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Bill: Smoking Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Republics Party
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: November 2419
Description[?]:
Allows individual businesses to decide their own smoking policies |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 18:09:20, June 25, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Smoking Act |
Message | Good greif, no. This nation cannot set up an exampe of its' government offices permitting people to die of lung cancer in the name of freedom. Smoking privilegges should be limited, not extended. |
Date | 18:16:28, June 25, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Smoking Act |
Message | NDP agrees with the ULP, down to the "good grief." |
Date | 18:31:02, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Smoking Act |
Message | We can not support this, people do not have a choice about taking in the fumes of smoking but smokers have the choice about smoking. |
Date | 18:28:48, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Smoking Act |
Message | We just can't support this. Period. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 279 | |||||||
no |
Total Seats: 320 | |||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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