71.   No state has passed the amendment, and the drive has been a hot issue mainly in home-schooling and religious circles.

72.   On Wednesday, the California state Assembly passed an anti-runaway production bill that would establish incentives to film and television production that are shot in California.

73.   One possible solution for cash-strapped counties in California would be for the state to pass along some of its savings.

74.   Other states are passing similar laws.

75.   Over a period of several decades, every state passed laws outlawing desecration of the flag.

76.   Other states have passed similar laws for those and other chemicals, Hilkey said.

77.   Over the last few years, many states have passed legislation requiring clergy to report knowledge of such abuse as well.

78.   Other states also passed such laws, and Zimmer sponsored a similar bill that became federal law in May.

79.   Prodded by the Citizens Flag Alliance, forty-eight states have passed resolutions calling for such an amendment.

80.   Separately, the state Senate Thursday passed a House-approved bill allowing mutually owned insurers to form holding companies.