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California	Minnesota	Tennessee
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Connecticut	Missouri	Utah
Delaware	Montana	Vermont
District of Columbia	Nebraska	Virginia
Florida	Nevada	Washington
Georgia	New Hampshire	West Virginia
Hawaii	New Jersey	Wisconsin
Idaho	New Mexico	Wyoming
Illinois	New York	American Samoa
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Kentucky	Oklahoma	Puerto Rico
Louisiana	Oregon	Virgin Islands

Last reviewed October 2021

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