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People wait outside the state Capitol after a hearing challenging the constitutionality of the state legislature's repeal of the religious exemption to vaccination after a rally outside the Albany County Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State address to lawmakers and guests, inside the state legislature, in Denver, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Hickenlooper set his priorities on roads and housing, health care and pot regulation when he addressed the just-convened 2017 Legislature. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper applauds members of the audience as he delivers his annual State of the State address to lawmakers and guests, inside the state legislature, in Denver, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Hickenlooper set his priorities on roads and housing, health care and pot regulation when he addressed the just-convened 2017 Legislature. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State address to lawmakers and guests, inside the state legislature, in Denver, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Hickenlooper set his priorities on roads and housing, health care and pot regulation when he addressed the just-convened 2017 Legislature. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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United States Senator Tom Udall addresses a joint session of the state legislature on the house floor Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Luis Sanchez Saturno)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hilary Scheinuk)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hilary Scheinuk)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hilary Scheinuk)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hilary Scheinuk)

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Magpul Industries is moving its manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters out of Colorado after the state legislature approved sweeping gun-control legislation in 2013. Here, Magpul employees in Erie, Colo., assemble firearms accessories and other products.(Photos by Stan Lukowicz)

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Minnesota GOP Chairman Keith Downey predicts a renewed party enthusiasm in the 2014 midterms after the Democrats' takeover of the state legislature in November.

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Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter said that a state-built health exchange is the best option for Idaho, though he left the final decision up to the state legislature, which convenes in January. Nearly half of the states, however, will not be setting up their own exchanges. (Associated Press)

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The Maryland General Assembly passed "everything the governor put forward that was capable of passing," said State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., here on the last day of the legislative session in Annapolis on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford County, speaks in opposition of the gay marriage bill on the State Senate floor Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 in Annapolis, Md prior to the bill clearing Thursday evening.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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Associated Press Glenn Wilder, owner of an auto-repair garage in Scituate, Mass., and others are pushing the state legislature to pass a bill they say would enable them to get the computer codes they need to repair cars on an equal footing with auto dealerships.