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Bill: Health Policy Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Progressive 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: December 4047
Description[?]:
| An act to amend Luthori's Health Policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 3
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 introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:12:49, June 21, 2016 CET | From | Freeborn Luthorians/Freeborn Coalition | To | Debating the Health Policy Reform Act |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker" "It's very important we enforce health and safety on industry, the big companies will scrape by with the worst health and safety standards, if it wasn't for the LPU's Unions." James Huston LPU Leader |
| Date | 23:55:28, June 21, 2016 CET | From | Luthori Progressive Party | To | Debating the Health Policy Reform Act |
| Message | This act does not eliminate health and safety standards. It simply shifts the relevant jurisdiction from national to local, so that local governments are empowered to adapt these standards to local needs. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 116 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 388 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 161 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Seventy-seven percent of anti-abortion leaders are men. 100% of them will never be pregnant." - Planned Parenthood advertisement |