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California Bill Proposes up to 6 Months Imprisonment for Unsolicited Plastic Straws

posted by martyb on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:46PM   
from the That's-the-last-straw! dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Existing law requires, except as otherwise provided, a person who violates any provision of the code to be guilty of a misdemeanor with each offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both.

This bill would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1884

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Original Submission

• Paging Jerry Brown (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @08:46PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @08:46PM (#629134)

  What if someone uses an "unsolicited plastic straw" to blow an infection [nbcnews.com] up someone elses ass? Would that be a total of 12 months in prison? What if the perpetrator was to apologise for the straw but not for deliberately transmitting a life threatening infection to someone? Just 6 months then?

  What about if an illegal immigrant finds a straw and (without solicitation) stabs it through someone's eyeball, penetrating their brain and resulting in their death? Aquittal? [cnn.com]

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