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Bill: SR 032: 2406 Platform 3303
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party of Solentia
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: March 3303
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Current: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military actively seeks to remove homosexuals from it.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation has an intelligence agency, but it is limited to counter-intelligence and surveillance of other countries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is allowed.
Proposed: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Current: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Proposed: The nation retains a part time, professional army, navy and air force as part of a reserve group.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Government law concerning the sales of recreational drugs.
Old value:: Sales of recreational drugs is completely unregulated.
Current: Sales of recreational drugs within the nation are prohibited by the law.
Proposed: Sales of recreational drugs within the nation are prohibited by the law.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are allowed and are unregulated.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards police presence.
Old value:: The police do not actively patrol public property.
Current: Presence of the police is left to the local governments.
Proposed: The police patrol public property at all times.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is free from regulation
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:44, May 12, 2012 CET | From |  Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the SR 032: 2406 Platform 3303 |
| Message | "The Unionists have some natural reservations but we appreciate that the merits of this bill far outweigh it's limits." Keir Georg Hollande. Unionist Vice-President (LL) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 150 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 275 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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