Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1424 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/29/2024

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDME NT 
 TO 
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 1424 By: Howard and Bullard of the 
Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Hardin of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry 
Feeding Operations Act; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 
10-9.5, which relates to application to registe r or 
expand poultry feeding operat ions; stating 
responsibility for certain educational requirements; 
amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.11, which relates 
to violations; modifying range for certain 
administrative penalty; direc ting certain funds to be 
used for certain enforcement; modifying certain 
notification requirements; requiring certain penalty 
for noncompliance; updating statutory language; 
updating statutory reference; and providing an 
effective date. 
 
 
 
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill 
and insert: 
 
 
"[ Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Ope rations Act 
- poultry feeding operations - responsibility for 
educational requirements – violations - range for 
administrative penalty - funds – enforcement - 
notification requirements - penalty for 
noncompliance - effective date ] 
 
 
   
 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.5, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 10-9.5. A.  The State Board of Agriculture shall 
provide the necessary forms and applications for any per son desiring 
or required to register a poultry feeding operation o r expanding 
operation. 
B.  The application to register to operate a new or previou sly 
unregistered poultry feeding operation or expanding operation shall 
contain, at a minimum, the following information: 
1.  Name and address of the owner and operator of th e facility; 
2.  Name and address of the poultry feeding operation; 
3.  Number and type of poultry house d or confined; 
4.  Name and address of the in tegrator whose poultry will be 
raised by the poultry feeding opera tion; 
5.  A diagram or map and legal descr iption showing geographical 
location of the facility on which the perimeters of th e facility are 
designated, location of waters of the state , including, but not 
limited to, drainage from the facility, poultry waste storage 
facilities, and land -application sites owned or leased by the 
applicant or which the applicant has contracted with for the 
application of poultry waste; 
6.  A copy of the Nutrient M anagement Plan, or proof of 
application for such plan, Best Manage ment Practices or any other   
 
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plans authorized by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, 
and Forestry; 
7.  A statement of ownership. 
a. If the applicant is a corporation, the name and 
address of the corporation and the name and address of 
each officer and registered agent of the corporation 
shall be included in the application. 
b. If the applicant is a partnership or other legal 
entity, the name and address of each partner and 
stockholder with an ownership interest of ten percen t 
(10%) or more shall be included in the statement. 
c. The information contained in the statement of 
ownership shall be public information and shall be 
available upon request from the Board; 
8.  The name and addres s of the person having day-to-day control 
of the operation, if suc h person is not the applicant and is actin g 
as agent for the applicant; 
9.  An environmental history from the past three (3) years of 
any poultry feeding operation established and operated b y the 
applicant or any other operation wit h common ownership in th is state 
or any other state; 
10.  Environmental awards or citations received or pollution 
prevention or voluntary remediatio n efforts undertaken by the 
applicant; and   
 
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11.  Any other informat ion or records required by the Department 
for purposes of implemen ting the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feedi ng 
Operations Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. 
C.  In addition to other penalties as may be i mposed by law, any 
person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or 
certification in, omits m aterial data from, or tampers with any 
application for registration shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and may be subject to a fi ne of not more than Ten 
Thousand Dollars ($10 ,000.00) for each such violation. 
D.  The owner of a poultry feedi ng operation shall be 
responsible for send ing written notification to the Department upon 
changing integrators. 
E.  For a transfer of registratio n to a new owner, the new owner 
shall register the operation pursuant to the rules of t he 
Department. 
F.  1.  All operators of poultry feeding operations and poultry 
waste applicators shall attend educational courses on poultry waste 
handling.  All such op erators and applicators shall attend 
educational training on poultry waste management a s provided by 
Oklahoma State University through the Oklahoma Coope rative Extension 
Service.  All current and new operators and applicators shall 
receive the initial nine (9) hours of training in the first year and 
two (2) hours of continuing education ever y year until the operato r 
or applicator has received a total of ni neteen (19) hours of   
 
