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Bill: Controversial Issues Devolution Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
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: March 2447
Description[?]:
| An act to pass decisions relating to controversial issues to local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Current: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Proposed: Public nudity laws are left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal but not recognized under government employment regulation policy.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: The use of cannabis is legal.
Current: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Discipline levels are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:20:23, August 23, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Controversial Issues Devolution Act |
| Message | Despite our best efforts, we feel it likely none of these issues will pass through this House on the side of right. Therefore, we propose that these be left to local governments, so perhaps some regions can choose the option best for them. |
| Date | 06:41:53, August 23, 2007 CET | From | Tukarali Communist Party | To | Debating the Controversial Issues Devolution Act |
| Message | Hmmm. Well, since we are mostly happy with the way things are now with these issues, handing them to the state could only make things worse. |
| Date | 13:25:12, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Controversial Issues Devolution Act |
| Message | If every community has other laws, then this will lead to too much confusion |
| Date | 14:40:08, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Bull Moose Party | To | Debating the Controversial Issues Devolution Act |
| Message | Let the states decide, we say. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 147 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err." - Mahatma Gandhi |