Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Chris Harris
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 11/8/2025

Number of Bills: 139

Report Sections:

Author (139):
SB 56 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to abatement of common nuisances.

SB 57 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/03/1999 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the exception from required disclosure under the public information law of information relating to litigation.

SB 66 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/10/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting gun safes from the sales tax.

SB 69 Author: Harris
Last Action: 01/26/1999 S Committee report printed and distributed: Jan 26 1999 11:00AM
Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

SB 83 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/10/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to informed consent to the performance of an abortion; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 91 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Pitts
Last Action: 05/26/1999 H Withdrawn from calendar
Caption: Relating to authorizing title auditors to audit and review escrow and trust accounts of title insurance companies.

SB 92 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Pitts
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the voluntary surrender or automatic forfeiture of a license of a title insurance agent, direct operation, escrow officer, or title attorney.

SB 97 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/31/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to long-term care for public employees.

SB 105 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Pitts
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to reports of an audit by a title insurance agent or direct operation of a title insurance company.

SB 118 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the payment or transfer of certain restitution or other money to a local registry or the Title IV-D agency.

SB 126 Author: Harris
Last Action: 01/28/1999 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to suits to establish county boundaries.

SB 136 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Thompson
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to donations of juror reimbursements.

SB 147 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/04/1999 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to the designation of the primary physical residence of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

SB 149 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective with Fall Semester 1999
Caption: Relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University of Texas at Arlington.

SB 150 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/24/1999 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to appeal of certain decisions of a county civil service commission.

SB 153 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Hilderbran
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the payment of costs in a proceeding for court-ordered mental health services.

SB 172 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Solomons
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to a qualified commercial loan.

SB 293 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the statutory terminology used to describe certain disadvantaged public school students.

SB 294 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Thompson
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the appointment of probate masters for certain courts.

SB 328 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/04/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of driver's training courses and the issuance of certain driver's licenses.

SB 346 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/31/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to health and human services regions.

SB 347 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/22/1999 S Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to liability for injury or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident and related effects on motor vehicle insurance.

SB 355 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Bosse
Last Action: 05/14/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission.

SB 359 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/17/1999 S Referred to Health Services
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

SB 360 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/17/1999 S Referred to Human Services
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention.

SB 368 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Bosse | Goodman | Reyna, Arthur | Greenberg
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to court-ordered child support, including the child support enforcement functions of the office of the attorney general and the sunset review of those functions and the implementation of the child support enforcement provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; providing civil and criminal penalties.

SB 373 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/11/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies; providing a penalty.

SB 391 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Truitt
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of a child support order by a domestic relations office and to requests for related information.

SB 422 Author: Harris
Sponsor: King, Phil
Last Action: 05/21/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the sealing of juvenile records.

SB 423 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/09/1999 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the operation, funding, and administration of certain workforce development programs.

SB 468 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to licensing requirements for certain persons providing abortion services.

SB 469 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Lewis, Glenn
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the retention of certain appellate court records.

SB 470 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/03/1999 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to state financial assistance for juvenile justice alternative education programs that provide student transportation.

SB 481 Author: Harris
Sponsor: McReynolds
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the purchase of library materials by certain institutions of higher education with constitutional funds.

SB 494 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goolsby | Hunter
Last Action: 05/21/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to preserving the history and heritage of the state by establishing the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and by prescribing certain operations, powers, and duties of the State Preservation Board.

SB 496 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to increasing the maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of rural and urban homesteads, and permitting an existing lien upon part of a homestead to extend to another part of the homestead.

SB 506 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 05/24/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to suits to recover damages resulting from construction defects; providing for recovery of a penalty from certain contractors.

SB 547 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/29/1999 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to the classification of certain child support claims against the estate of a decedent.

SB 548 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/08/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Tarrant County.

SB 580 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for violating a court order regarding the parent-child relationship.

SB 581 Author: Harris
Sponsor: King, Phil
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain employers who are required to withhold child support from an employee's earnings.

