Several new laws will take effect on Tuesday in Minnesota.

Here are some key takeaways:

• Places of entertainment will be required to provide access to free water or allow attendees to bring their own factory-sealed or empty water bottle into events of 100 or more people.
• An Office of Public Service will be established to “promote, expand, create and strengthen career pathways aligned with public service opportunities.”
• Protections will be added for minors appearing in online media
• A “shotgun zone” in southern Minnesota that previously restricted deer hunters to only use shotguns, muzzleloaders and handguns will be repealed
• Anyone 12 or older must have a permit to operate watercraft
• People who served in the “Secret War in Laos” in support of U.S. armed forces will be granted veteran status.
• There will be increased penalties for assaulting a firefighter
• It will now be a crime to knowingly cause or permit a child to inhale, be exposed to, have contact with or ingest fentanyl
• Agencies will be able to withhold payments to a program participant if there is evidence of fraud
• Motorcyclists will be allowed to lane split and lane filter

More information is available here.