Several new laws go into effect today across the state, the most controversial being the new gun law.
- House bill 45 allows anyone to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training.
- The sales tax jumps from 6.15 percent to 6.5 percent, and a 50 cent jump on cigarettes.
- Harsher laws for drunk drivers who cause disabling injuries to others
- New bill limits appeals by sex offenders committed indefinitely to a state treatment program
- Victims of human trafficking may now file civil lawsuits against perpetrators and collect damages
- Two election bills: The first moves city and local school board elections from the spring to the fall of odd-numbered years. The second gives secretary of state the power to prosecute election fraud.
