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COLUMBUS, ohio — New state laws taking effect Thursday give livestock in California more living room, approve direct-to-consumer wine shipments in Massachusetts and levy the ultimate punishment on teen drivers in Nevada by denying them licenses if they skip too much school. A look at some of the new laws taking effect Jan. 1:

• Alcohol: Wine connoisseurs will be popping the cork over a new law taking effect Thursday that allows out-of-state wineries to ship bottles directly to consumers in Massachusetts.

• Animals: In California, a ballot initiative approved by voters in 2008 takes effect, restricting the confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding sows and veal calves. In Utah, cities and towns can no longer ban specific dog breeds within their limits.

• Crime: In California, a “yes means yes” standard for sex between college students takes effect, meaning silence or a lack of resistance can no longer be deemed consent. In Michigan, rape evidence may be better organized and tracked under laws designed to help ensure kits aren’t caught in the sort of backlog found when more than 11,000 untested boxes were discovered in a Detroit police storage facility in 2009.

• Drug abuse: In Michigan, buying cough and cold medicines for the purpose of making methamphetamine will be illegal under another series of measures intended to crack down on meth makers.

• Elections: In Louisiana, 16- and 17-year-olds will be able to register to vote when obtaining a driver’s license, although they still won’t be able to vote until they turn 18. In North Carolina, individuals filing as a candidate in a party primary must have had an affiliation with that party for at least 90 days before filing a candidacy notice.

• Environment: In North Carolina, home sellers will have to disclose whether they know if underground oil and gas rights have been sold. In New York, consumers must begin recycling old computers, televisions and video game consoles instead of throwing them in the trash.

• Health: Tennessee joins more than 20 states adding insulin to medications that school staffers may volunteer to be trained to administer. In Louisiana, smoking will be banned within 25 feet of public entrances to state office buildings.

• Motor vehicles: In California, drivers’ licenses will be available for people residing in the country without permission. In Nevada, students who are declared habitually truant could be delayed from obtaining a driver’s license or could have their license suspended.

• Social media: In New York in February, it becomes illegal to pose for a photo with a lion, tiger or other big cat.

• Taxes: In Virginia, drivers can expect to see a 5-cents-per-gallon increase in the cost of gas, while Maryland’s gas tax is set to rise about 3.5 cents.

• Wages: The minimum wage goes up Thursday in several states.