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Bill: Devolution Act 3997
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist Party of Rutania
Status[?]: passed
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: September 3997
Description[?]:
An act to devolve powers to the states |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of advertising of substances classified as addictive and harmful (if general advertising by companies is permitted and sale of the addictive/harmful products is allowed).
Old value:: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Current: Advertising is restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.
Proposed: Policy on advertising is determined by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Current: The legality of medicinal cannabis is established by local governments.
Proposed: The legality of medicinal cannabis is established by local governments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Whaling is illegal.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Local governments decide about whaling.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:34:38, March 12, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Devolution Act 3997 |
Message | OOC: 2016? lol |
Date | 17:36:14, March 12, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Devolution Act 3997 |
Message | OOC: The democratic SOCIALIST party is going for a federalist AND small-government platform in a desperate bid to win more votes... because devolution and small-government are key tenets of democratic socialism. |
Date | 00:47:26, March 13, 2016 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Devolution Act 3997 |
Message | Mr. Speaker, We're getting more surprised by the Democratic Socialist Party everyday, it's almost like they are reading Hayek and other libertarian philosophers. However I do encourage them to continue, I also warn them not to stab the voters in the back after they are elected into office. Trevor Roberts, Deputy leader LP Representative Bozarland |
Date | 12:24:33, March 13, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Devolution Act 3997 |
Message | OOC: They're taking a federalist-libertarian position pre-election hoping they'll take votes from the libertarians and gain seats. The funny thing is, even if they do make gains, if they try to implement socialist policies after the next election they'll get ripped apart by the electorate in the following election. This is just desperate short-termism from the DSPR, and its guaranteed to backfire. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 296 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 204 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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