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Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net a $35 fine. The bill passed the Assembly on a 44-11 vote on Monday, and heads to the Senate.

Assemblyman Bill Maze says his legislation has nothing to do with pet-loving celebrities who are photographed driving around Los Angeles with their small dogs.

Maze says he introduced the bill after seeing a woman driving with three dogs on her lap and concludes that pets are a distraction that put motorists and their passengers at risk.

Celebrities always seem to get the good stuff long before anyone else so whenever I can turn our readers onto the same hot items, I’m gonna try to make it happen.

Jessica Simpson, Reese Witherspoon, Mariah Carey and Miley Cyrus are all fans of the LuLu Leash and their pets get “lit up” with these battery operated neon-colored leashes that really do LIGHT UP!

Your pets can light the streets up too thanks to LuLu Leash teaming up with us and offering a giveaway to EIGHT LUCKY WINNERS winners who will have their choice of one leash in any size and color.

How can you win? It’s simple. Send an email to contest@celebritydogwatcher.com and tell us WHY YOUR DOG NEEDS A LULU LEASH. Include your NAME, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS and the SIZE AND COLOR LEASH of your choice. We’ll draw EIGHT NAMES on May 23rd from the entries and ANNOUNCE WINNERS on May 26th.

If you’re a fan of the show, Real Housewives of New York, then you’ll love what we have in store for you this week. We interviewed LuAnn, Ramona, Jill and Bethenny and talked to them about their dogs.

Keep watching for the interviews and exclusive pictures!

HouseOfDog is cleaning out their warehouse this week and selling a bunch of “manufacturer irregulars” at 65% off. These products have flaws of some sort and can not be sold at full price- some have missing crystals (extra crystals are included with these collars- you will have to glue them in yourselves) some do not have the top coating on them, so crystals will fall out eventually- or there is a bend in the bag, or the bowl is not shiny– there are all kinds of little things that are wrong with them and each product has something that might be wrong with them that is different from the next.

These items are NOT returnable at all- but the price is right if you’re open to using products with “manufacturer irregulars” at 65% off. Just use the discount code “H65″ and remember these are FINAL SALES. NO RETURNS!

The sale will only last as long as the items do so check it out by going to HouseOfDog.com