Just to offer a quick correction (and sorry if someone covered this in the comments and I missed it), but the law hasn't actually passed yet. The state senate and state assembly each voted on separate bills, and only the assembly's classifies the crime as a felony. (That's the one the governor is rooting for.) They'll need to figure out how to compromise on this before the legislative session ends in June.
I have written a bit about this, so if you are interested, please feel free to see this link for a general summary of why bills of this kind keep getting overturned, this link for a brief note on the wording of this bill in particular. Game Politics has the most in-depth ongoing coverage of related developments, though.
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Just to offer a quick correction (and sorry if someone covered this in the comments and I missed it), but the law hasn't actually passed yet. The state senate and state assembly each voted on separate bills, and only the assembly's classifies the crime as a felony. (That's the one the governor is rooting for.) They'll need to figure out how to compromise on this before the legislative session ends in June.
I have written a bit about this, so if you are interested, please feel free to see this link for a general summary of why bills of this kind keep getting overturned, this link for a brief note on the wording of this bill in particular. Game Politics has the most in-depth ongoing coverage of related developments, though.