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New laws include wrong-way driving prevention, with a test program on 120 highway exit ramps that have been designated by the DOT as high risk for wrong-way drivers.
Also as of Oct. 1, an omnibus gun violence prevention plan, including the banning of "open carry" and limiting permit holders to three firearms purchases per month, went into effect.
We are also now prohibiting hand-harvesting of ecologically important horseshoe crabs or their eggs from state waters.
Additionally, we prohibited deceptive and coercive interrogation methods. Folks of a certain age will no doubt remember the 1974 arrest of Peter Reilly, a young man falsely accused of murdering his mother. Police interrogating the then-18-year-old Reilly used extreme coercion, sleep depravation and other tactics to exact a confession from him. This law was enacted to prevent such unethical treatment of those under arrest.
Another law that went into effect Oct. 1 includes one which notifies families of crime victims, and families of the incarcerated, when the incarcerated are being transferred to a new facility.
For a full list of new laws, follow the link below for the full list.
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