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• Modern vehicle glass now has advanced technologies and components that require specialized installation
• The more sticky we make this process, the longer these vehicles are going to be out on the road, unsafe
• It's deciding whether the Civil Code language is clear, balanced, and enforceable, and fair.
• Are there, I'm not familiar, I'm not a lawyer, I'm not familiar with the consumer code on auto repair
• With our vehicles in terms of modernizing our laws and making them consistent with other states.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call. The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.

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• You can use the QR code that's on the screen or the ufl.me/ketc. Thank you so much.
• So, I think the short answer for that vehicle is no.
• So, I think the short answer for<01:43:29.440> that<01:43:29.680> vehicle<01:43:30.120>
• <01:43:31.240> There<01:43:31.440> are<01:43:31.720> other for that vehicle
• There are other for that vehicle is no.

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• It's just adding five articles from the Code of Criminal Procedure.
• It's just adding five articles from the Code of Criminal Procedure.
• there is redundancies in here that I think could be pulled out just for the sake of where our criminal code
• I'd be happy to work with Senator Edmonds if he is willing to address it and point to areas in the code
• I'd be happy to work with Senator Edmonds if he is willing to address it and point to areas in the code

Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on April 29, 2026, and first voluntarily deferred House Bill 517. The committee then heard and passed several bills focused on impaired driving, wrongful conviction compensation, gaming promo play, child protection, and criminal penalties related to sexual exploitation and worship-service interference. Senate Bill 118 would require substance use disorder screening for all misdemeanor DUI offenders, with supporters arguing early screening could identify treatment needs and reduce repeat offenses; it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 125 increased the wrongful conviction compensation cap from 10 to 15 years and from $400,000 to $600,000, with testimony emphasizing the hardship faced by people who were wrongfully imprisoned for decades; it also passed favorably. Senate Bill 294 allowed gaming operators to allocate promotional play across licenses without increasing the total amount, and it was reported favorably despite one opposition card. The committee also approved Senate Bill 87, which clarified the definition of commercial sexual activity to address conflicts in child sex trafficking statutes and better reach online solicitation and related conduct. Senate Bill 93 established minimum bond amounts for certain child sex abuse material offenses, and Chair Villio offered an amendment expanding related bail and revocation provisions for certain violent, sex, and firearm offenses; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 98 added certain school employees, including school resource officers and security guards, to the definition of educator for purposes of prohibited sexual conduct with students, and it passed favorably. Senate Bill 199 imposed a mandatory minimum sentence for a second offense of purchasing commercial sexual activity and required sex offender registration; after a technical amendment, it was reported favorably as amended. The committee then took up House Bill 333, which would require the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to house inmates within 30 miles of their home or offense location. The author argued this would preserve family ties and reduce recidivism, but sheriffs, district attorneys, and DOC representatives opposed it as impractical given limited bed space, security needs, and existing placement criteria; the bill was not moved. House Bill 828 would create an independent Louisiana Correctional Medical Review Board to investigate deaths in custody, but law enforcement and corrections witnesses warned it could interfere with homicide investigations and duplicate existing coroner and agency reviews; the author asked for voluntary deferral, which the committee granted. House Bill 146, authorizing a Sabine Parish sports wagering election, was heard but received no motion and remained in committee. The committee also approved Senate Bill 277, expanding concealed-carry exemptions for certain statewide elected officials in the State Capitol, and Senate Bill 306, creating the crime of obstructing worship services in a church or other place of worship; SB 306 was amended to reduce a proposed fine from $10,000 to $2,500 after concerns about jury-trial implications. The meeting ended with adjournment after all remaining items were disposed of.

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• . ...framework from which our rules in the Texas Administrative Code are promulgated.
• Additionally, boating equipment and motor vehicles are included as part of the camp's infrastructure
• The structure and the repair of the buildings must be in accordance with code.
• Stevenson, you know, as I read the Health and Safety Code, we have a chapter that regulates our youth
• Our association worked hard in 2023 and 2025 to pass this code.

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• from which our rules, uh, Texas's Administrative Code Tech are promulgated, and then finally we have
• Uh, boating equipment and motor vehicles, part of the camp infrastructure, buildings, facilities, fire
• staff, emergency preparation, um, the structure and the repair of the buildings in accordance with code
• I don't necessarily know, but Um, Uh, Doctor Stevenson, you know, as I read the health and safety code
• Our association association worked hard in 2023 and 2025 to pass this code.

