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ability to create stormwater control districts.
Lawmakers were also tough on measures seen as intrusions into peoples’ lives.
A bill that would have given police the ability to stop motorists for not wearing their seat belts was killed. Also killed were measures aimed at requiring parental notification for abortions performed on minors and mandatory three-day waiting periods for the purchase of handguns.
Some measures were passed, including an expansion of the criminal record
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