New year, new state laws.

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A slew of new state laws take effect with the turn of the calendar — ranging from minimum wage changes to pink hunting gear to a mandatory cursive writing curriculum. One state will even begin paying people to relocate for remote work.
A few of the more notable changes:



Illinois hunters can wear bright pinkVermont will pay remote workers to move thereHawaii legalizes medically assisted suicideOhio requires kids learn cursiveTennessee bans 'sanctuary' policiesMassachusetts raises legal smoking ageMore at: https://news.yahoo.com/2019-welcomes-pink-hunting-vests-021448692.html

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Oregon has become the latest state to allow animals mowed down by vehicles to be harvested for human consumption. The measure, which went into effect Tuesday, allows people to harvest meat from deer and elk which have been struck by vehicles, the Associated Press reported (https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/rurallife/oregon-joins-other-states-allowing-roadkill-for-food/article_85ef0500-0353-5953-aaec-2b0817846d9c.html).
Oregon lawmakers first approved the measure— Senate Bill 372 (https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB372/Enrolled)— in 2017.


But there is a catch for residents who want to make meat out of roadkill. The law states that residents have to apply for a permit within 24 hours if they want to use the meat of an elk or deer for food.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is sweetening the deal for those who happen to unintentionally strike animals while on the road by providing the “roadkill salvage permits” for free, the Statesman Journal reported (https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/31/oregon-new-laws-workers-equal-pay-discrimination-whistleblowers-roadkill/2393545002/).
Drivers who want to obtain one of these permits have to give the animal’s head and antlers to the agency within five business days.

More at: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/01/oregon-becomes-latest-state-allow-roadkill-food/

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Some derisively call it the Land of Fruits and Nuts or even “Commiefornia,” and the Golden State is cementing this reputation now, too, with outgoing governor Jerry Brown having signed (https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/12/29/laws-california-new-year-many-counter-trump/) into law this past year 1,016 bills — some of which, it’s said, were designed to counter President Trump’s agenda.

So what liberties were robbed in California this time around? American Thinker’s Chriss Street provides (https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/california_land_of_1000_new_laws.html) a nice sampling (all quotations are his), using information from the CALmatters blog (https://calmatters.org/articles/california-final-bill-tracker-2018-legislature/):
• “100 Percent Renewable Energy — S.B. 100 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB100) requires utilities to generate 50 percent of electricity from renewable sources in 2026 and 100 percent carbon-free sources by 2045. With Californians paying over 50 percent more (https://www.eia.gov/state/rankings/?sid=CA#/series/31) for electricity than the U.S. average, SB 100 assures that subsidies will force residents to pay the highest U.S. rates.”
Given that California also has the highest poverty rate — when factoring in cost of living — this should help cement the state’s emerging Third World status.
• “For-Profit Charter Schools — A.B. 406 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406), supported by teacher unions, bans private companies running charter schools. The 2018-2019 school year saw a new low of a net two new charter schools, but 1,323 remained open and still enrolled 660,000 students.”
Hey, if government schooling isn’t protected, where are future California lawmakers going to come from?
• “Drinks in Kids’ Meals — S.B. 1192 (http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1192) bans sugary sodas as a kid’s meal default beverage. Beverage choices were limited to water, plain milk, and non-dairy substitutes like yummy kiddie favorites such as almond milk.”
They forgot soy milk. Since it contains estrogenic compounds, its inclusion could purge the last vestiges of fruit-and-nut-state masculinity.
• “Plastic Straws — A.B. 1884 (http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1884) bans full-service, dine-in restaurants from offering single-use plastic straws unless they are requested by customers. The compromise legislation exempted fast-food chains.”
As I’ve reported (https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30676-d-c-to-fine-churches-for-including-plastic-straws-with-free-coffee), plastic straws are inconsequential, and only one percent (https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/29953-pope-slammed-for-prioritizing-plastic-over-pederasty) of ocean-polluting plastics come from the United States. Then again, we’re talking about California here.
• “Wildfire Response — S.B. 901 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB901) allows PG&E utility to raise rates to pay for liability associated with 2017 forest fires supposedly sparked by power lines and provides $200 million to thin forests. The legislation avoids controversy about homeless starting forest fires and the legislature’s passing laws limiting logging roads that served as fire breaks.”
Don’t forget the illegals, starting the fires Americans won’t start.
• “‘Junk’ Health Insurance — S.B. 910 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB910) bans extremely inexpensive short-term health care policies that exclude pre-existing conditions favored by self-employed young people. The bill preserves record profits for big hospital chains and insurance companies under … Obamacare.”
Big hospital chains and insurance companies can grease politicians. Self-employed young people? Not so much.
• “Conservatorships for Mentally Ill Homeless People — S.B. 1045 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1045) allows a five-year pilot program for San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties to take legal conservatorship and provide housing for individuals with serious mental illness and drug abuse disorders who refuse treatment and are frequently arrested by law enforcement.”
Hey, the Democrat Party has to know where to find them when vote harvesting (https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31080-l-a-times-admits-illegals-foreigners-influenced-election-to-help-democrats).
• “Women on Corporate Boards — S.B. 826 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB826) forces publicly traded companies headquartered in California to appoint at least one female director by Dec. 31, 2019 and requires corporations with five directors to have at least two female directors by 2021.”
Norway tried this starting in 2006, mind you, with some very negative outcomes (https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29998-killing-the-family-new-calif-law-would-enforce-corporate-gender-quotas). All I have to ask, however, is with men constituting 92 percent of workplace deaths, when will there be a law mandating that a certain percentage of garbage collectors, oil-rig workers, steel workers, and loggers must be women? Hmm, ever get the feeling that screams of “underrepresentation” have less to do with “equality” than with power, pocketbook, and prestige?
• “Net Neutrality — S.B. 822 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822) restored Obama's FCC regulating the internet like the old AT&T monopoly (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/technology/net-neutrality-repeal.html) that was dumped by the Trump administration. Silicon Valley blatantly sought reinstatement of Obama subsidies slowing new innovations and higher speeds.”
Leftists only appreciate speed when it’s in pill form.
What may increase in speed, however, is lawmaking. For California governor-elect Gavin Newsom promised early this month that with his huge Democrat majorities in both state houses, he will pass a sweeping social-justice agenda.

More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31083-fighting-trump-and-freedom-california-creates-1-000-new-2018-laws

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Aspects of California’s gun confiscation laws broadened on January 1, 2019, as the state added ammunition and certain magazines to the list of items that can be confiscated when firearms are seized. KRCR reports (https://krcrtv.com/news/local/a-breakdown-of-the-new-california-laws-going-into-effect-january-1st-2019) that Senate Bill 1200, which Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law, “adds ammunition and bullet drums to the list of items related to firearms that can be confiscated.”
This means that police executing a Gun Violence Restraining Order can not only sweep a gun owner’s home for firearms, but for ammunition and certain firearm accessories as well.


Other California gun controls which took effect January 1, 2019, include an expansion of training requirements necessary to acquire a concealed carry permit and inclusion of certain misdemeanors as justification for a lifetime ban on gun ownership.
The Wall Street Journal reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-for-2019-laws-on-guns-harassment-cannabis-spiked-drinks-11546377708) that misdemeanor domestic violence charges–such as “harmful touching of a spouse, roommate or dating partner”–can now be treated on part with domestic violence felonies and result in a total forfeiture of Second Amendment rights.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/ca-broadens-gun-confiscation-laws-to-include-ammunition-certain-magazines/

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