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• And we have existing codes of professional conduct.
• And we have existing codes of professional conduct.
• <05:40:16.080> of themselves because it is a code of themselves because it is a code of conduct
• off-road vehicles. off-road vehicles.
• , and for a child, or maybe they have one vehicle for their whole family, and that vehicle is tied up

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• <00:25:55.120> Um the different motorized vehicles. Um the different motorized vehicles.
• Um if you different types of vehicles.
• ,<00:37:39.120> and not legal to operate this vehicle, and not legal to operate this vehicle
• So, I >> vehicle just like your car is.
• <00:47:19.720> in definition of motor vehicles in definition of motor vehicles in Minnesota

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• That subsidiary reported selling less than 5,000 vehicles.
• This is a vehicle for public-private partnerships.
• AB 2705 mirrors the State Controller's unclaimed property framework under civil code of procedure with
• There are, the more spending through tax codes, the fewer resources we have to allocate in the budget

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• Bill 1071 by Representative Marorrow concerning allowing a local government to locate an automated vehicle
• 00:44:19.520> automated government to locate an automated government to locate an automated vehicle
• Uh, when you put a nozzle on the sprinkler systems, they're color-coded.
• Uh, when you put a nozzle on the sprinkler systems, they're color-coded.

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• Agency code 337 will be located behind tab 3 in your binders.
• billion in payroll, over 416,000 students, over 57,000 athletic school participants, and over 11,500 vehicles
• That's agency code 366 behind tab 3.
• Moving on, Madam Chair To the Transportation Services Division, which oversees vehicle use throughout

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• statewide voter database often cross-references with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• There's a point system with the criminal punishment code score sheet.
• This is a level four offense, which is 22 points on the criminal punishment code score sheet, multiplied
• It's a vehicle for propaganda, anti-immigrant propaganda. Somehow, someone paying thousands and...

Summary: The Appropriations Committee took up SB 2B, a major immigration bill by Senator Gruters, described by supporters as a Trump-aligned package to strengthen Florida’s role in immigration enforcement. The bill would create a grant program for local law enforcement, expand jail-ICE agreements beyond sheriff-operated jails, establish a chief immigration officer and a state immigration enforcement council, require more coordination on E-Verify and detention-bed reporting, allow immigration status to be considered in bail decisions, increase penalties for certain offenses tied to illegal reentry and voting, and repeal in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Much of the sponsor’s presentation and debate emphasized focusing on criminal offenders, improving coordination with federal authorities, and using state resources to support detention and enforcement. Committee questioning focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, reimbursement for jail costs, E-Verify coverage, and whether the bill could lead to street-level immigration enforcement in schools or churches. Senator Smith, Senator Pizzo, Senator Polsky, Senator Sharief, and others challenged the tuition repeal as unfair to students who were brought to Florida as children and argued for grandfathering current students or studying the fiscal impact first. Senator Fine defended the repeal as ending a state subsidy for people who are not lawfully present and argued the change would save tens of millions of dollars. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri testified that the bill was limited to jail-based enforcement, said there was no current street-level 287(g) program in Florida, and stated he did not believe the bill raised concerns for law enforcement or schools/churches. A representative of the Florida Supervisors of Elections supported the voting-related section, while a Florida Highway Patrol representative said state agencies would need additional funding if they were expected to take on more enforcement duties. The committee adopted Senator Gruters’ late-filed amendment correcting a drafting error. Senator Smith’s amendment to require an OPAGA study on the tuition-waiver policy was withdrawn after discussion, and his handwritten amendment to delete the repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students failed on a roll-call vote. The bill then advanced as amended, with several members speaking in debate both for and against it. Supporters framed it as a focused public-safety and enforcement measure; opponents criticized the special-session process, the cost, and the tuition repeal’s impact on students already enrolled.

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• drive by, circle, and even vehicles drive by, circle, and even photograph<00:20:26.400> and<00
• On Wednesday, January 7th at 7:30 a.m., an ICE vehicle pulled into our child care center parking lot,
• Their skin color, salary, zip code, gender, ethnicity, or legal status, among other things, must never
• Their skin color, salary, zip<01:19:58.160> code,<01:19:58.520> gender,<01:19:59.000>
• zip code, gender, ethnicity, or legal status,<01:20:00.720> among<01:20:01.120> other<

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• areas even beyond IT, things like boards of health and health opportunities to meet the state sanitary code
• and from the vegetables that my kids do not eat in their school lunch to emergency vehicles and laptops
• think that's why it's really important, and you know, we have pushed for IT investments in other vehicles
• excise surcharge that could be dedicated to a stabilization fund. ...optional 5% motor vehicle excise
• Finally, the new motor vehicle excise surcharge addresses one of the most pressing needs facing all 351

