The dreaded sheep tie has arrived and been placed around my neck, and it turns out to depict a black sheep standing out among the fluffy white ones. Meanwhile, the Senate has received the report of the conference committee, taken HB 599 to the 14th Order for amendments, and amended it according to the conference report. Still to come is the Senate debate on the re-amended bill. In the long stretches between bursts of activity, some lawmakers have begun packing boxes.

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