SB 617 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/22/1999 S Referred to Health Services
Caption: Relating to the penalty for practicing chiropractic without a license.

SB 618 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/25/1999 S Referred to s/c on Infrastructure by Chair
Caption: Relating to removal of an unauthorized vehicle; providing a civil penalty.

SB 619 Author: Harris
Last Action: 02/22/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to county expenses paid from the interest on certain court registry funds.

SB 620 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Truitt
Last Action: 05/03/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a delinquent child support obligor to receive state grants or loans or receive payment on state contracts.

SB 624 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Palmer
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain crime control and prevention districts.

SB 716 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/01/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the power of a court to defer adjudication in cases involving misdemeanors punishable by fine only and payment of all court costs.

SB 731 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to structured settlements in certain personal injury actions.

SB 732 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/13/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain governmental entities located in certain municipalities with a development corporation to assess fees with the approval of the municipality.

SB 771 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/03/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the legal representation of county officials and employees by district and county attorneys.

SB 772 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/03/1999 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to exempting certain persons from requirements related to the sale, exchange, or lease-purchase of a manufactured home.

SB 786 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/09/1999 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the Texas State History Museum.

SB 787 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 05/21/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the administrative adjudication of parking offenses in certain municipalities and at certain airports operated jointly by two municipalities.

SB 788 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Hartnett
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to claims against, including motions for the recusal or disqualification of, certain judges.

SB 789 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/03/1999 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to a local option election for the sale of mixed beverages in restaurants.

SB 820 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/14/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the compensatory education allotment.

SB 841 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Garcia
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain criminal cases, punishable only by a fine, that arise under the rules, orders, and resolutions of a joint airport board.

SB 886 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/07/1999 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to fees assessed in a child support case.

SB 887 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/08/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to certain payments to the state disbursement unit and the transfer of certain child support information from the state case registry and disbursement unit to a local registry.

SB 888 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Ramsay
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to electronic filing of records with a county clerk.

SB 889 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/07/1999 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to air quality standards for certain airports.

SB 890 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the delegation of certain functions by health maintenance organizations.

SB 891 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Marchant
Last Action: 05/21/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit unions.

SB 1083 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/11/1999 S Referred to Health Services
Caption: Relating to forming a professional association for the practice of dentistry.

SB 1084 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the assignment of benefits for dental care services.

SB 1085 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to forming a professional association for the practice of dentistry.

SB 1106 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Hartnett
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to a statement of facts concerning the identity of heirs.

SB 1180 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Lewis, Glenn | Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to certain duties of county bail bond boards.

SB 1181 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/11/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the authority of a magistrate to impose certain reasonable conditions of bond.

SB 1182 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/11/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to certain requirements of certain county jails.

SB 1190 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/11/1999 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the availability of injunctive relief to prohibit use of state water without a permit and in violation of a permit exemption.

SB 1191 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/04/1999 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the repair of a motor vehicle under an insurance policy; providing penalties.

SB 1192 Author: Harris
Sponsor: King, Phil
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to providing notice of a violation before filing certain suits relating to interference with a possessory interest in a child.

SB 1359 Author: Harris
Sponsor: King, Tracy
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the rendition and appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

SB 1360 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to commercial automobile insurance.

SB 1361 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Coleman
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of a declaration for mental health treatment.

SB 1362 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain municipal planning professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission; providing penalties.

SB 1363 Author: Harris
Sponsor: McReynolds
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the acquisition of library materials by a junior college district.

SB 1364 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to out-of-state political committees.

SB 1365 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Human Services
Caption: Relating to abolishing the Texas Department of Human Services and transferring its functions to other state agencies.

SB 1366 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/19/1999 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to court reporting.

SB 1367 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Wolens
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to legislative access to information.

SB 1368 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Wolens
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 75th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

SB 1369 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Wolens
Last Action: 03/23/1999 S Printing rule suspended
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the licensing and regulation of certain professions and business practices, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties.