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Summary: The hearing focused on Governor Healey and Lt. Gov. Driscoll’s Municipal Empowerment Act, with administration officials and municipal leaders broadly supporting the bill as a package of tools to help cities and towns manage rising costs, staffing shortages, and service demands. The administration highlighted procurement reforms, including raising Chapter 30B advertising thresholds, clarifying cooperative purchasing, and removing the Commbuys notice requirement; permanent authority to amortize emergency-related deficits over three years; expanded authority and enforcement for removing double poles; continued flexibility for hybrid and remote public meetings; regionalization options such as regional boards of assessors and intermunicipal agreements; cybersecurity reporting to EOTSS; and several local revenue options and other municipal finance changes. They said the bill was shaped by listening sessions with municipal officials and was intended to increase flexibility, efficiency, and stability without imposing broad mandates. Committee members asked about regionalization, cybersecurity costs, Commbuys, hybrid meetings, and double poles. Administration witnesses said cybersecurity reporting would help the state target resources and that existing Community Compact and capital grant programs, including IT and municipal fiber funding, could support local needs; they said EOTSS would absorb reporting within existing resources. On procurement, they said the Commbuys notice change would be optional and that other public notice methods would remain available. On hybrid meetings, they emphasized flexibility for different types of boards and the burdens a one-size-fits-all mandate could create for small towns and volunteer boards. On double poles, they said the bill’s main change from last session was to give utilities more time and improve the removal process while keeping enforcement mechanisms aimed at speeding removal rather than raising revenue. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, MAPC, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and multiple mayors and town managers testified in support. They described the bill as a practical modernization measure that would help local governments operate more efficiently and respond to fiscal pressure. Witnesses from Northampton, Lynn, Gardner, Cambridge, Franklin, North Andover, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Ashland praised the hybrid meeting provisions, procurement changes, regional service-sharing, and emergency deficit amortization. Several also urged adoption of local revenue tools, including meals and lodging tax options and other local fees, as ways to preserve services and staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• For example, there is a special sales tax on motor vehicles, so motor vehicles are exempt from the regular
• Minnesota's tax code relies heavily on the Internal Revenue Code or... gentlemen if you would identify
• Minnesota's tax code relies heavily on the Internal Revenue Code or...
• This means that our tax code is tied to the version of the Internal Revenue Code as amended through a
• <01:19:00.480> is State this means that our tax code is State this means that our tax code

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• ><00:07:40.720> came<00:07:40.880> online<00:07:41.199> with<00:07:41.360> code
• <00:07:41.680> energy<00:07:42.560> we when we came online with code energy we when
• we came online with code energy we had<00:07:42.960> eliminated<00:07:43.520> the<00:07
• removing over 7,000 gas powered vehicles removing over 7,000 gas powered vehicles from<00:22:16.000
• We're talking about a very unique capacity in terms of electric vehicle testing, etc.

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• with hoghousing the bill and turning it into something it originally wasn't, just to not waste this vehicle
• think it was a little more concrete, and for a while I thought it had to be in the same chapter of code

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Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up the final bill on its agenda, Senate Bill 2370, which had been converted into a 340B drug transparency measure tied to insulin and broader prescription drug pricing issues. Representative Hendrix outlined the latest bill draft, explaining that it would require reporting by covered entities, contract pharmacies, federally qualified health centers, drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, and health insurers, with confidentiality protections, civil penalties, and staggered effective dates. He also noted unresolved questions about the scope of required reporting, possible overlap with federal reporting, and whether the Insurance Department would need a consultant to analyze the data. Representative Dobervich then proposed an alternative amendment that would replace the bill language with a Legislative Management study on 340B transparency reporting during the 2025-26 interim. Her proposal would remove the detailed reporting mandates and instead direct a study of what information should be collected, how it should be used, who should receive it, staffing or contracted support needs, and stakeholder input from hospitals, pharmacies, FQHCs, rural health, state agencies, insurers, and manufacturers. Members discussed germaneness, the late-stage nature of the changes, and whether the issue had been adequately heard, while the Insurance Department testified that it had not previously studied 340B-specific data but supported transparency and could see value in either a study or reporting approach. The committee first adopted the Hendrix amendment by a vote of 8-5, then voted on a do not pass motion on the amended bill, which passed 7-6. Representative Frelich was selected to carry the bill. The chair then adjourned the committee for the last time and reminded members about the committee dinner.

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• It's a simple concept that was memorialized in our education code decades ago.
• That was memorialized in our education code decades ago when people were teaching about World War II
• I wasn't aware that it was part of California Ed Code, and indeed, most teachers are not.
• Actually, you've got the Ed Code quite right.
• It's the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the But actually, you got the Ed Code quite right.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• I want to thank the committee members who are here, some who are, I know, on their way in the vehicles
• In the vehicles and also on planes, so that have been delayed, but we will have more members joining
• Key industries—electronics, vehicles, medical devices, agriculture—rely on Mexico as both a supplier
• Motor vehicles and parts are at the top there first.
• And so with that, I will kind of leave the QR code up there.

