# Ricardo Abrão

- Party and state: PSDB · RJ
- Status: in office
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/deputado/221329/

## Recorded votes

Voted in 106 roll-call votes, from February 7, 2023 to September 3, 2026: 102 yes and 4 no.

## How they voted (roll-call votes, from the most recent to the oldest)

- September 3, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill deals with rules on tax benefits (tax advantages or reductions) and mandatory expenditures (spending the government is obliged to make) in the year 2026.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2611313/) (PLP 74/2026)
- August 12, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill changes the Fiscal Responsibility Law (Complementary Law No. 101/2000) to prohibit limiting the commitment of funds and the financial movement of expenses of the Telecommunications Services…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2580259/) (PLP 230/2025)
- August 12, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill sets rules for revenue waivers, that is, when the government stops collecting amounts.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2618177/) (PLP 114/2026)
- July 7, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the National System to Confront Violence against Girls and Women.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2606313/) (PLP 41/2026)
- June 17, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill sets guidelines, that is, general directions, for formulating Brazil's industrial, technological and foreign trade policy.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2382675/) (PL 4133/2023)
- June 16, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill changes the Organic Law of the Office of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2122125/) (PLP 337/2017)
- May 28, 2026: **Yes** on [The proposal changes the Constitution to add a new paragraph (§ 4º-A) to article 150, dealing with the tax immunity of items "b" and "c" of section VI.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2351506/) (PEC 5/2023)
- May 28, 2026: **Yes** on [The proposal changes the Constitution to add a new paragraph (§ 4º-A) to article 150, dealing with the tax immunity of items "b" and "c" of section VI.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2351506/) (PEC 5/2023)
- May 27, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing the Federal Constitution (art. 7, item XII) to reduce the working week to 36 hours.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2233802/) (PEC 221/2019)
- May 27, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing the Federal Constitution (art. 7, item XII) to reduce the working week to 36 hours.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2233802/) (PEC 221/2019)
- May 19, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill changes two provisional measures and a complementary law to allow cooperatives to receive funds from three regional funds: the Northeast fund (FDNE), the Amazon fund (FDA) and the…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2447983/) (PLP 262/2019)
- May 13, 2026: **Yes** on [Creates the Special Tax Regime for Sports Associations (RETAD).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2601990/) (PLP 21/2026)
- May 12, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill makes it mandatory to apply restrictions-of-rights penalties to people convicted of pedophilia crimes.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2191208/) (PL 488/2019)
- April 28, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing the Federal Constitution to guarantee a minimum of resources to fund the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2162116/) (PEC 383/2017)
- April 22, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill prohibits a condominium's bylaws (the internal rules of the building) from containing a clause that restricts, in any way, the rental of commercial properties to political parties.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2469569/) (PL 4397/2024)
- April 15, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill sets conditions for granting an exemption from the ISS (municipal services tax) on activities linked to the organization or holding of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2608575/) (PLP 55/2026)
- April 8, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing the Federal Constitution to guarantee a minimum of resources to fund the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2162116/) (PEC 383/2017)
- April 7, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill deals with access by ANP, the agency that regulates oil, natural gas and biofuels, to the tax information of the companies and agents it regulates.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2503998/) (PLP 109/2025)
- March 25, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill creates federal courts (varas federais) in two states: two in Amazonas and six in Mato Grosso do Sul.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2595984/) (PL 6359/2025)
- March 25, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill deals with rules on tax benefits (tax advantages or reductions) and mandatory expenditures (spending the government is obliged to make) in the year 2026.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2611717/) (PLP 77/2026)
- March 4, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing five articles of the Constitution to deal with the role of the federal government, states, the Federal District and municipalities in public safety.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2500080/) (PEC 18/2025)
- March 4, 2026: **Yes** on [Proposes changing five articles of the Constitution to deal with the role of the federal government, states, the Federal District and municipalities in public safety.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2500080/) (PEC 18/2025)
- March 3, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill creates effective positions, commission positions and commissioned functions in the staff of the National Council of Justice.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2578879/) (PL 5490/2025)
- February 25, 2026: **Yes** on [The bill approves the text of an international agreement linked to the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2604784/) (PDL 50/2026)
- February 9, 2026: **Yes** on [Changes the General Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 13.709/2018) to deal with the National Data Protection Agency.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2562173/) (MPV 1317/2025)
- February 2, 2026: **Yes** on [The provisional measure amends Law No. 14.237/2021 to rename the program "Auxílio Gás dos Brasileiros" as "Auxílio Gás do Povo".](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2557414/) (MPV 1313/2025)
