Liberty Wins of 2012

June 22nd: HB146 signed. This is a jury nullification law.

June 18th: HB0574 signed. This bill prohibits the state from taking personal property owned or used by individuals or families during a declared state of emergency and also limits the provisions taken by the state in an emergency to those in excess of the reasonable needs of the owner and the owner’s household during the expected duration of the emergency.

June 7th: HB1402 signed. This bill exempts certain homestead food operations and homestead food products from licensure by the department of health and human services and allows for direct sales of raw milk products without a milk producer-distributor license for certain small scale dairy producer-distributors. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of $10,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner’s own farm stand, or at farmers’ markets are exempt.

January 1st: CACR0013 signed. This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution prohibits an assessment, rate, or tax on income earned by a natural person other than taxes in effect on January 1, 2012 and adjustments to the rate of such taxes.