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training.  Any operator or applicator may attend more hours t han is 
required,; however, those hours shall not be carried forwar d.  Upon 
receiving the nineteen (19) requi red hours, the operator or 
applicator shall be required to receive two (2) hours of continuing 
education every three (3) years.  The Oklahoma Cooper ative Extension 
Service shall develop the educational training cou rse to aid in 
certification.  Curricula fo r the training course wi ll include the 
Oklahoma Cooperative Extens ion Service Waste Management Facts series 
and record books or their current equiva lent.  Courses for po ultry 
waste management shall include the foll owing topics: 
a. environmental process rel evant to protecting wate r 
quality in poultry production, 
b. basic handling systems to manage poultry waste from 
all types of poultry operations, 
c. nutrient management, including sampling procedures, 
application rate determination, equipment calibration, 
and record-keeping systems, 
d. relevant laws and rules applicable t o poultry waste 
management in the State of Oklahoma this state, and 
e. any other related subject as det ermined by Oklahoma 
State University in consu ltation with the Department. 
2.  At the completion of each course, the operator or applicator 
shall receive a certification verifying completion.  The 
certificates shall be kept on site for five (5) years.   
 
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3.  Failure to obtain the initial nine -hour training and any 
continuing education as provide d in this subsection sha ll be deemed 
a violation of the Oklahoma R egistered Poultry Feeding Operations 
Act for operators and the Oklahoma Poultry Wa ste Applicators 
Certification Act for applicators. 
4.  All operators or applicators shall meet the education al 
requirements of this section no later than December 31 of each year. 
5.  All operators and applicators are solely responsible for 
obtaining and maintaining all educat ional requirements established 
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 
G.  No integrator shall enter int o any contract with an operator 
of a poultry feeding operation who is not in compliance with the 
education requirements of s ubsection F of this s ection. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Section 10-9.11, is 
amended to read as fol lows: 
Section 10-9.11.  A.  1.  Any person violating the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Ac t shall, upon 
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be pu nished by a fine 
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). 
2.  The Attorney General or the district attor ney of the 
appropriate district court of Oklahoma this state may bring an 
action in a court of competen t jurisdiction for the prosecution of a 
violation by any person of a provision of the O klahoma Registered 
Poultry Feeding Operations Act or any rule prom ulgated thereunder.   
 
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B.  1.  In addition to the criminal penalties specified by thi s 
section, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Fores try 
may: 
a. assess an administrative penal ty of not more than Two 
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day of nonco mpliance 
pursuant to Section 2 -18 of this title, or 
b. bring an action for injunct ive relief granted by a 
district court. 
2.  A district court may g rant injunctive relief to prevent a 
violation of, or to compel com pliance with, any of the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act or any rule 
promulgated thereunder or order, regist rations, and certificates 
issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act. 
3.  Nothing in this section shall preclude the Depar tment from 
seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount allowed by 
law.  The assessment of penalties in an administrative enforcement 
proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment by a court o f 
the maximum criminal penalties for viola tions of the Oklahoma 
Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. 
4.  Any person assessed an administrat ive penalty may be 
required to pay, in additi on to such penalty amount and interest 
thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of 
such penalties.   
 
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5.  Any administrative penalty required to be paid pursuant to 
the provisions of this sub section shall be used to fund enforcement 
of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Op erations Act. 
C.  1.  Any action for injunctive relief to redress or restrain 
a violation by any person of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act, or for any rule promulgated thereunder, or order 
issued pursuant thereto, or recovery of any administrative penalty 
assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Registere d Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act may be brought by: 
a. the district attorney of th e appropriate distric t 
court of the State of Oklahoma , 
b. the Attorney General on behalf of the State of 
Oklahoma, or 
c. the Department on behalf of the State of Oklahoma . 
2. The court shall have jurisdiction to determine the action, 
and to grant the nece ssary or appropriate relief, including but not 
limited to mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interi m 
equitable relief, and punitive damages. 
3.  It shall be the duty of the Attorney General and district 
attorney if requested by the Commissioner of Agriculture to bring 
such actions. 
D.  Except as otherwise provid ed by law, administrative and 
civil penalties shall be paid into t he State Department of 
Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund.   
 