SB 1370 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/23/1999 S Printing rule suspended
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to public securities, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties.

SB 1467 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Wolens
Last Action: 05/17/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the Texas Department of Insurance, the business of insurance, and certain related businesses, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties.

SB 1468 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the regulation of physician joint negotiation.

SB 1469 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/05/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the ad valorem tax records pertaining to the appraised value of property that is located in more than one appraisal district.

SB 1736 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to management and investment of trust assets.

SB 1737 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to guardianships and management trusts for incapacitated persons.

SB 1738 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the standard order for possession of or access to a child.

SB 1739 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/30/1999 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to income withholding for child support arrearages.

SB 1740 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/29/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the transfer of structured settlements.

SB 1741 Author: Harris
Sponsor: King, Phil
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to removal of the disabilities of minority.

SB 1742 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Pitts
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain proceedings in a foreclosure action.

SB 1743 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to s/c on Tech & Business by Pres.
Caption: Relating to the enhanced availability of broadband Internet access.

SB 1813 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the regulation of pawnbrokers and pawnshop employees.

SB 1814 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 05/17/1999 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the payment of certain health care expenses as additional child support.

SB 1815 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the designation of the primary residence of certain children in an order for possession of and access to a child.

SB 1816 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Goodman
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to terms of community supervision for violation of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

SB 1817 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/15/1999 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the sale or purchase of toner cartridges with restrictions on the recycling or remanufacturing.

SB 1865 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/14/1999 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to regulating and reporting certain political contributions and political expenditures; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 1883 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Lewis, Ron
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain rates charged by a gas utility or municipally owned utility to a state agency.

SB 1900 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/12/1999 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 12 1999 2:34PM
Caption: Relating to issuance of special "Choose Life" license plates.

SCR 6 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Glaze
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house to establish a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the uninsured issue.

SJR 13 Author: Harris
Last Action: 01/26/1999 S Committee report printed and distributed: Jan 26 1999 11:00AM
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

SJR 15 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to transactions by an incapacitated person in connection with a homestead.

SJR 22 Author: Harris
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 05/27/1999 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of urban homesteads, and preventing the overburdening of a homestead.

SJR 37 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/13/1999 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the application of equity loan law to cooperative membership fees and certificates.

SR 23 Author: Harris
Last Action: 01/18/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association.

SR 90 Author: Harris
Last Action: 01/27/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the cities of Benbrook, Texas, and Bled, Slovenia.

SR 350 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/17/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Tillie Burgin of Arlington.

SR 364 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/10/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring police officer David S. Llewellyn of Dallas.

SR 460 Author: Harris
Last Action: 03/23/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Mansfield High School Lady Tigers basketball team.

SR 608 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Barbara Cabbil.

SR 609 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Jennifer Celone.

SR 610 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Jennifer Dollar.

SR 611 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Melissa Gibbons.

SR 612 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Charlee Hagan.

SR 613 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Vicki Hicks.

SR 614 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Jeff Johnson.

SR 615 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Lori Lane.

SR 616 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Liz Lawler.

SR 617 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Dave Perry.

SR 618 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Kristi Phillips.

SR 619 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Linda Ramsey.

SR 620 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Heidi Richardson.

SR 621 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Sheryl Schickedanz.

SR 622 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Shelly Rapp.

SR 623 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Liz Schmidt.

SR 624 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Janice Stalling.

SR 625 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Johnny Stephens.

SR 626 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Peggy Strybosch.

SR 627 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Barbara Taylor.

SR 628 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Ellen Thames.

SR 629 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Kim Turner.

SR 630 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/12/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Carma Whitney.

SR 754 Author: Harris
Last Action: 04/27/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Calvin Hammons of Parker County.

SR 1077 Author: Harris
Last Action: 05/24/1999 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of L. T. "Tolly" Wilson of Fort Worth.

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