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Bill: Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party
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: January 2779
Description[?]:
| To reform our laws |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: Contraceptives are banned for religious reasons.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:50:23, June 28, 2009 CET | From | Social Justice Collective | To | Debating the Reform Act |
| Message | OOC: What happens in a tie? Is it defeated? |
| Date | 08:03:34, June 29, 2009 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Reform Act |
| Message | OOC: It is defeated as it does NOT receive more yes votes than no votes: "It requires more yes votes than no votes". |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose." - Ayn Rand |