Summary: The joint hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs and the Assembly Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Committee focused on the USMCA and how the agreement affects California’s economy, jobs, supply chains, and competitiveness. Opening remarks emphasized California’s heavy trade dependence on Mexico and Canada, the importance of stable trade rules, and concerns that tariffs or uncertainty could harm workers, small businesses, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and border communities. Members said the hearing would help inform a future legislative report or resolution on California’s priorities for the agreement’s review. Academic and policy witnesses argued that the USMCA is central to North American economic integration and California’s role in it. Testimony from UC San Diego and CETYS University described California and Mexico as co-producers rather than simple trading partners, highlighting sectors such as medical devices, aerospace, semiconductors, logistics, and advanced manufacturing. Witnesses also warned that the upcoming review could involve not just trade but security and immigration issues, and they urged a stronger, longer-term agreement with more certainty, better border efficiency, and new tools such as specialized technician visas, binational certification standards, innovation zones, and a technology fund. Go-Biz and chamber representatives said USMCA provides predictability, market access, and support for small and medium-sized businesses, while also creating compliance burdens through rules of origin, labor standards, and customs procedures. They pointed to California’s trade missions, export support programs, and state-level cooperation with Mexico and Canada as ways to help firms participate in regional supply chains. Mexican government and business representatives said the agreement is largely functioning well, that Mexico’s public consultation process received nearly 800 submissions and about 2,000 chapter-specific comments, and that many stakeholders favor maintaining or extending USMCA. No formal votes were taken; the committee heard testimony and asked witnesses for follow-up information to inform its report and future recommendations.

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• They coded it as a response for a welfare check for law enforcement.
• So we have two members in a county vehicle that are able to go out there in the community.
• And being that we're using county vehicles, we're also able to transport people.
• Recently, too, we got county vehicles to be able to transport, and they can work with individuals and
• They're in the vehicles 40 hours a week responding to 911 calls and dispatches through sometimes 988

Summary: The Community Safety Committee held an interim work session on crisis response, with members and witnesses discussing how Washington can better integrate 911, 988, mobile crisis, co-response, and alternative response models for behavioral health crises in public spaces. Travis Parker opened with an overview of the Sequential Intercept Model and the crisis care continuum, emphasizing early intervention, 988 access, regional coordination, navigators and peer support, and the need for sustainable braided funding. Several Washington witnesses then described current programs and system gaps, including the growth of co-response teams, the importance of integrating 911 and 988 rather than treating them as competing systems, and the need to reduce unnecessary emergency room use and improve first responder wellness and training. City, fire, and crisis-system representatives described local challenges and reforms. Kim Hendrickson of Poulsbo said most crisis calls still come through 911 and urged better coordination among field-based teams, more behavioral health training for fire/EMS, and more alternatives to ER transport. Laura Pippen, a designated crisis responder, described a strained involuntary treatment system, fewer DCRs statewide, difficulty getting law enforcement support for transports, and limited facility capacity, especially for substance use disorder. Jennifer Stuber and South County Fire’s Keith Sharp highlighted workforce training, a crisis responder certificate program, and first responder wellness efforts. Research witnesses Evan Lauder and James Pine said the evidence is still developing but generally supports on-scene resolution, reduced ED transport and detention in some models, and the importance of clear dispatch protocols, coordination, and ongoing evaluation. Dispatch and program operators then gave examples of how systems are working in practice. Katie Myers of Washington APCO/NENA said 911 remains essential, but needs evidence-based triage protocols, liability protections, and additional funding if it is expected to take on more crisis-response responsibilities. Whatcom County described embedding a “community connector” in the 911 center to coordinate alternative response, while ValleyCom reported that its 988 diversion pilot transferred 2,165 calls with 98% resolved through 988/211 without returning to 911. National examples included Denver’s STAR program, Albuquerque’s Community Safety Department, and Atlanta’s PAD initiative, each showing different ways to route low-acuity or behavioral-health-related calls away from police and toward clinicians, peers, or civilian responders. The session ended with Washington examples continuing, including Whatcom County’s alternative response team, underscoring the committee’s interest in refining and expanding integrated crisis response systems in the next session.

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• And also the code of the day, I guess, is data centers.
• And also the code of the day, I guess, is data centers.
• questions that need to be addressed are the transition is taking place because of electrification of vehicles
• of vehicles and also electrification<00:34:06.480> of<00:34:06.720> heating<00:34:07.200
• projecting that within 10 years we are going to transition back to a winter peak because of electric vehicles

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