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Bill: Hodgepodge Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Bolshevik 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: August 2615
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption policy is to be established by local governments.
Current: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Proposed: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Current: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:16:18, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Sons of Liberty | To | Debating the Hodgepodge Reform Bill |
| Message | We'd prefer no intervention into adoption, but this is better than the previous. |
| Date | 03:44:18, August 02, 2008 CET | From | National Bolshevik Party | To | Debating the Hodgepodge Reform Bill |
| Message | Well obviously biological parents aren't screened for child abuse but since there is the infastructure in place to do so with adoption as there is paperwork/etc already it makes it easy to weed out undesireable candidates. |
| Date | 06:26:34, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Dranland First Party (CC) | To | Debating the Hodgepodge Reform Bill |
| Message | We oppose all three articles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
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