Petition to the Senate.

[IceAgeComing]

The legal precedent is that if no period is cited in law then the standard is that it instantly applies.

[IceAgeComing]

Its a basic legal principle; if you have legislation that doesn't cite an exception and there aren't other laws on the topic that suggest an exception then legally no exception exists.  It might be silly or dumb or whatever but that doesn't matter: the legal position is that no exception applies.  Same goes incidentally for future amendments; you can't retroactively change legislation to allow something from the past to stand.

[IceAgeComing]

Amendments couldn't be retroactive though; so you'd be in the same position.  Its a good idea to amend the law for the future but I'm afraid that you're sort of stuck in your current position.