Sometimes, the most obvious of things escape our notice. For example, our elected lawmakers are … um … elected to make laws. And like the predictable bloom of flowers bursting forth in spring, with the turn of every new year comes a blossom of new laws.
At least some of this year’s flowering of new state laws will almost certainly affect you. Not surprisingly, at least some of them will reach into your pocket. In abbreviated form, some of the more interesting and/or consequential ones go like this:
With the start of the new year, so too begins the state’s 2022-23 budget. There’s nothing particularly new or exciting there. However, notable among the $3.64 billion in spending to cover expenses for state government is a 3% raise of state employees; a 33% increase in health care spending, up $1.02 billion; and 15% more ($26 million for public safety).
Major portions of HB22-1326 will also go into effect. That bill attempts to deal with the burgeoning fentanyl crisis. Included in the new provisions are new law enforcement reporting requirements, new reporting requirements that will be incumbent upon district attorneys, new felony penalties for possession of 1-4 grams of fentanyl or fentanyl-containing compounds, as well as a provision intended to help inmates with drug-related treatment after they leave jail.
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