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Bill: SAWSI Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Autonomie d'Ouvrier
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2442
Description[?]:
| Strengthening our Autonomy Weakening State Intrusion (SAWSI) Act is designed to peel back state controls on areas that should be left to the individual. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: The use of cannabis is legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:03:11, August 12, 2007 CET | From |  Grand Order of Organized Native Sodality | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | Propose the use of cannabis seperately and we will support. We cannot however, support unregulated movies or public gatherings. |
| Date | 21:05:17, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Kanjoran Centrist Party | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | We support everything but the movies. |
| Date | 21:18:45, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Grand Order of Organized Native Sodality | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | It would probably be best to propose these individually. |
| Date | 02:48:55, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Partie Patriotique de Kanjor | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | We cannot support these, we feel that the current laws strike a nice balance between liberty and responsibility. |
| Date | 04:56:40, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | Given our stance toward drug use, we cannot in good conscience support this proposal. |
| Date | 06:57:14, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Autonomie d'Ouvrier | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | ooc: Yes we see that puritanical middle class liberalism runs throughout the labor parties. :p |
| Date | 09:35:40, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Union Pour une Nation Homosexuelle | To | Debating the SAWSI Act |
| Message | We support this act in its entireity, we have tried to force through these reforms many times ourselves |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 187 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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