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Bill: Health and Safety Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Sekowo
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 2512
Description[?]:
| Article One, We hope to curb smoking to reduce the strain on the health system by preventing children from purchasing tobacco. Article Two, This measure would increase the amount of organs available to those with serious diseases reducing a black market for organs, and cutting bureaucratic responses to organ donation, Currently people have to go out of there way to become an organ donor. If one doesn't want to be an organ donor or the family wishes them not to be an organ donor at the time of their passing they can simply say so. This should increase the quality and quantity of life across the country. Article Three, Our budget (reference: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/budget.php?nationid=55) has a huge surplus of 148,526,813,699 SEK we can afford to fund a national drug plan to cover every citizen. This will increase the quality and quantity of life across the country so no one will choose between food and life saving medication. Article Four, We are a multinational federation of Countries, nations should be able to set drug controls to suit local norms rather than the Central Government. As a result local governments would have the power to design rehabilitation treatments best suited for local traditions. Article Five, There needs to be a central standard for food sale, expired food is commonly sold in poorer regions. Local governments would still have the power to issue permits to both public and private establishments but the standards would be set centrally so as to make sure those traveling across our great country don't have to suffer from food poisoning because local governments do not have the power or willpower to address this issue. Article six, Reducing aids, sexually transmitted diseases and the need for abortions with easy access to contraceptives regardless of income. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Current: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Current: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Proposed: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products but everyone is allowed to buy them.
Current: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:50:12, January 05, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Bill |
| Message | We vote no, however, anything you present alone that is for de-localization we would most likely support. |
| Date | 09:57:09, January 05, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Bill |
| Message | This is a close call for us, but we must ultimately vote no. We are in favour of small government, and, in particular, localization. We would thoroughly support localizing drug laws. OOC: The listed budget is "broken" and has absolutely nothing to do with Sekowo's laws, except how we RP. It's based 100% on what we decide we're spending, and on what tax rates we choose to apply. This may or may not reflect our laws. |
| Date | 14:59:14, January 05, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Bill |
| Message | OOC: It even says that in big red letters doesn't it? |
| Date | 18:07:26, January 05, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Health and Safety Bill |
| Message | We only support two articles in this. Article 1; No. It's not the governments job to tell people what to do with their body. Article 2; We wont stand for this blatant stripping of rights. If a person wants to donate organs, they will eithe rhave stated so, and exactly what before, or you can ask them. Article 3; We'd support this as a seperate bill. Article 4; No. No. No. A quadrillion times No! People have a right to do what they want with their bodies, we refuse to allow some small conservative backwaters to be given the power to take that right away. Article 5; If it was included with something else we like, we'd vote for it. Article 6; We support this, perhaps make a bill with this and article 5. In the ned we are voting No. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 636 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 114 |
| Random fact: Hundreds of vessels were lost while traversing the cold waters of the Sea of Lost Souls. It is located between Seleya and Majatra. |
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