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Bill: Orange Act 28
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2369
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: Local governments may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: No curfew policies may be established.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:33:05, March 05, 2007 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Orange Act 28 |
| Message | The political breakdown is now very clear without paraplu. |
| Date | 01:27:59, March 06, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Orange Act 28 |
| Message | yer, what the fuck happens when theres a tied vote |
| Date | 02:25:49, March 06, 2007 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Orange Act 28 |
| Message | Bills needs 50% (or 66% for constitutional stuff) of the legislature plus one seat to pass. So in this case we needed 96 seats to pass the bill but we only got 95, so it failed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 95 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 95 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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