2004 Regular Session
Public Safety (E4)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 67
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Anderson
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Imitation Firearms - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- Handgun Permits - Expiration
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Fulton and Goodwin
- Entitled
- Alarm Systems - Registration, Use, and Response
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Heller, Hennessy, Kelley, Mandel, McComas, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Quinter, Sophocleus, Stern, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Identity Theft - Victim - Expungement of False Criminal Record
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Vallario, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kelley, Lee, Marriott, Oaks, Simmons, and Goodwin
- Entitled
- Corrections - Diminution of Confinement Credits - Controlled Dangerous Substances Offenses
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Amedori, Boutin, Edwards, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Shank, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Identification Requirements - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, McIntosh, and Doory
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Imitation Firearms - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates DeBoy, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Cadden, Cluster, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Gaines, Goodwin, Griffith, Haynes, Hennessy, Jameson, Malone, Minnick, Mitchell, Paige, Quinter, and Weir
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer - Increased Penalties
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Police Services
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Howard County - Work Release Program - Condition for Participation Ho. Co. 2-04
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Barkley, Bobo, Franchot, Kelley, Murray, Paige, Proctor, Ramirez, F. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Gun Shops - Storage Vaults for Regulated Firearms
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Elmore, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McConkey, Myers, Sossi, Stull, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Handguns - Identification Requirements - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Amedori, Bates, Boteler, Boutin, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McConkey, McKee, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Handgun Safety Devices - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Boutin
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Task Force on Dangerous Dogs in Maryland
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conroy, Aumann, Boschert, G. Clagett, Fulton, Gilleland, Impallaria, McConkey, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Sophocleus, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Murder - Parole and Diminution Credits - Richard's Law
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, DeBoy, Edwards, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, and Shank
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Handgun Prohibition - Exceptions for Federal Government Police Agencies
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Security Personnel of Correctional Facilities - Exception for Overtime Compensation
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Amedori, Carter, Howard, Jones, Marriott, Moe, Parker, Patterson, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Inclusion of Ethnicity of Inmate in Case Record
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Bromwell, Cardin, Doory, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Menes, Morhaim, and Vallario
- Entitled
- State Police - Facility Security
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety - Authority and Inspection Intervals
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Handguns - Sales by Law Enforcement Agencies to Officers PG 336-04
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Bartlett, Edwards, Elliott, Hogan, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Shank, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handguns - Integrated Mechanical Safety Device Requirement - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Task Force to Study Personnel Practices in the Prince George's County Police Department PG 302-04
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vallario, Benson, Brown, Conroy, D. Davis, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Kelley, Menes, Moe, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Work Release Programs - Required Establishment
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Calvert County Delegation
- Entitled
- Calvert County - Pretrial Release Program
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Task Force on the Compatibility of State and Local Police Communication Systems
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bozman, Bartlett, Burns, Cane, Conroy, Eckardt, Elmore, Fulton, Gordon, Haddaway, Harrison, Heller, Howard, Jameson, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Marriott, McHale, McKee, Minnick, Moe, Parrott, Patterson, Ramirez, Sossi, Stull, Taylor, Vaughn, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - State Fire Prevention Commission - Unattended Retail Self-Service Stations
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch, C. Davis, Haynes, and Marriott
- Entitled
- Local Correctional Facilities - Diminution Credits - Good Conduct
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
HB 854
Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Task Force on 9-1-1 Call Routing to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Amedori, Anderson, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frank, Fulton, Gilleland, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Leopold, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Citizens' Protection Act of 2004
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
HB 873
Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson and Marriott
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Correctional Institutions - Telephone Contracts
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
HB 887
Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - State Use Industries
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boutin, Amedori, Aumann, Elliott, McComas, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Fireworks - Discharge of Fireworks Inside a Building - Criminal Penalties
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Barkley, G. Clagett, Jameson, Mitchell, Patterson, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Expenditures - Nation's Capital First Responder Preparedness District
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gordon and Hixson
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Law Enforcement Equipment Fund - Adjustment for Consumer Price Index
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cadden, Barkley, Bates, Bohanan, Branch, Conway, Niemann, and Paige
- Entitled
- Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards - Sanctions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Vallario, Moe, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Railroad Police Officers - Scope of Powers
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Bartlett, Bozman, Conroy, Conway, Costa, Feldman, Frush, Glassman, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Jameson, Jennings, Krebs, Krysiak, Love, Malone, McHale, Moe, Parrott, Quinter, Stern, Stull, Taylor, Vaughn, Walkup, and Weir
- Entitled
- Task Force on Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Homes
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Trueschler
- Entitled
- Elevator Safety - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety - Inspections and Fees
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
HB 1158
Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McDonough, Boteler, and Impallaria
- Entitled
- Homeland Security Fund
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Gaines, and Healey
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Alarm Systems - Modification for Hearing Impaired Condominium Owner
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Sex Offenders - In-Person Registration, Driver's License Notation, and Suspension for Noncompliance
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Barve, Boschert, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Donoghue, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Goodwin, Hennessy, Jennings, Jones, Kelley, Kelly, King, Lee, Marriott, McComas, Miller, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quinter, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Taylor, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Quinter, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2004
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cadden
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination Membership
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Vallario
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Standards for Correctional Facilities - Victim Notification and Restitution
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Jones, Kelley, Lee, Menes, Montgomery, Oaks, Patterson, Rosenberg, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Correctional Services - Juvenile Inmates
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Regulated Firearms - Ammunition - Active Duty Military Under Age 21
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Corrections - Local Correctional Facilities - Financial Assistance for Counties
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- State Police - Vehicle Theft - Publicly Available Database
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Brochin, and Giannetti
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - United States Park Police - Authority to Enforce Maryland Law in National Park System
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Power to Subpoena
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Garagiola, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Sheriff - Appointment of Medical Advisor
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2004
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Railroad Police Officers - Scope of Powers
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Brochin, Giannetti, Jacobs, and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or a Felony
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Ruben, Britt, Conway, and Stone
- Entitled
- Access to Public Records - Required Denials - Alarm and Security Systems
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Collection of DNA Sample - Arrestee Charged with Crime of Violence
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lawlah
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Expenditures - Nation's Capital First Responder Preparedness District
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand and Jones
- Entitled
- Identity Theft - Victim - Expungement of False Criminal Record
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Astle, DeGrange, Dyson, Jimeno, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Handguns - Integrated Mechanical Safety Device - Definition
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Mooney
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Identification Requirements - Repeal
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Munson, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Della, Forehand, Giannetti, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hooper, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- State Correctional Facilities - Implementation of Standards of the American Correctional Association
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Miller
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Standards for Correctional Facilities - Victim Notification and Restitution
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip and Lawlah
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Prison-Based Drug Rehabilitation Demonstration Program
- Committee
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Senate: Senate Rules
