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Here are some major bills considered Wednesday by the Legislature: Bills Passed 

— Allows people who don’t want to receive calls from telephone solicitors to pay $1 to put their names on a state “do-not-call” list; SB771; 59-12 in Assembly; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Requires credit card issuers to tell cardholders cost and time to pay off balance if they make minimum payments; AB 865; 24-12 in Senate; to Assembly for vote on amendments. 

- Provides $11,000 for law students who practice public-interest law to pay off college loans; AB 935; 23-12 in Senate; to Assembly for vote on amendments. 

- Allows Department of Correction to move up to 15 death-row prisoners to California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom to relieve overcrowding and curb institutional violence at San Quentin; AB 1460; 29-3 in Senate; to Assembly for vote on amendments. 

— Delays the date for the requirement that new school buses have seat belts from 2002 to 2004 or 2005, depending on type of bus; SB569 in Assembly; 56-5; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Abolishes the current Dental Board of California and creates a new one on Jan. 1, 2002, with new regulatory duties; SB134; 74-0 in Assembly; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Requires property owners who are selling to disclose any large releases of chemicals used to make methamphetamine on the property; SB189; 46-18 in Assembly; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Requires state education officials to write content standards for physical education, outlining what children in each grade should learn; AB367; 77-0 in Assembly; to governor. 

— Creates a new Asian Pacific Islander Anti-Hate Crimes Program within the state Department of Justice; AB1312; 70-1 in Assembly; to governor. 

— Requires the state to develop new standards for how much arsenic can be in drinking water; SB463; 47-19 in Assembly; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Gives Los Angeles Unified School District $2 million to try giving new teachers with emergency permits a 30-day training program before school starts; SB321; 44-25 in Assembly; to Senate for vote on amendments. 

— Requires principals to provide missed homework assignments to students who are suspended for more than five days and allows school districts to include in their school reports a breakdown of suspensions and expulsions by gender, age, race, primary language and learning disability; SB320; 56-18; to Senate for vote on amendments.