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Bill: SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sekowan Independent Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2599
Description[?]:
| With recent legislature passing, legalizing prostitution as a recognized profession, the SIP would like to offer forth laws regarding the new profession. By and large, this will follow common business laws, but will also define in more detail what sorts of regulation go into ensuring the safe operation of said business. Legislation: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=202160 Article 1 A) All Prostitutes must register their profession with the proper local and national government authorities. Article 2 A) All Prostitutes must submit to mandatory sexually transmitted disease (STD) screenings, with the amount of time between screenings not to exceed one month. B) Prostitutes who are found to carry an STD that is treatable must receive treatment immediately, and will have their license temporarily revoked (for the course of the treatment). ...i) At the end of the course of treatment, a new STD test will be administered to determine the prostitute's eligibility to return to work. C) Prostitutes who are found to carry an STD that is non-treatable, are eligible for disability benefits as with any worker who is rendered incapable of performing job-related duties by a job-related injury. Article 3 A) Prostitution that does not comply with the above articles will be considered operating a business with an invalid license, with the following punishments. ...i) A fine, at least $500 but not to exceed $2000 for each act of prostitution without a valid business license. ...ii) Possible jail time, to be decided by the courts in extreme cases of noncompliance only. Article 4 A) Prostitution will be covered by National Healthcare policies where available If unavailable... B) Prostitutes must maintain insurance that covers not only the prostitute(s), but also the clientle. ...i) Insurance claims and settlements should follow similar leisure/health services (chiropractors, massage therapists, etc) ...ii) Failure to maintain proper insurance is cause for temporary suspension of a business license, until proof of insurance can be provided. Article 5 A) The following documents must be kept within the place of business at all times, or in cases of traveling prostitute(s) must be carried with the prostitute(s): ...i) Valid Business License ...ii) Current STD Test Results ...iii) Current Proof of Insurance |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:00:07, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Thoughts, anything else you'd like to see, etc? I'll remove the OOC bits at the top and bottom before moving it to vote (to clear it up some). |
| Date | 20:19:35, June 27, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | I'd like to see the Insurance part gotten rid of since it will end up being covered by the National Healthcare system once I get it back. |
| Date | 20:27:15, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Adjust the bill to use personal insurance as a last resort, if national healthcare is not an option/available. I'm a huge fan of redundancy anyway, to be honest. |
| Date | 20:32:52, June 27, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Yeah, redundancy is a good thing. |
| Date | 20:43:55, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Updated now, any other adjustments? |
| Date | 21:14:55, June 27, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | I would say that the fines should be increased to a minumum of $100 and a maximum of $1,500, since that's mor ethe range that would actually be an influential amount. |
| Date | 01:48:06, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | I agree. A $20 fine isn't even a slap on the wrist. $1000..... May be getting there. I'm thinking even higher, personally. Not that I favor the idea of the bill in the slightest, but to make a difference at least |
| Date | 03:09:28, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Agree with AFFS on the fines. |
| Date | 04:42:57, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Fines adjusted. Wasn't sure where to put them, seeing as how prostitution services aren't counted in more than 3 digits (I should think). I mean, I don't know, maybe they do make several thousand a day? I don't know anything about the cost of it, really. |
| Date | 05:29:16, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | I have serious reservations against legal prostitution... actually, to be honest, it disgusts me. Call Girls and Prostitutes are two VERY seperate breeds, and prostitutes are filthy, disgusting creatures that pose risk to public health in so many way I can't even begin. The ones who have tried to push their services on me have been, to say the least, very aggressive in their "marketing". In short, "hookers" disgust me to no end. One of them even stepped out into traffic, while pregnant, to try and win a huge settlement! Endangering her unborn child for MONEY! Ugh. ::fumes:: But, yeah. If it's legal, then I just wanted to do some things that make it not a free-for-all. I had a long rant against it all written here, but upon re-reading my post it sounded really...angry. So, I cut it. ::shrug:: |
| Date | 05:32:16, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Moved bill to vote, after the above adjustments were all taken care of. If there are any other adjustments not previously mentioned, we could draft a new bill, but this should take care of all the desired adjustments. |
| Date | 05:55:40, June 28, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Yeah, the psychobitch hookers are'nt exactly my favourite group either, I mean I prefer (not sexually, I prefer guys) the classic lady of the night breed. |
| Date | 08:07:47, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | lol...I'm assuming those are the $2000 call girls I keep reading about in the papers, the ones all the politicians are sleeping with... Don't see many of them on the street corners, unfortunately. |
| Date | 09:07:14, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | CP opposes legalizing prostitution, however, given that the law does stand, we will support the legislature to make the law work. |
| Date | 09:31:31, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Same position as CP. |
| Date | 09:53:18, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Independent Party | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | Thank you for understanding that I'm aiming at making the law work, and not that I'm supporting the law... It's a difficult distinction, but a very important one (to me, anyhow). |
| Date | 17:53:23, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Anti-Federalists of Free Sekowo | To | Debating the SIP.2598.007 Regarding Prostitution as a Recognized Profession (Detail) |
| Message | I agree. It's painful, but if we are to tolerate evil, the least we can do is make it as tolerable as possible. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 600 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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