- December 16, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law No. 200 of 2023 to reduce federal tax, financial and credit benefits by at least 10%.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2520670/) (PLP 128/2025)
- December 15, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the Steering Committee of the Tax on Goods and Services (CG-IBS).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2438459/) (PLP 108/2024)
- December 15, 2025: **No** on [Creates the Steering Committee of the Tax on Goods and Services (CG-IBS).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2438459/) (PLP 108/2024)
- December 15, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law 200/2023, which sets the government's spending limits.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2541109/) (PLP 163/2025)
- December 15, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill covers the composition and the creation of positions of the Federal Regional Court of the 5th Region.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2554285/) (PL 4278/2025)
- December 9, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill grants amnesty, that is, forgiveness of punishments, to people who took part in politically motivated protests making demands.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2358548/) (PL 2162/2023)
- December 9, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the confirmation (ratification) of property registrations that came from sales and concessions of public lands in border strips.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2471177/) (PL 4497/2024)
- December 9, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the Taxpayer Defense Code.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2559194/) (PLP 125/2022)
- December 2, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing article 155 of the Constitution so that certain vehicles do not pay the IPVA, an annual tax charged on vehicles.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2422905/) (PEC 72/2023)
- December 2, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing article 155 of the Constitution so that certain vehicles do not pay the IPVA, an annual tax charged on vehicles.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2422905/) (PEC 72/2023)
- November 26, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law 97 of 1999 to give the Army the task of carrying out engineering works and services without public bidding.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2164336/) (PLP 453/2017)
- November 26, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill authorizes the federal government to donate two rotary-wing aircraft, such as helicopters, to the Republic of Paraguay.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2237596/) (PL 331/2020)
- November 26, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes parts of Law No. 10.356/2001, which covers the staff and career plan of the civil servants of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2524984/) (PL 2829/2025)
- November 18, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes several laws, among them the Criminal Organizations Law, the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Heinous Crimes Law and the Penal Execution Law.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2579832/) (PL 5582/2025)
- November 12, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law No. 141/2012 so that the Pre-Hospital Rescue Service of the Military Fire Brigades of the states and the Federal District can receive individual amendments…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2270325/) (PLP 18/2021)
- November 11, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes the National Tax Code (Law No. 5.172/1966) to create general rules on resolving disputes between taxpayers and the tax authorities.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2481858/) (PLP 124/2022)
- November 5, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Law No. 9.605/1998 to treat as a crime the trade of ornamental fish and the sale, export, purchase and keeping of wild animals, when done on a permanent and large-scale basis.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/106701/) (PL 5809/2025)
- November 5, 2025: **Yes** on [The legislative decree bill annuls the effects of Resolution No. 258 of December 23, 2024, of Conanda, the national body linked to the rights of children and adolescents.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2482078/) (PDL 3/2025)
- November 5, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill covers the transformation of vacant positions in the permanent staff of the Regional Labor Court of the 23rd Region.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2533204/) (PL 3292/2025)
- November 4, 2025: **Yes** on [The proposal changes two provisions of the Federal Constitution (§ 1º of art. 31 and art. 75) to establish the Courts of Accounts as permanent bodies essential to the external oversight of public…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2341717/) (PEC 39/2022)
- November 4, 2025: **Yes** on [The proposal changes two provisions of the Federal Constitution (§ 1º of art. 31 and art. 75) to establish the Courts of Accounts as permanent bodies essential to the external oversight of public…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2341717/) (PEC 39/2022)
- November 4, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Law No. 11.416 of 2006, which covers the careers of civil servants of the Federal Judiciary.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2564274/) (PL 4750/2025)
- November 3, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill covers strategic projects in national defense.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2576234/) (PLP 204/2025)
- October 30, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing article 37 of the Constitution to allow a person to receive pay for a position as a teacher and also for another position, of any kind, at the same time.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2225224/) (PEC 169/2019)
- October 30, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing article 37 of the Constitution to allow a person to receive pay for a position as a teacher and also for another position, of any kind, at the same time.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2225224/) (PEC 169/2019)
- October 15, 2025: **Yes** on [Sets principles and guidelines for public policies that guarantee, with absolute priority, the right of children and adolescents to Nature.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2438687/) (PL 2225/2024)
