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Anne Carney
Democratic · Senator

Anne Carney

Represents District 29 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Democrats
98%
on 625 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 96%
Cast a vote
95%
Yea or Nay on 733 of 775 roll calls · Senate median 97%
Their bills that became law
30 of 52
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 12.5
Roll calls on record
775
132nd Legislature
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 132nd Legislature.

How Anne Carney votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Anne Carney sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Anne Carney is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

11 of 625 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

LD1902 · An Act to Support Nonprofit Organizations by Authorizing the Operation of Electronic Lucky Seven Devices and Similar Sealed Ticket Games
Yea
Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #905 · 2026-04-08 · Passed 19–16 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD2054 · An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters
Nay
Commit RC #914 · 2026-04-08 · Passed 19–16 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD1838 · An Act to Provide Opportunities and Sustainable Revenue for Maine Farms, Agricultural Fairs, Wabanaki Tribes and Veterans' Homes
Yea
Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #534 · 2025-06-13 · Passed 19–16 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD427 · An Act to Regulate Municipal Parking Space Minimums
Nay
Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #470 · 2025-06-12 · Passed 19–16 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD1754 · An Act to Provide for the Direct Shipment of Spirits to Consumers
Nay
Enactment RC #434 · 2025-06-10 · Passed 17–16 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD1673 · Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Project to Facilitate the Inclusion of Economic Impact Statements in the Legislative Process
Nay
Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #410 · 2025-06-09 · Failed 15–19 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD487 · Resolve, Directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to Apply for Federal Funding for the Purpose of Identifying the Rail Corridor Connecting Portland to Orono as an Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor
Yea
Indefinitely Postpone RC #268 · 2025-05-29 · Passed 18–17 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD487 · Resolve, Directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to Apply for Federal Funding for the Purpose of Identifying the Rail Corridor Connecting Portland to Orono as an Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor
Nay
Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #267 · 2025-05-29 · Failed 17–18 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD1292 · An Act to Codify the Maine Turnpike Authority's Contributions to the Highway Fund with Regard to the Sensible Transportation Policy Act
Yea
Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #249 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 20–14 · most Democrats voted the other way
LD771 · An Act to Include Possession of Compounds, Mixtures or Substances Containing a Detectable Amount of Certain Scheduled Drugs to Prove the Offense of Unlawful Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs
Nay
Accept Minority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #168 · 2025-05-14 · Failed 16–18 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

LD299 · An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund
Nay
Adopt Senate Amendment (s-717) To Committee Amendment RC #958 · 2026-04-14 · Failed 17–17
LD1220 · An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Treat Dogs and Equids
Yea
Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #867 · 2026-04-06 · Failed 16–16
LD893 · An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements
Nay
Enactment RC #648 · 2025-06-25 · Failed 16–16
LD1731 · An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Operations of the Maine State Ferry Service
Yea
Veto Override (2/3) RC #643 · 2025-06-25 · Failed 16–16
LD1868 · An Act to Advance a Clean Energy Economy by Updating Renewable and Clean Resource Procurement Laws
Nay
Commit RC #598 · 2025-06-17 · Failed 17–17
Republicans they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Rick BennettRepublican · District 18 · 675 shared contested votes
49%
Marianne MooreRepublican · District 6 · 658 shared contested votes
12%
Matt HarringtonRepublican · District 33 · 689 shared contested votes
11%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (42 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 6 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 9 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 31 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 39 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 120 roll calls, 5 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 369 roll calls, 33 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 4 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 19 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 71 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 107 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Anne Carney was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced52
Out of committee41
Passed one chamber41
Passed both chambers40
Became law30
Never left committee3

