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Story at a glance Illinois became the first state in the country to outlaw the practice of banning books Monday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) signed a bill into law that withholds state funding for ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a bill that he says will make Illinois the first state in the nation to outlaw book bans. Illinois public libraries that restrict or ban ...
From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named ugly laws. [1] These laws targeted poor people and disabled people . For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867 deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or ...
Idaho HB710, signed into law in April 2024, requires school and public libraries to move materials deemed harmful to minors to an adults-only section, allowing community members who object to a book to sue for $250 in damages. The law uses Idaho's existing definition of obscene materials, which includes “any act of … homosexuality.”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 ...
The end result was the city prosecutor, Gary Bucchino, did not file charges noting while the law was still active, this person did not meet the definition. [8] 1974 – The last ugly law was repealed, in Chicago, Illinois. [114] 1974 – Although the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in the 1927 Buck v.
Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
While many of these laws imposed by states are designed to keep citizens safe, others are weird, strange or just downright silly. And, believe it or not, you can get fined — or worse — for ...