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E.  For the purposes of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feedin g 
Operations Act, each day upon which a violation is committed or is 
permitted to continue shall be deemed a separate offense. 
F.  1. Any contract poultry grower determined after notice and 
opportunity for a hearing by the Department as flagrantly 
disregarding Best Management Practices shall result in the 
Department notifying the integrator in writing.  Notice provided to 
the integrator shall detail any remediation, education , or other 
measures the grower is required to take to prevent the furtherance 
or continuing nature of t he violation and to prevent future 
violations.  Upon receipt of such notice, the integr ator shall 
respond, as prescribed by the Department, that a produc er has 
received the notice and will work with the grower to ensure 
compliance is achieved within thirty (30) days.  If the grower fails 
to achieve compliance within thirty (30) days, the int egrator will 
issue a notice of suspension -of-delivery of birds to the grower 
within thirty (30) days, or give ninety (90) days Notice of 
Termination of the integrator-producer relationship to the producer 
within thirty (30) days. 
2.  The agency may extend the time periods for compliance 
pursuant to this subsection upon t he request of an integrat or.  An 
integrator who fails to comply with the provision s of this 
subsection shall be assessed an administrative penalty p ursuant to 
Section 2-18 of this title.   
 
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3.  Nothing provided in response to or in as sociation with a 
notice given pursuant to this subsection may be used as evidence to 
establish an employer -employee relationshi p between a grower and the 
integrator with which the grower contracts. 
G.  The Department shall notify all integrators of any 
violations assessed against an operator who is under a contract 
growing arrangement with that integrator and, upon the written 
request of the integrator, notify that integrator of all violations 
assessed against an operator with whom the integrator contemplat es 
entering into a contra ct. 
H.  In addition to ot her penalties as may be imposed by law, any 
person who knowingly makes any fa lse statement, representation or 
certification form, notice or report, or who knowingly renders 
inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained 
by any rule promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, shall, 
upon conviction, be guilt y of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a 
fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ( $5,000.00) for each 
such violation. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effec tive November 1, 2024. "   
 
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Passed the House of Representativ es the 25th day of April, 2024. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the House of 
 	Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ____ day of _______ ___, 2024. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the Senate 
   
 
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ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 1424 	By: Howard and Bullard of the 
Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Hardin of the House 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry 
Feeding Operations Act; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 
10-9.5, which relates to application to registe r or 
expand poultry feeding operations; stating 
responsibility for certai n educational requirements; 
amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.11, which relates 
to violations; modifying range for certain 
administrative penalty; directing certain funds to be 
used for certain enforcement; modifying certain 
notification requirements; req uiring certain penalty 
for noncompliance; updating statutory language; 
updating statutory reference; and providing an 
effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Se ction 10-9.5, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 10-9.5.  A.  The State Board of Agriculture shall 
provide the necessary forms and applications for any person desiring 
or required to register a poultry feeding operation or expanding 
operation.   
 
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B.  The application to register to operate a new or previously 
unregistered poultry feeding operation or expanding operation shall 
contain, at a minimum, the following information: 
1.  Name and address of the owner and operator of the facility; 
2.  Name and address of the poultry feeding operation; 
3.  Number and type of poultry housed or confined; 
4.  Name and address of the integrator whose poultry will be 
raised by the poultry feeding opera tion; 
5.  A diagram or map and legal description showing geographical 
location of the facility on which the perimeters of the facility are 
designated, location of waters of the state , including, but not 
limited to, drainage from the facility, poultry waste storage 
facilities, and land -application sites owned or leased by the 
applicant or which the applicant has contracted with for the 
application of poultry waste; 
6.  A copy of the Nutrient Management Plan, or proof of 
application for such plan, Best Manage ment Practices or any other 
plans authorized by the Oklahoma Department o f Agriculture, Food, 
and Forestry; 
7.  A statement of ownership. 
a. If the applicant is a corporation, the name and 
address of the corporation and the name and address of 
each officer and registered agent of the corporation 
shall be included in the applica tion.   
 
