Legislators celebrated Earth Day with the passage of environmental bills in the final hours of the legislative session.
The package creates new laws that regulate the use of foam blocks for docks, govern production of hydrogen to power buses, provide for the study of carbon monoxide and places new restrictions on battery sales.
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