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Bill: Further freedoms act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democracy 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 3947
Description[?]:
| power to the people |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Proposed: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Current: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Proposed: The legality of medicinal cannabis is established by local governments.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: The funding of private schools is the responsibility of local governments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all government schools are obliged to follow; non-government schools are fully exempt
Proposed: There is no National Curriculum; curriculum policies for all schools are determined on a local level by local governments.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:36:05, December 01, 2015 CET | From |  Libertarian Socialist Confederation | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | Senators, The Anarchist Confederation opposes the legalization of for-profit charter schools. |
| Date | 15:49:02, December 01, 2015 CET | From | Revolutionary Zennyist Party | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | These pieces of legislation dealing with 3 entirely separate issues (in this one its Education policy, Enviroment policy, and Energy policy) are typically difficult to get behind and should be made into their own individual bills. Regardless, we will not be supporting this. Misleading title and massive potential harm to the state of Solentia's education and environment. |
| Date | 03:31:16, December 02, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | We would vote yes, but article 4 COMPLETELY eliminates freedom of speech. Also, we would like to ask how an anarchist party would support any sort of government regulation if they want to eliminate the government. Paul Howard, Prime Minister |
| Date | 21:54:51, December 02, 2015 CET | From | FFG Party | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | To which article is SFP referring to. I'm not quite sure |
| Date | 02:05:07, December 03, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | We meant article 6. |
| Date | 02:18:08, December 03, 2015 CET | From | FFG Party | To | Debating the Further freedoms act |
| Message | Article 6 is deinitely a stain |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 174 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 576 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." H. L. Mencken |