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Legislature marks key deadline with bail, immigration-enforcement bills

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Rachel Baye

Published March 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM EDT

Monday marks the 69th day of the General Assembly session, known as "Crossover Day." Any bills not passed by either the House or the Senate at the end of the day will face additional hurdles to becoming law. News director Joel McCord chats with WYPR's state government reporter Rachel Baye about what legislation has made the cut and what might not.

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Rachel Baye is a senior reporter and editor in WYPR's newsroom.

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