An agave Margarita and gin Martini made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar within the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Resort in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Beginning right this moment in Kansas, suppliers are presupposed to ask sufferers why they’re getting an abortion. A Florida legislation goes into impact permitting individuals who shoot bears on their property a “Stand Your Floor” sort protection. It is July 1, so states throughout the nation are placing legal guidelines into impact.
From reporting throughout the NPR community, listed here are just a few notable new legal guidelines.
California drink take a look at kits
In California, bars and nightclubs that solely serve clients 21 and over should present take a look at kits for drug testing drinks both without spending a dime or for a minimal price. These sorts of companies should additionally put up a discover studying: “Don’t get roofied! Drink spiking drug take a look at kits accessible 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 legislation offers a way of safety for individuals who go to bars and nightclubs, “In the event that they’re ever suspicious of one thing taking place, 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 right this moment, abortion suppliers are presupposed to be required to ask sufferers which of 11 potential causes is most related to their resolution to get an abortion. Attainable causes embrace that the affected person can’t financially afford a toddler or that the being pregnant resulted from rape or incest.
But additionally right this moment, a Deliberate Parenthood spokesperson mentioned that the Kansas well being division “has said that it’ll not implement this intrusive legislation, for now” and a well being division spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from the Kansas Information Service.
The query is elective — the legislation states that if somebody refuses to reply, their refusal shall be recorded. However lawmakers voted down a proposed modification that will have clarified to sufferers that the query is elective.
Iowa restricts hemp consumables
Beginning right this moment, Iowa bars the sale of hemp-infused “consumables,” like gummies or drinks, to anybody beneath the age of 21, in accordance with reporting from Iowa Public Radio, as different states grapple with how and whether or not to control consumable hemp.
The brand new rules limit the efficiency of consumable hemp merchandise that include the psychoactive substance THC. One situation is that the precise particulars of the legislation and the way it will likely be enforced are nonetheless being decided. And in terms of THC in drinks, it will get much more difficult.
Georgia swatting penalties
These convicted in Georgia of calling in false alarms to properties or companies — a criminal offense often known as swatting — will face a felony legal cost as a substitute of a misdemeanor, as reported by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Lawmakers elevated the penalty after a number of Georgia public officers have been the targets of swatting at their properties.
‘Stand your floor’ however for bears (in Florida)
Below a legislation in Florida, individuals will not be topic to penalties for killing bears in the event that they “moderately believed” that their motion was essential to keep away from the specter of demise or severe bodily harm to an individual, pet or property.
As reported by WFSU, the legislation sparked severe debate within the legislature. Individuals who shoot bears could 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, firms must disclose the total price of every thing from lodge rooms to live performance tickets upfront due to a state legislation 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 legislation.
As KQED factors out, Minnesota’s governor additionally signed a legislation this spring banning junk charges. And lawmakers in Connecticut and New York are contemplating comparable laws.
Tennesse protects musicians from unauthorized AI
This 12 months, Tennessee turned the primary state to guard musicians from artificial intelligence impersonation. Based on WPLN, that legislation is one in all no less than 10 notable legal guidelines to take impact right this moment.
The legislation, known as the Making certain Likeness Voice and Picture Safety Act, or ELVIS Act, bans the unauthorized use of performers’ voices amid worries about how the know-how may have an effect on the music trade.
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