JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 5043, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (20201198D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (20201343D) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

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Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne

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Delegate Patrick A. Hope

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Delegate Terry G. Kilgore

Conferees on the part of the House

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Senator Jeremy S. McPike

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Senator Jennifer L. McClellan

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Senator Richard H. Stuart

Conferees on the part of the Senate