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These thirty-two states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Center for Law and the Public's Health, Model State Emergency Health Powers Act State Legislative Activity (April 8, 2002), available at <http://www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA_Legis_Act.pdf>.

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