Several laws, including allowing take-out cocktails and in-home haircuts, come into effect Thursday

A number of new laws are expected to come into force Thursday, including allowing “take-out cocktails” and in-home haircuts.

“They are thrilled, I can tell you that,” said Jim Hopper of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association. “It must be sealable, inviolable; there must be a cap on it. You can’t just put it in a plastic cup with a plastic cover and tape over the straw hole.

Also on Thursdays, licensed barbers, cosmetologists and hairstylists can provide services in a client’s private residence.

“It also helps to have a smaller group of people because that way you can just go to their house to do one customer at a time, you don’t have multiple people standing or sitting down, so it’s safer. for the client, ”said Anthony David with Anthony David Hair Academy.

David said this clears a gray area created during the COVID shutdown.

“As long as it’s fair to everyone, I think we should be good,” he said. “It shouldn’t be special rules for special people.”

A new law adds new vanity license plates. It includes, among other things, an America First plaque and a Guthrie Street Kings plaque.

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety will have access to nearly half a million dollars to improve radio communications inside the State Capitol.

Under House Bill 1104, Oklahoma students who mention “American Indian heritage” on school documents will be asked to include a specific tribal affiliation.