An agave Margarita and gin Martini made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar within the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Lodge in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Beginning at this time in Kansas, suppliers are purported to ask sufferers why they’re getting an abortion. A Florida regulation goes into impact permitting individuals who shoot bears on their property a “Stand Your Floor” kind protection. It is July 1, so states throughout the nation are placing legal guidelines into impact.
From reporting throughout the NPR community, listed below are a number of notable new legal guidelines.
California drink take a look at kits
In California, bars and nightclubs that solely serve prospects 21 and over should present take a look at kits for drug testing drinks both without spending a dime or for a minimal value. These varieties of companies should additionally submit a discover studying: “Don’t get roofied! Drink spiking drug take a look at kits obtainable right here. Ask a workers member for particulars” in a conspicuous location.
KPBS experiences that Devin Blankenship, with the California Division of Alcoholic Beverage Management, says he hopes the regulation gives a way of safety for individuals who go to bars and nightclubs, “In the event that they’re ever suspicious of one thing occurring, that they are capable of attain out to the workers, request a take a look at package, take a look at their drink and be capable of get pleasure from themselves with out worrying about somebody messing or tampering with their drink.”
Kansas abortion suppliers should ask sufferers why
Because the Kansas Information Service experiences, beginning at this time, abortion suppliers are purported to be required to ask sufferers which of 11 doable causes is most related to their choice to get an abortion. Attainable causes embody that the affected person can’t financially afford a toddler or that the being pregnant resulted from rape or incest.
But additionally at this time, a Deliberate Parenthood spokesperson stated that the Kansas well being division “has said that it’ll not implement this intrusive regulation, for now” and a well being division spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The query is non-obligatory — the regulation states that if somebody refuses to reply, their refusal will likely be recorded. However lawmakers voted down a proposed modification that may have clarified to sufferers that the query is non-obligatory.
Iowa restricts hemp consumables
Beginning at this time, Iowa bars the sale of hemp-infused “consumables,” like gummies or drinks, to anybody beneath the age of 21, in line with reporting from Iowa Public Radio, as different states grapple with how and whether or not to manage consumable hemp.
The brand new rules prohibit the efficiency of consumable hemp merchandise that comprise the psychoactive substance THC. One situation is that the precise particulars of the regulation and the way it is going to be enforced are nonetheless being decided. And with regards to THC in drinks, it will get much more sophisticated.
Georgia swatting penalties
These convicted in Georgia of calling in false alarms to houses or companies — a criminal offense often known as swatting — will face a felony prison cost as an alternative of a misdemeanor, as reported by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Lawmakers elevated the penalty after a number of Georgia public officers had been the targets of swatting at their houses.
‘Stand your floor’ however for bears (in Florida)
Beneath a regulation in Florida, individuals will not be topic to penalties for killing bears in the event that they “fairly believed” that their motion was essential to keep away from the specter of demise or critical bodily harm to an individual, pet or property.
As reported by WFSU, the regulation sparked critical debate within the legislature. Individuals who shoot bears can be required to inform the state inside 24 hours and present they didn’t deliberately place themselves or pets in conditions the place they wanted to kill bears.
California ‘junk charges’
In California, as KQED experiences, corporations must disclose the complete value of every little thing from resort rooms to live performance tickets upfront due to a state regulation taking impact that bans so-called junk charges. These are the hidden prices that get tacked onto a invoice proper earlier than you pay.
After some last-minute political wrangling in Sacramento, the restaurant trade is exempt from the brand new regulation.
As KQED factors out, Minnesota’s governor additionally signed a regulation this spring banning junk charges. And lawmakers in Connecticut and New York are contemplating related laws.
Tennesse protects musicians from unauthorized AI
This yr, Tennessee turned the primary state to guard musicians from synthetic intelligence impersonation. Based on WPLN, that regulation is certainly one of at the very least 10 notable legal guidelines to take impact at this time.
The regulation, referred to as the Guaranteeing Likeness Voice and Picture Safety Act, or ELVIS Act, bans the unauthorized use of performers’ voices amid worries about how the expertise may have an effect on the music trade.
