William Brangham:

It's a very good question, because we don't know how much of that is symbolism and how much of that is really going to show up in practice, where the rubber hits the road.

The lawmakers that we have talked to, Democratic lawmakers, think it's largely a symbolic statement, that it's not really going to — that, when push comes to shove, that law enforcement officials will actually follow the law.

According to legal experts that we have spoken with, these are not really legally binding votes that are taken. They're symbolic votes, but many people we have spoken to said, symbolism matters and it's important for us to have registered in the vast majority of counties in this state that we don't like what we're hearing coming out of the legislature.