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Bill: Gross National Happiness 2.0 / Part II - Media / NAP-EL / MfP
Details
Submitted by[?]: Movement for Percyism
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: July 3831
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, I would like to introduce you to Gross National Happiness 2.0 for our Media. An old bill proposed by my grandfather and former President Donald Miller. Alexander Miller Faction Leader |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:38:49, January 05, 2015 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Gross National Happiness 2.0 / Part II - Media / NAP-EL / MfP |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, My party does not support the proposed change to the the time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television, but we support the other articles as they are now. -- Andre Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
| Date | 04:32:48, April 15, 2015 CET | From | FJS Freedom, Justice, Sustainability | To | Debating the Gross National Happiness 2.0 / Part II - Media / NAP-EL / MfP |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We cannot support this clamp down on free speech and freedom of the press. Amanda Greentree FJS Chair |
| Date | 15:52:31, April 15, 2015 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Gross National Happiness 2.0 / Part II - Media / NAP-EL / MfP |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Freedom of the private press is bourgeois nonsense. Free speech can exist if the media is state-owned. The GNRG's only problem with this bill is the article on nudity. -- Trevor Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 210 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 261 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 128 |
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