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b. If the applicant is a partnership or other legal 
entity, the name and address of each partner and 
stockholder with an ownership interest of ten percent 
(10%) or more shall be included in the statement. 
c. The information contained in the statement of 
ownership shall be public information and shall be 
available upon request from the Board; 
8.  The name and address of the person having day-to-day control 
of the operation, if suc h person is not the applicant and is acting 
as agent for the applicant; 
9.  An environmental history from the past three (3) years of 
any poultry feeding operation established and operated by the 
applicant or any other operation with common ownership in th is state 
or any other state; 
10.  Environmental awards or citations recei ved or pollution 
prevention or voluntary remediation efforts undertaken by the 
applicant; and 
11.  Any other information or records r equired by the Department 
for purposes of implemen ting the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act or rules prom ulgated pursuant thereto. 
C.  In addition to other penalties as may be imposed by law, any 
person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or 
certification in, omits m aterial data from, or tampers with any 
application for registration shall , upon conviction, be guilty of a   
 
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misdemeanor and may be subject to a fine of not more than Ten 
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for eac h such violation. 
D.  The owner of a poultry feedi ng operation shall be 
responsible for sending written notification to the Department upon 
changing integrators. 
E.  For a transfer of registration to a new owner, the new owner 
shall register the operation pursuant to the rules of the 
Department. 
F.  1.  All operators of poultry feeding operations and poultry 
waste applicators shall attend educational courses on poultry waste 
handling.  All such operators and applicators shall attend 
educational training on poultry waste management as provided by 
Oklahoma State University through the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension 
Service.  All current and new operators and applicators shall 
receive the initial nine (9) hours of training in the first year and 
two (2) hours of continuing education every year until the operato r 
or applicator has received a total of nineteen (19) hours of 
training.  Any operator or applicator may attend more hours than is 
required,; however, those hours shall not be carried forward.  Upon 
receiving the nineteen (19) required hours, the operator or 
applicator shall be required to receive two (2) hours of continuing 
education every three (3) years.  The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension 
Service shall develop the educational training course to aid in 
certification.  Curricula for the training course wi ll include the   
 
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Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Waste Management Fa cts series 
and record books or their current equivalent.  Courses for poultry 
waste management shall include the following topics: 
a. environmental process relevant to protecting wate r 
quality in poultry production, 
b. basic handling systems to manage poul try waste from 
all types of poultry operations, 
c. nutrient management, including sampling procedures, 
application rate determination, equipment calibration, 
and record-keeping systems, 
d. relevant laws and rules applicable to poultry waste 
management in the State of Oklahoma this state, and 
e. any other related subject as determined by Oklahoma 
State University in consultation with the Department. 
2.  At the completion of each course, the operator or applicator 
shall receive a certification verifying compl etion.  The 
certificates shall be kept on site for five (5) years. 
3.  Failure to obtain the initial nine -hour training and any 
continuing education as provided in this subsection sha ll be deemed 
a violation of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Opera tions 
Act for operators and the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators 
Certification Act for applicators. 
4.  All operators or applicator s shall meet the educational 
requirements of this section no later than December 31 of each year.   
 