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 12.5 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Courts 7Criminal Procedure 6Appointed Counsel 5Legal Services 5Administration 3Human Rights 3
An Act to Clarify Responsibility for Compensation of Court-appointed Attorneys in Certain Proceedings
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act to Provide Additional Remedies for Educational Discrimination
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Provide Funding for Essential Services for Victims of Crimes
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Protect and Increase Access to Justice in Civil Legal Matters for Persons with Low Incomes
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Provide Young Children Stable Access to Health Care
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Update Processes and Fees in the Probate Court System
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Improve Family Court Procedure
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Fund Climate Resiliency Projects Related to the Repair of Campus Infrastructure Used for Active Transportation and Outdoor Recreation
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create the School Capital Improvement Fund
FailedDied in Possession of the Committee Upon Conclusion of the 132nd Legislature and PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES (DEAD). · 2026-04-29
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
FailedDied in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) · 2026-04-29
An Act to Update Privacy Protections for Maine Consumers
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.5, Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). · 2026-04-14
An Act to Improve Public Defense Services
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.5, Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). · 2026-04-14
An Act to Advance Recognition of the Inherent Rights of the Wabanaki Nations
FailedPursuant to Joint Rule 310.5, Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD). · 2026-04-14
An Act to Facilitate the Establishment of an Automated Crime Victim Notification System
Became lawPASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. · 2026-04-13

