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- ↑ "2020 General Session of the 63rd Legislature". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "2021 General Session of the 64th Legislature". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "2022 General Session of the 64th Legislature". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "2023 General Session of the 65th Legislature". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
