State legal guidelines taking impact throughout the nation July 1 : NPR

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 as we speak in Kansas, suppliers should 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” kind protection. It is July 1, so states throughout the nation are placing new legal guidelines into impact.

From reporting throughout the NPR community, listed below 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 free of charge or for a minimal price. These varieties 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 stories 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 in a position to attain out to the workers, request a take a look at package, take a look at their drink and have the ability to take pleasure in themselves with out worrying about somebody messing or tampering with their drink.”

Kansas abortion suppliers should ask sufferers why

Because the Kansas Information Service stories, beginning as we speak, abortion suppliers are required to ask sufferers which of 11 attainable causes is most related to their resolution 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.

The query is non-compulsory — the legislation states that if somebody refuses to reply, their refusal will probably be recorded. However lawmakers voted down a proposed modification that will have clarified to sufferers that the query is non-compulsory.

Georgia swatting penalties

These convicted in Georgia of calling in false alarms to houses or companies — against the law generally 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)

Below a legislation in Florida, folks 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 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 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 stories, firms should disclose the complete price of every part from resort 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 business 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.