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5.  All operators and app licators are solely responsible for 
obtaining and maintaining all educational requirements established 
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 
G.  No integrator shall enter int o any contract with an operator 
of a poultry feeding operation who is not in compliance with the 
education requirements of subsection F of this section. 
SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S . 2021, Section 10-9.11, is 
amended to read as fol lows: 
Section 10-9.11.  A.  1.  Any person violating the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act shall, upon 
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine 
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). 
2.  The Attorney General or the district attorney of the 
appropriate district court of Oklahoma this state may bring an 
action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the prosecution of a 
violation by any pers on of a provision of the Oklahoma Registered 
Poultry Feeding Operations Act or any rule promulgated thereunder. 
B.  1.  In addition to the criminal penalties specified by this 
section, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry 
may: 
a. assess an administrative penalty of not more than Two 
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day of noncompliance 
pursuant to Section 2 -18 of this title, or   
 
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b. bring an action for injunctive relief granted by a 
district court. 
2.  A district court may grant injunctive relief to prevent a 
violation of, or to compel com pliance with, any of the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Fe eding Operations Act or any rule 
promulgated thereunder or order, registrations , and certificates 
issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act. 
3.  Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department from 
seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount allowed by 
law.  The assessment of penalties in an administrative enforcement 
proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment by a court o f 
the maximum criminal penalties for violations of the Oklahoma 
Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. 
4.  Any person assessed an administrative penalty may be 
required to pay, in addition to such penalty amount and interest 
thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of 
such penalties. 
5.  Any administrative penalty required to be paid pursuant to 
the provisions of this subsection shall be used to fund enforcement 
of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. 
C.  1.  Any action for injunctive relief to redress or restrain 
a violation by any person of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act, or for any rule promulgated thereunder, or order   
 
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issued pursuant thereto, or recovery of any administrative penalty 
assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act may be brought by: 
a. the district attorney of the appropriate district 
court of the State of Oklahoma , 
b. the Attorney General on behalf of the State of 
Oklahoma, or 
c. the Department on behalf of the State of Oklahoma . 
2.  The court shall have jurisdic tion to determine the action, 
and to grant the necessary or appropriate relief, including but not 
limited to mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim 
equitable relief, and punitive damages. 
3.  It shall be the duty of the Attorney General and di strict 
attorney if requested by the Commissioner of Agriculture to bring 
such actions. 
D.  Except as otherwise provided by law, admin istrative and 
civil penalties shall be paid into t he State Department of 
Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund. 
E.  For the purposes of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding 
Operations Act, each day upon which a violation is committed or is 
permitted to continue shall be deemed a separate offense. 
F.  1. Any contract poultry grower determined after notice and 
opportunity for a hearing by the Department as flagrantly 
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Department notifying the integ rator in writing.  Notice provided to 
the integrator shall detail any remediation, education, or other 
measures the grower is required to take to prevent the furtherance 
or continuing nature of the violation and to prevent future 
violations.  Upon receipt of such notice, the integrator shall 
respond, as prescribed by the Department, that a producer has 
received the notice and will: 
a. work with the grower to ensure compliance is achieved 
within thirty (30) days, 
b. issue a notice of suspension -of-delivery of birds to 
the grower within thirty (30) days, or 
c. give notice of ninety (90) days ’ Notice of Termination 
of the integrator-producer relationship to the 
producer within thirty (30) days. 
2.  The agency may extend the time periods for compliance 
pursuant to this subsection upon the request of an integrat or.  An 
integrator who fails to comply with the provisions of this 
subsection shall be assessed an administrative penalty pursuant to 
Section 2-18 of this title. 
3.  Nothing provided in response to or in as sociation with a 
notice given pursuant to this subsection may be used as evidence to 
establish an employer -employee relationship between a grower and the 
integrator with which the grower contracts.   
 
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G.  The Department shall notify all integrators of any 
violations assessed against an operator who is under a contract 
growing arrangement with that integrator and, upon the written 
request of the integrator, notify that integrator of all violations 
assessed against an operator with whom the integrator contemplat es 
entering into a contract. 
H.  In addition to ot her penalties as may be imposed by law, any 
person who knowingly makes an y false statement, representation or 
certification form, notice or report, or who knowingly renders 
inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained 
by any rule promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, shall, 
upon conviction, be g uilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a 
fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each 
such violation. 
SECTION 6.  This act shall become effec tive November 1, 2024.   
 
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Passed the Senate the 1 4th day of March, 2024. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 
2024. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives