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33 House Rules Resolution - Legislative Process Amendments
44 2025 GENERAL SESSION
55 STATE OF UTAH
66 Chief Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan
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1010 LONG TITLE
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1212 General Description:
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1414 This rules resolution modifies House processes and procedures.
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1616 Highlighted Provisions:
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1818 This resolution:
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2020 ▸ clarifies the duties of the chief clerk related to technical corrections to legislation;
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2222 ▸ modifies requirements related to sharing requests for legislation with caucus staff;
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2424 ▸ clarifies which legislation the House may pass without receiving a favorable
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2626 recommendation from a House standing committee;
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2828 ▸ modifies the circumstances under which a standing committee may recommend
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3030 legislation for the consent calendar;
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3232 ▸ provides legislators the right to attend House committee meetings, subject to certain
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3434 restrictions;
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3636 ▸ defines "censure"; and
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3838 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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4040 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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4242 None
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4444 Other Special Clauses:
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4646 This bill provides a special effective date.
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4848 Legislative Rules Affected:
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5050 AMENDS:
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5252 HR1-4-302 (Effective upon final passage)
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5454 HR1-10-101 (Effective 05/07/25)
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5656 HR3-2-401 (Effective upon final passage)
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5858 HR3-2-405 (Effective upon final passage)
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6060 HR4-2-103 (Effective upon final passage)
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62+ENACTS:
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6464 HR3-3-103 (Effective upon final passage)
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6869 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
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7071 Section 1. HR1-4-302 is amended to read:
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7273 HR1-4-302 (Effective upon final passage). Duties of the chief clerk.
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7475 The chief clerk shall perform the following duties:
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7677 (1) certify and transmit legislation to the Senate and inform the Senate of all House action;
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7879 (2) assist in the preparation of the House Journal and certify it as an accurate reflection of
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8081 House action;
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8283 (3) [make the following ] notify the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel of
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8485 any necessary technical corrections to legislation either before or following final passage,
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8687 including:
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8889 (a) [correct ] correcting the spelling of words;
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9091 (b) [correct] correcting the erroneous division and hyphenation of words;
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9293 (c) [correct] correcting mistakes in numbering sections and their references;
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9495 (d) [capitalize] capitalizing words or [change] changing capitalized words to lower case;
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9697 (e) [change] changing numbers from words to figures or from figures to words;[ or]
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9899 (f) [underscore ] underscoring or [remove] removing underscoring in legislation[ without
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100101 a motion to amend]; or
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102103 [(4)] (g) [modify ] modifying the long title of [a piece of ]legislation to ensure that the
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104105 long title accurately reflects any changes to the legislation made by amendment or
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106107 substitute;
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108109 [(5)] (4) act as custodian of all official documents related to legislation;
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110111 [(6)] (5) receive all numbered legislation from the Office of Legislative Research and
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112113 General Counsel;
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114115 [(7)] (6) record the number, title, sponsor, each action, and final disposition of each piece of
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116117 legislation on the back of the legislation;
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118119 [(8)] (7) prepare and distribute the daily order of business each day;
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120121 [(9)] (8) advise the speaker on parliamentary procedure, Joint Rules, and House Rules;
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122123 [(10)] (9) assist with verbal amendments to legislation;
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124125 [(11)] (10) record votes and, if requested, present the results to the speaker;
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126127 [(12)] (11) record the votes of any member who is present in the House chamber who
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128129 requests assistance of the chief clerk;
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130131 [(13)] (12) transmit all enrolled House bills and House concurrent resolutions to the
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133133 governor;
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135135 [(14)] (13) approve material for placement on the representatives' desks if a representative
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137138 has authorized that distribution;
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139140 [(15)] (14) maintain all calendars for the House floor; and
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141142 [(16)] (15) other duties as assigned by the chief of staff.
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143144 Section 2. HR1-10-101 is amended to read:
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145146 HR1-10-101 (Effective 05/07/25). Requests for legislation -- Sharing with caucus
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147148 staff.
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149150 (1) As used in this rule, "caucus staff" means House staff assigned to the chief sponsor's
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151152 caucus.
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153154 (2) After a representative files a request for legislation in accordance with JR4-2-101, the
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155156 Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide caucus staff the
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157158 drafting instructions, as defined in JR4-1-101, provided in the request for legislation and
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159160 the request's assigned short title, unless the representative[:]
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161162 [(a)] elects not to share the drafting instructions and short title with caucus staff[; or]
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163164 [(b) fails to sign an acknowledgment, for purposes of Rule 1.6 of the Rules of
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165166 Professional Conduct, that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
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167168 will share the representative's information in accordance with this rule].
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169170 (3) Caucus staff or staff from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel may
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171172 share information provided under Subsection (2) with other representatives who are
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173174 members of the chief sponsor's caucus.
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175176 Section 3. HR3-2-401 is amended to read:
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177178 HR3-2-401 (Effective upon final passage). Standing committee review required
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179180 -- Exceptions.
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181182 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the House of Representatives may not pass a bill,
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183184 joint resolution, or concurrent resolution during the annual general session unless a
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185186 House standing committee has given a favorable recommendation to the legislation.
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187188 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
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189190 (a) a resolution regarding legislative rules or legislative personnel;
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191192 (b) House legislation that is a committee bill as defined in JR7-1-101 that:
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193194 (i) received its favorable recommendation by a unanimous vote of the members
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195196 present at the authorized legislative committee; and
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197198 (ii) satisfied the posting requirements described in JR7-1-602.5;
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199200 (c) the revisor's statute; or
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202202 (d) if the legislation was reviewed and approved by the Executive Appropriations
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204204 Committee, legislation that:
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206207 (i) exclusively appropriates money;
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208209 (ii) amends Utah Code Title 53F, Chapter 2, State Funding -- Minimum School
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210211 Program;
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212213 (iii) amends Utah Code Title 67, Chapter 22, State Officer Compensation; or
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214215 (iv) authorizes the issuance of general obligation or revenue bonds.
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216217 Section 4. HR3-2-405 is amended to read:
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218219 HR3-2-405 (Effective upon final passage). Consent calendar -- Nonbinding
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220221 resolutions -- Committee recommendations.
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222223 (1) As used in this rule, "nonbinding resolution":
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224225 (a) means a resolution that:
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226227 (i) is primarily for the purpose of recognizing, honoring, or memorializing an
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228229 individual, group, or event;
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230231 (ii) requests, rather than compels, action or awareness by an individual or group; or
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232233 (iii) is informational or promotional in nature; and
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234235 (b) does not mean:
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236237 (i) a rules resolution;
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238239 (ii) a resolution for a constitutional amendment; or
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240241 (iii) any resolution that approves or authorizes any action, requires any substantive
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242243 action to be taken, or results in a change in law, policy, or funding.
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244245 (2)(a) A nonbinding resolution shall be placed on the consent calendar.
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246247 (b) A nonbinding resolution may be moved to the time certain calendar or other calendar
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248249 by a majority vote of those present.
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250251 (3) [A] On or before the 41st day of an annual general session, a standing committee may
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252253 recommend that legislation in the standing committee's possession be placed on the
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254255 consent calendar if:
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256257 (a) the committee approves a motion, by a unanimous vote of those present, to give the
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258259 legislation a favorable recommendation;[ and]
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260261 (b) immediately subsequent to that action, the committee approves a separate motion, by
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262263 a unanimous vote of those present, to recommend that the legislation be placed on the
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264265 consent calendar; and
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266267 (c) for Senate legislation, the Senate legislation is not a fiscal note bill, as that term is
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268269 defined in JR4-4-101.
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271271 Section 5. HR3-3-103 is enacted to read:
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273273 HR3-3-103 (Effective upon final passage). Right of legislators to attend House
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275276 committee meetings.
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277278 (1) Any member of the Legislature may:
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279280 (a) attend any meeting of a House committee or subcommittee, unless the meeting is
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281282 closed in accordance with Utah Code Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings
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283284 Act; and
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285-(b) if recognized by the chair during the public comment phase, present the legislator's
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287-views on the subject under consideration.
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289292 (2) A legislator who attends a meeting of a House committee or subcommittee of which the
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291294 legislator is not a member may not:
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293296 (a) make a motion; or
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295298 (b) vote.
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297300 Section 6. HR4-2-103 is amended to read:
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299302 HR4-2-103 (Effective upon final passage). Calling a representative to order for
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301304 violation of a rule.
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303306 (1)[(a)] As used in this rule, "censure" means an official reprimand or condemnation,
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305308 which, if approved by the majority of the House, is printed in the journal.
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307310 (2)(a) The presiding officer may call a representative to order for violating any House or
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309312 Joint Rule.
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311314 (b) Any representative may call another representative to order for violating any House
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313316 or Joint Rule by raising a point of order under HR4-2-201.
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315318 [(2)] (3) If the representative called to order appeals the ruling of the presiding officer, the
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317320 House shall decide the issue without debate.
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319322 [(3)] (4)(a) If the decision is favorable to the representative who has been called to order,
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321324 the representative may proceed.
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323326 (b) If the decision is unfavorable, the representative is subject to censure by the House.
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325328 [(4)] (5) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a representative may not be called to order or
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327330 censured for words spoken in debate if there has been intervening business.
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329332 Section 7. Effective Date.
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331334 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this resolution takes effect upon a successful vote
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333336 for final passage.
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335338 (2) HR1-10-101 takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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