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Alabama
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Alaska
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New text underlined [deleted text bracketed].
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Arizona
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New language appears in UPPERCASE. Stricken language appears in lowercase with a line through it.
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Arkansas
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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California
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Strikethrough in red denotes a deletion, blue italics denote an addition.
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Colorado
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New language appears in UPPERCASE. Strikethrough denotes a deletion.
(Shading denotes House amendment. Double underlining denotes Senate amendment. Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.)
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Connecticut
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Language to be deleted (including punctuation) should be enclosed in [bolded brackets.]
Underline new language added to an existing regulation (including punctuation, numbers and unit designators; e.g., (a), (1), (A), (i).
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Delaware
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Florida
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Georgia
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition
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Hawaii
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All matter to be deleted is enclosed in [brackets and stricken], and any new matter added to the section or subsection is underscored.
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Idaho
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Illinois
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Indiana
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, bold denotes an addition.
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Iowa
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Kansas
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, italics denote an addition.
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Kentucky
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[Bracketed strikethrough] denotes a deletion, bold underline denotes an addition.
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Louisiana
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Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
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Maine
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Maryland
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CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strikeout indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment.
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Massachusetts
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For amendments, section number and chapter are identified, followed by this text: “is hereby amended by inserting after the word” – the specific word in statute is put in quotes – “the following words” – the text being inserted is added.
To denote stricken text, the following occurs: section number and chapter are identified, followed by this text: - “is hereby amended by striking out” - then the line number – then the text.
[Note: When striking out words in a statute with reference to a line number, the line number is set off by commas before the words being stricken.] |
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Michigan
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Language removed appears with strike-thru; new language appears in ALL CAPS; amendment text is color-coded dependent on chamber that offers the amendment.
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Minnesota
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Mississippi
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Underline denotes an addition.
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Missouri
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[Bracketed strikethrough] denotes a deletion, bold denotes an addition.
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Montana
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Nebraska
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Nevada
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Matter in bolded blue italics is new; matter between brackets in red [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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New Hampshire
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Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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New Jersey
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[Bold brackets] denote a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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New Mexico
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[Bracketed strikethrough] denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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New York
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Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets[ ] is old law to be omitted.
Editor’s Note: Bills online appear to be in a courier type using bold green underscored text rather than italics.
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North Carolina
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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North Dakota
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Ohio
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Oklahoma
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Oregon
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Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
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Pennsylvania
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[Brackets] denote a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Rhode Island
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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South Carolina
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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South Dakota
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Tennessee
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Full text additions and deletions. For example: "Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 00-00-000, is amended by deleting subsection (0) in its entirety and substituting the following:" This would be followed by the new text.
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Texas
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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All bills that pass out of committee must indicate insertions through underlining and deletions through [bracketing].
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Utah
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Vermont
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Virginia
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, italics denote an addition.
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Washington
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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West Virginia
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Wisconsin
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Strikethrough denotes a deletion, underline denotes an addition.
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Wyoming
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Blue strikethrough denotes a deletion, red underline denotes an addition.
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