Rules and laws

Today in my home state, a new legislative session begins. This is a long session year because there's a budget to get done. Part of my job is to watch the progress of the new bills that my agency is interested in. So, the first thing I did this morning was pull up the list of all the bills that their authors are hoping will be heard by legislators. Let the fun begin!

Anyway, you do that in your home state, look at your bills. You would be amazed at all the crap that your tax dollars are wasted on. 

For instance ( I knew you wanted examples) in the senate, there are these bills...

* Coroner and conflict of interest.

I can't imagine what a conflict of interest for a coroner could be - life?

* Alcoholic Beverages

Again this year, we are going to argue about selling alcohol on Sundays. Currently, we don't. We are the only state in the nation that doesn't sell liquor on Sunday. Oh, we also don't sell cars on Sunday.

* State Fossil

That's right, we want to vote to have a "state fossil". The sea lily to be exact. Because every state should have it's own special fossil?? What?

* Diabetes Assessment Report

Let's form a committee of people to tell us what we need to do to lower the rate of diabetes in Indiana.

Then there are a couple dozen new vehicle laws/rules being introduced. Half of those are about the use of scooters. And then there's another one making it legal for grandparents to seek visitation rights. I guess that one is okay but really? There has to be a law for that? 

People are so messed up.