- October 14, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill approves the text of Brazil's accession to the Constitutive Agreement and the Administration Agreement of the Multilateral Investment Fund IV (FUMIN IV).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2517547/) (PDL 242/2025)
- October 7, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing art. 198 of the Constitution to create a system of social protection and recognition for community health agents and endemic disease control agents.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2284555/) (PEC 14/2021)
- October 1, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes income tax legislation.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2487436/) (PL 1087/2025)
- September 24, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the Agora Tem Especialistas Program and deals with the Grupo Hospitalar Conceição S.A.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2519886/) (MPV 1301/2025)
- September 24, 2025: **No** on [The bill changes Complementary Law 200/2023, which sets the government's spending limits.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2541109/) (PLP 163/2025)
- September 16, 2025: **Yes** on [Constitutional amendment proposal on parliamentary prerogatives, that is, special rules tied to the exercise of the mandate of deputies and senators.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2270800/) (PEC 3/2021)
- September 16, 2025: **Yes** on [Constitutional amendment proposal on parliamentary prerogatives, that is, special rules tied to the exercise of the mandate of deputies and senators.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2270800/) (PEC 3/2021)
- September 10, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill authorizes the creation of the CAIXA Foundation.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2490985/) (PL 1312/2025)
- September 9, 2025: **Yes** on [Amends Complementary Law No. 116/2003 to make clear that the ISS (municipal services tax) charged on towing services within the municipality, crane services and hoisting services is due at the place…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2481721/) (PLP 92/2024)
- September 3, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the National Education System, based on articles of the Federal Constitution that deal with cooperation among public entities and with the organization and the national plan of education.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2318217/) (PLP 235/2019)
- August 27, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Law No. 12.087/2009 to include solar cooperatives among the entities that can use the risk guarantee of the Operations Guarantee Fund (FGO) in credit operations, under the…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2432423/) (PL 1707/2024)
- August 26, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law No. 173 of 2020, which created the program to confront Covid-19.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2253943/) (PLP 143/2020)
- August 19, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill creates commissioned functions in the staff of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2530336/) (PL 3181/2025)
- August 12, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill sets periods in which public exams to fill public posts and university entrance exams must be held.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/146708/) (PL 6056/2025)
- July 16, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the payment, forgiveness (amnesty), renegotiation and discount (rebate) of rural credit debts of farmers, ranchers, fish farmers, fishers and shrimp farmers.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2398530/) (PL 5122/2023)
- July 16, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill creates the Fund for Strengthening Citizenship and Improving the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and defines how it will be structured.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2500330/) (PL 1872/2025)
- July 15, 2025: **Yes** on [Proposes changing the Constitution to create a limit on the payment of court-ordered debts (precatórios, debts of the government recognized by the courts) by municipalities.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2454495/) (PEC 66/2023)
- July 14, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill deals with incentives and benefits to encourage sports activities.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2480979/) (PLP 234/2024)
- July 8, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill provides that when the aggressor approaches the victim of his or her own will, this is the crime of breaching a protective order.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2413257/) (PL 6020/2023)
- July 8, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill deals with creating commissioned positions in the staff of the Supreme Federal Court.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2421211/) (PL 769/2024)
- July 2, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes the Penal Execution Law to set at 80% of the sentence the minimum time served before a convicted person can move to a less strict prison regime (progression of regime).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2351284/) (PL 1112/2023)
- June 25, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill suspends the effects of Decree No. 12.466 of May 22, 2025, using the power of Congress set out in art. 49, V, of the Constitution.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2515648/) (PDL 214/2025)
- June 11, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the transformation of vacant positions in the permanent staff of the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2497816/) (PL 1694/2025)
- June 11, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes article 15 of the Disarmament Statute (Law No. 10.826/2003) to increase the prison sentence for the crime of discharging a firearm when the weapon is of restricted or prohibited use.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/264726/) (PL 2876/2025)
- May 28, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the National Campaign for Conscious Use of Digital Technology.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2453934/) (PL 3224/2024)
- May 27, 2025: **Yes** on [Creates the National Policy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Brazilian Marine Biome (PNCMar).](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/604557/) (PL 6969/2013)
- May 6, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill changes the text of Complementary Law No. 78 of December 30, 1993.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2383019/) (PLP 177/2023)
