1.   As in Florida, Massachusetts legislators have passed a law making it legal for the state to sue the tobacco companies for Medicaid costs.

2.   Before any site in the state could be given serious consideration, legislators must pass a law that would legalize casino gambling.

3.   But as a result of the outcry over this case, Illinois legislators passed new laws last fall regarding juvenile crime.

4.   Diplomats said privately that violence remains a real possibility even if legislators pass the reforms.

5.   Earlier this month state legislators passed two insurance reform bills that would set up a no-frills policy for homeowners and help create a new state earthquake insurance authority.

6.   Governor Paul Cellucci used a line-item veto to kill a similar measure legislators passed with the budget this summer.

7.   If legislators passed a law, they would take the heat.

8.   In Louisiana, legislators passed a law banning martial arts in state prisons and considered a ban on television before state corrections officials lobbied against it.

9.   It is at least some solace that this time the legislators passed a heart bill their own budget has to pay for.

10.   Legislators passed tougher standards and penalties for the nursing homes.