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Bill: Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Hutori
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3893
Description[?]:
| Article I.) Speaker of the House 1. The Speaker of the House will be an independent political entity elected from the two largest political parties at the request of Parliament. 2. It will be the job of the Speaker of the House to moderate debate within the House of Parliament. 3. Political parties throughout the debate process will address the Speaker themselves with the debate of Bills and pieces of legislation. 4. The Speaker will have the power to remove unruly Members of Parliament who disturb the decorum of the House. 5. The Speaker will announce MPs who are speaking by their Name, Representative Riding, and any Ministerial Positions, if any, they hold. Article II.) Question Period 1. All pieces of legislation brought before the House of Parliament will go through a period of Debate known as Question Period where the Opposition may voice their Opinions about the Bill, offer suggestions and ask questions, while the Government may use their period to voice their defence of their Bills and vice versa should the Bill be Opposition Proposed. 2.) Bills requiring a simple majority that have TWO or more articles, law will require no less then ONE (1) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 3.) Bills requiring an absolute majority of 50% +1 to become law will require no less then TWO (2) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 4.) Bills requiring a supermajority of 2/3 of Parliament to become law will require no less then THREE (3) months of debate before being brought before a vote. 5. Articles 2, 3 and 4 are exempted during any year that contains an election. 6. Political Parties are exempt from Article 2 and 3 until after their first Official Federal Election in which they successfully elected an MP 7.) Political Parties breaking these Procedures will be found in contempt of Parliament and will have their Bills struck from the record. Article III.) Forms of Address 1.) While in Parliament all Members of Parliament will speak to others with the proper conduct and Titles to respect the positions they have been entrusted with. 2.) Members of Parliament and the Speaker of the House will be addressed as "the Honourable". 3.) Members of the Cabinet including the Prime Minister will be addressed as the "Right Honourable" signifying their role as leadership within Parliament. 4.) Should under circumstances a Member of the Royal Family be presence they will be addressed by their Royal Honorific. 4a) The Monarch and Monarch's Consort will be addressed as Your Royal Majesty. 4b) The Heir Apparent will be addressed as Your Royal Highness 4c) Any other members of the direct Royal line will be address as Your Highness 5.) Members of the Hutorian Armed Forces will be addressed by their ranks. 6.) Directors or Deputy Directors or any Hutorian Government or Extra-Government Agency will be addressed by their Title. Article IV) Bill Passage & Repealing 1.) This Bill will require a 2/3 majority to pass and become law. 2.) Repealing of this Law will require a 2/3 majority voting in favour of it. Article I OOC/RP: Similar to the Canadian Speaker of the House. Has no political power or vote aside from moderating. All IC posts will need to begin with Mr. or Madam. Speaker depending on the gender, which will of course be up to its controlling Party. We will also sign all of our posts with the name of the MP speaking. If you'll notice I've signed all of mine with either the Minister or Critic. We want our parties to have a little more life to them. This will help encourage it by adding in the creation of character depth and seeing the various voices and faces of our party. Article II OOC/RP: So to summarize this is to allow, you know, actual debate about a given bill before its rushed to the floor. No bill goes up for debate and then immediately for a vote immediately upon creation. There NEEDS to be time for debate of at least a few hours RL time so that others can see it and voice their opinions. I am willing to be flexible with the times but I do wanna see AT LEAST a LITTLE debate before we start ramming that many Bills out for a vote, because that was just creating a headache. The point more then anything was to show simple bills take less time for debate then something as serious as a Constitutional Amendment which I feel NEEDS to be up for a debate for a significant amount of time to allow both sides to voice their arguments and opinions. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:16:24, August 15, 2015 CET | From |  Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill) |
| Message | OOC: I'm introducing this VERY shortly... does this renewed version look good to everyone? |
| Date | 20:33:41, August 15, 2015 CET | From | Hutori Republican Alliance | To | Debating the Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill) |
| Message | I still do not like the idea of officially restricting the time for bills to be debated as it makes it more difficult for parties that are just starting out. I think that since this bill was first introduced the users at large have been more reasonable with debate time and have added more rp elements to their comments in Parliament. Therefore I am not a fan of this bill. |
| Date | 20:46:50, August 15, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill) |
| Message | The only things that are restricted are Bills that have multiple Articles in it, Absolute Majorty Bills and Constitional Amendments.. all things I definitely believe need to be debated first... ESP Constitutional Amendments. However I will add in a Rider about "Visbility Bills" for new Parties so that they can introduce those type mass bills |
| Date | 17:43:13, August 16, 2015 CET | From | Hutori National Alliance | To | Debating the Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill) |
| Message | Ill back. |
| Date | 12:57:53, August 18, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill C-8: Renewed Parliamentary Procedure Act (RP Bill) |
| Message | Ooc: okay this is getting obscene... i guess i have to re-introduce a third tine |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 268 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 73 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 74 |
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