Shortly after being profiled in the Kankakee Daily Journal, city and county health department officials paid the 11-year-old a visit and told her to shut down the stand or face fines. “As we kept doing it, I got to see everybody smile when they tasted my lemonade. We didn’t like to come outside because of all the stuff happening around here,” Hayli said previously. “It was kind of scary because we liked to stay in the house. In a violent neighborhood where people are reluctant to go out, Hayli brought together her Kankakee, Illinois, neighbors as she happily sold 50-cent cups of lemonade. In 2017, Hayli Martenez started her Haylibug Lemonade stand to raise money for her college fund with the help of her mom, Iva. Hayli’s law ensures children under 16 can run a lemonade stand without a permit or license. Pritzker after unanimously passing the Illinois House and Senate. Hayli’s Law was signed into law July 9 by Gov. Illinois’ children are finally safe to sell lemonade without fear of government overreach. Now Illinois law officially bars government from interfering with a child’s right to sell cold summer drinks. When a child’s lemonade stand was targeted by government regulators, an 11-year-old entrepreneur fought back.
Governor signs Hayli’s Law to protect lemonade stands from Illinois government
0 kommentar(er)
