Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS -- SCHOOL BUS SPEED LIMIT - Establishes a speed limit for school buses being driven on a limited access highway to ten miles per hour (10mph) less than the posted speed limit.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2021Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2024Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2023Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemi...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2317Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SHERIFFS - Allows retired sheriffs and other retired law enforcement personnel to be recalled into service as a sheriff or deputy sheriff without any reduction in their pension benefit.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2316Intro
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MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - Reduces the assessment by the Rhode Island Veterans Home against a resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%).
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2472Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and ...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2435Intro
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DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics dur...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2398Intro
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ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE - Prohibits a medical training program from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if any other accredited training program does not use animals or there is an alternate method that teaches t...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
RIS2476Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARBITRATION - Expands the definition of correctional officer, to include any bargaining unit, in which correctional officers constitute a majority of the bargaining unit's membership.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2832Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise a...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2904Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS - Provides updates and clarifications to the current penalties for driving after denial, revocation, or suspension of an individual’s license.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2901Intro
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PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Vi...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24]
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2896Intro
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PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2871Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGISTS - Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
RIS2947Intro
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MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS - Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2937Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemi...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2936Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS - Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 25]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2971Intro
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PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS - Provides the arbitrator in mechanics' lien actions submitted to arbitration the authority to make certain findings of fact regarding procedure compliance and amounts owed which findings would be binding in the mechanics...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2993Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
RIS2989Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES - Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
RIS2987Intro
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PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Requires that present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance receive a $2,000 incr...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2983Intro
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EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION -- STUDENT SUCCESS ACT - Reduces the time, from three (3) years to one year, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-stat...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Education Committee
RIS2988Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT - Provides amendments relative to the compliance and implementation of the comprehensive planning and use act including the conditions upon which limitations may be placed on la...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
RIS2990Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and would establish a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
RIS2311Intro
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HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT - Increases the income limits for elderly or disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
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2024-04-11
Committee continued
RIS2670Intro
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ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2780Intro
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ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2781Intro
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THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE - Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2782Intro
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CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT - Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2751Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Amends Article 9 of the state budget and various provisions relative to hospital licensing fees, would redefine base year for purposes of calculating disproportionate share payments for fiscal...
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2024-04-11
Committee continued
RIS2816Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
RIS2894Intro
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ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
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2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
RIS2957Intro
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PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and munic...
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2024-04-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request
RIS2979Intro
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EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT -- PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, ...
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2024-04-11
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2150Intro
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ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL - Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2034.
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2024-04-10
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee
RIS2486Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMES OF CHANCE - Repeals the statute regulating games of chance.
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2024-04-10
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee
RIS2477Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES -- FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT - Eliminate all exceptions to the provision that all employees are to be paid weekly except for employees of the state and its political subdivisions, municipal governments, and no...
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2024-04-10
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2784Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparison...
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2024-04-10
To Senate Labor Committee
RIS2976Intro
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Allows for the surviving spouse of a National Guard member to have the spouses National Guard plates transferred to them upon their spouses death.
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2024-04-10
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee
RIS2853Intro
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PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT - Requires that public utilities plan utility work in accordance with the state transportation improvement program schedules when working on state roads.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2819Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES - Removes the exemption from licensure for certain nursing service agencies accredited by the joint commission.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
RIS2962Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TUITION WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE - Establishes the tuition waiver program for children in Rhode Island foster care program. The purpose would be to increase the number of youths in foster care e...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2961Intro
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TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts battery energy storage system equipment, solar thermal collectors for commercial applications and solar storage tanks that are part of a commercial solar hot water system from the...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Finance Committee
RIS2953Intro
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FISH AND WILDLIFE -- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES - Creates commercial dock space for businesses subject to being reviewed by the DEM. Would also include commercial fishers to be eligible for a grant program.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee
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