text: Interesting.  Something tells me you are omitting some nuances.  For example, the first law applies only to nursing homes where someone repeatedly and knowingly refers to a resident in a manner contrary to what he or she wants.  Yes, that is stupid enough, but it is couched as a form of harrassment of helpless people.  It is not about just referring some random person encountered on the street or a store or wherever the wrong pronoun.