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Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said on June 1, 2026 the first automated Clean Slate batch cleared over 64,000 eligible low-level cases from public background checks.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 864 on June 1, 2026, requiring adult sites to verify users' ages from July 1 and barring verifiers from keeping the ID data.
The Massachusetts SJC ruled June 2, 2026 that police body-camera footage from a sobriety checkpoint was not a secret recording under the state wiretap law.
Compare restraining order laws across all 50 states and DC. Learn who qualifies, how to file, how long orders last, and the federal gun ban for free.
Learn how to get an Order of Protection in Wyoming: who qualifies, how long it lasts (up to 3 years), filing steps, firearms rules, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a domestic abuse injunction in Wisconsin: who qualifies, how long it lasts (up to 4 years), filing steps, firearm rules, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a West Virginia Protective Order under WV Code 48-27. Covers who qualifies, EPO and final order durations, free filing, firearms rules, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a Washington Protection Order under RCW 7.105. Covers all 6 unified order types, free filing, temporary and final order durations, firearms rules, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a protective order in Virginia: three-tier system (EPO, Preliminary, Final), who qualifies, how long orders last, firearms rules, and penalties.
Learn how to get a Relief From Abuse (RFA) order in Vermont: who qualifies, how long orders last, filing costs, firearms rules, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a Cohabitant Abuse Protective Order in Utah. Covers who qualifies, temporary orders, 2-year civil provisions, permanent criminal protections, firearms, and violation penalties.
Learn how to get a Protective Order in Texas. Covers temporary orders (20 days), MOEP at arrest, 2-year final orders, lifetime orders, firearms rules, and violation penalties.