- May 5, 2025: **Yes** on [The bill creates the National Day of Women and Men Human Rights Defenders.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2233324/) (PL 6366/2019)
- December 19, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill recognizes highway BR-319, which links Rondônia to Amazonas, as critical infrastructure indispensable to national security.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2395883/) (PL 4994/2023)
- December 15, 2023: **Yes** on [Deals with the tax credit (an amount that reduces taxes) arising from a subsidy, that is, financial aid received to set up or expand an economic venture.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2384692/) (MPV 1185/2023)
- December 15, 2023: **No** on [Constitutional amendment proposal that changes the National Tax System, that is, the set of rules on taxes (taxes and contributions) in the country.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2403910/) (PEC 45/2019)
- December 15, 2023: **Yes** on [Constitutional amendment proposal that changes the National Tax System, that is, the set of rules on taxes (taxes and contributions) in the country.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2403910/) (PEC 45/2019)
- December 13, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the expenses of an incentive program to keep students in high school.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2409076/) (PLP 243/2023)
- November 29, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with clinical research with human beings in Brazil.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2125189/) (PL 7082/2017)
- November 29, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the rules for using energy potential in maritime areas (offshore), such as generating electricity from wind at sea.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2190084/) (PL 11247/2018)
- November 29, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill declares the National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness a national holiday.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2299903/) (PL 3268/2021)
- November 29, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill changes Complementary Law No. 195/2022, called the Paulo Gustavo Law.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2405607/) (PLP 205/2023)
- November 8, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with providing postal services to federal public bodies of the direct and indirect administration.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2115253/) (PL 2721/2023)
- November 8, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the "incentivized self-regularization" of taxes collected by the Federal Revenue Service.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2391935/) (PL 4287/2023)
- November 7, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill changes Law No. 12.587/2012 to deal with the deadline municipalities have to draw up the Urban Mobility Plan.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2397925/) (PL 5086/2023)
- October 31, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill amends the Penal Code to increase the penalties for theft, robbery, receiving stolen goods (buying or receiving something of criminal origin), receiving stolen animals and interruption of…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2376169/) (PL 3780/2023)
- October 25, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the collection of income tax on the income of individuals resident in Brazil from financial investments, controlled companies and trusts abroad.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2383287/) (PL 4173/2023)
- October 18, 2023: **No** on [The bill approves the text of the Accession Protocol of Bolivia to Mercosur, an agreement signed in Brasília on July 17, 2015.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2149303/) (PDC 745/2017)
- July 6, 2023: **Yes** on [Constitutional amendment proposal that changes the National Tax System, that is, the set of rules on taxes (levies and other charges) in the country.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2196833/) (PEC 45/2019)
- July 6, 2023: **Yes** on [Constitutional amendment proposal that changes the National Tax System, that is, the set of rules on taxes (levies and other charges) in the country.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2196833/) (PEC 45/2019)
- June 14, 2023: **Yes** on [Creates the National Strategy for the Training of Health Specialists, within the Mais Médicos Program.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2351990/) (MPV 1165/2023)
- June 14, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill defines as a crime discrimination against politically exposed persons, persons under investigation and defendants in court proceedings.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2364109/) (PL 2720/2023)
- June 13, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the possibility of using as collateral in credit operations the redemption right of those who hold open complementary pension plans, personal insurance, shares of an Individual…](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2358922/) (PL 2250/2023)
- May 31, 2023: **Yes** on [Defines how the bodies of the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministries are organized.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2345493/) (MPV 1154/2023)
- May 23, 2023: **Yes** on [Creates a sustainable fiscal regime, with the aim of ensuring the country's macroeconomic stability and the conditions for socioeconomic growth.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2357053/) (PLP 93/2023)
- May 17, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with providing postal services to federal public bodies of the direct and indirect administration.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2115253/) (PL 2721/2023)
- May 10, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill creates commissioned functions (positions of trust, held by civil servants) and permanent positions (filled by public exam) in the staff of the National Council of Justice.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2334279/) (PL 2342/2022)
- May 10, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill creates commissioned functions in the staff of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2357055/) (PL 1987/2023)
- April 25, 2023: **Yes** on [The bill deals with the Municipalities Participation Fund (FPM), a transfer made by the federal government to city governments.](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2337246/) (PLP 139/2022)

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