New state laws bring changes July 1, by Pauline Vu: “Come Sunday, it will be a felony in Iowa to dismember a body to conceal a crime. New York City will have to stop sending undercover investigators to Virginia to buy guns in sting operations. And even Rip Van Winkle will have to show some ID if he wants to buy beer in Tennessee…Some laws will affect every resident in a state. In Massachusetts, every Bay Stater now must buy health insurance in the nation’s most closely watched experiment at guaranteeing universal health coverage.”