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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LD1911 · 2026-04-29
An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Certain Crimes (Reconsideration – Veto RC #962)
Failed · 20-11
Yea
LD127 · 2026-04-29
An Act to Strengthen Legislative Oversight of Government Agencies and Programs by Reaffirming the Legislature's Access to Confidential Records (Recede And Concur RC #963)
Passed · 22-9
Nay
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-709) To Committee Amendment RC #953)
Passed · 27-7
Yea
LD2054 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Recede And Concur RC #952)
Passed · 24-10
Yea
LD2054 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Reconsider RC #954)
Failed · 0-33
Nay
LD1519 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products (Enactment RC #957)
Passed · 21-13
Yea
LD493 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Expand Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Private Drinking Water Wells (Enactment RC #956)
Passed · 21-13
Yea
LD307 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers (Enactment RC #955)
Passed · 21-13
Yea
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-717) To Committee Amendment RC #958)
Failed · 17-17
Nay
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #959)
Passed · 29-6
Yea
LD299 · 2026-04-14
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and Expand Grant Eligibility Under the Farmers Drought Resilience Program Fund (Enactment-bond Issue RC #960)
Passed · 23-10
Yea
LD785 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend Certain Tax Laws Regarding the Wabanaki Nations (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #944)
Passed · 22-11
Yea
LD2173 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Housing Developments and Accessory Dwelling Units (Accept Report RC #942)
Passed · 20-13
Yea
LD713 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers (Indefinitely Postpone RC #949)
Failed · 14-20
Nay
LD1803 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Optometric Practice (Insist RC #948)
Passed · 30-4
Nay
LD2155 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Enactment RC #946)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD2226 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Amend the Essential Programs and Services School Funding Formula (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #947)
Passed · 28-6
Yea
LD579 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Include Certain Nurses Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (Recede And Concur RC #950)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
LD2230 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Invest in the Construction of Industrialized Housing (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #943)
Passed · 20-13
Yea
LD2220 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Establish the Maine Home Energy Navigator and Coaching Resource Hub (Enactment RC #945)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD1847 · 2026-04-13
An Act to Institute Testing and Tracking of Medical Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products Similar to Adult Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products, Dedicate a Portion of the Adult Use Cannabis Sales and Excise Tax to Medical Use Cannabis Programs and Create a Study Group (Accept Report 'b' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #951)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
LD208 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #934)
Failed · 17-18
Yea
LD208 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases (Accept Minority Ought To Pass Report RC #935)
Passed · 18-17
Nay
LD1230 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Abolish the 72-hour Waiting Period for a Gun Purchase (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #938)
Passed · 20-15
Yea
LD555 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #928)
Failed · 12-23
Yea
LD1647 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Amend the Maine Human Rights Act to Provide Additional Remedies for Educational Discrimination (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #933)
Passed · 21-13
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-09
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Enactment RC #927)
Passed · 18-16
Yea
LD1821 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Ensure Responsible Business Practices by Licensed Firearms Dealers (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #939)
Passed · 23-12
Nay
LD1009 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Restore Full Civil Rights to Possess Firearms to Persons Previously Convicted of Certain Nonviolent Felonies (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #936)
Failed · 17-18
Yea
LD1009 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Restore Full Civil Rights to Possess Firearms to Persons Previously Convicted of Certain Nonviolent Felonies (Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #937)
Passed · 20-15
Nay
LD2150 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Enhance Notice to Individuals Whose Access to State Property Has Been Restricted (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #931)
Passed · 21-13
Yea
LD1457 · 2026-04-09
Resolve, to Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to Conduct a Pilot Program to Implement Automated Speed Control Systems in Highway Work Zones (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #930)
Failed · 11-24
Nay
LD1803 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Optometric Practice (Accept Minority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #929)
Failed · 9-26
Yea
LD2162 · 2026-04-09
An Act to Regulate and Prevent Children's Access to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots with Human-like Features and Social Artificial Intelligence Companions (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #932)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD1917 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Allow the Sealing of Criminal History Record Information Related to Convictions for Conduct That Is No Longer a Crime in the State and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #912)
Passed · 21-14
Yea
LD1893 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Establish an Independent Office of the Child Advocate (Accept Report RC #909)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
LD2054 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits for Hunting Outfitters (Commit RC #914)
Passed · 19-16
Nay
LD1902 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Support Nonprofit Organizations by Authorizing the Operation of Electronic Lucky Seven Devices and Similar Sealed Ticket Games (Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #905)
Passed · 19-16
Yea
LD307 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers (Accept Report 'a' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #906)
Passed · 21-14
Yea
LD2231 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #915)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD2106 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Limit Consent for Entry into Nonpublic Areas of and to Limit Access to Protected Records Maintained by Certain Public Entities (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #917)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD2018 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Amend the Requirements Governing Self-insurance Plans in the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #918)
Passed · 19-15
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #919)
Passed · 19-15
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #920)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #921)
Passed · 19-15
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Table Until Later RC #922)
Failed · 14-20
Nay
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #924)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Indefinitely Postpone RC #925)
Passed · 18-16
Yea
LD2212 · 2026-04-08
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027 (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #926)
Passed · 18-16
Yea
LD1918 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Clarify the Criminal History Record Information Act with Respect to Criminal Charges Dismissed as the Result of a Plea Agreement and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #913)
Passed · 21-14
Yea
LD2155 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Recede RC #910)
Passed · 25-10
Yea
LD2155 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses (Adopt Senate Amendment (s-633) To Committee Amendment RC #911)
Passed · 19-16
Yea
LD2217 · 2026-04-08
An Act Related to the Electronic Tagging of Deer (Recede And Concur RC #916)
Failed · 12-23
Yea
LD1941 · 2026-04-08
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Examine the Intersection of Parole and Current Sentencing Practices (Accept Report 'c' Ought To Pass As Amended RC #907)
Passed · 21-14
Yea
LD1941 · 2026-04-08
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Examine the Intersection of Parole and Current Sentencing Practices (Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended RC #908)
Passed · 20-15
Yea
LD2165 · 2026-04-08
An Act to Change Supervisory Authority over the Capitol Police (Recede And Concur RC #904)
Failed · 11-22
Nay
LD2100 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector Requirements (Recede And Concur RC #897)
Failed · 17-14
Yea
LD2089 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Amend the Law Governing Agricultural Labor Housing Standards (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #903)
Failed · 15-19
Yea
LD2217 · 2026-04-07
An Act Related to the Electronic Tagging of Deer (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #899)
Failed · 4-26
Nay
LD2208 · 2026-04-07
An Act to Offset Federal Cuts to Health Insurance for Certain Maine Families and Seniors (Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #902)
Passed · 20-14
Yea
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