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Bill: Civil Liberties Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Liberal 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: April 3106
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: All citizens' DNA is recorded.
Current: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Proposed: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Current: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Proposed: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Current: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:06:53, April 14, 2011 CET | From |  Terran Union Party | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Act |
| Message | "The civil rights of Deltarian workers must be protected, their right to strike without reprisal is something we as a nation hold dear. We have fought too hard allow those cloaked in lies and fear to take our freedoms from us." - Thomas Lorincz |
| Date | 17:19:33, April 14, 2011 CET | From | Terran Union Party | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Act |
| Message | "Business must abide by some standards when it involves advertising to children. The Deltarian people have always protected their children and held them in the highest regard, and we always will. We will give them only the best education, and only the best influence. Parents need to know that the government is helping them in some small way to protect their children from harm." - Dr. Samuel Lewis Jones |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 372 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think." - Adolf Eichmann |