New laws ban sex with prisoners, hound-hunting of bobcats

With every new year comes a hodgepodge of fresh local laws – many serious, some silly, and some obvious. The National Conference of State Legislatures has compiled a year-end list of some of the laws that go on the books Jan. 1. Among the winners: California bobcats and Illinois residents who overshare on Facebook. Losers include randy police officers and sex offenders with Santa suits.  More…