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Bill: Major Reform pt. 1
Details
Submitted by[?]: Workers' United Front
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: July 4247
Description[?]:
| More country reforms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Cricket
Current: Kyz Kumai (Girl Chasing)
Proposed: Eagle Hunting
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is allowed.
Proposed: The use of land mines is allowed but restricted.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Current: Surrendering enemy combatants are summarily executed.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion policies are established by local governments
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Current: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Proposed: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donation is prohibited.
Current: The government enforces no regulation whatsoever.
Proposed: Organ donation is universal and compulsory.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: The sale of tobacco products is prohibited.
Current: The sale of tobacco products is regulated by local governments
Proposed: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 30
Current: 0
Proposed: 95
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 25
Current: 18
Proposed: 15
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Current: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: Pornography may not be produced in the nation.
Current: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Proposed: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Current: The decision is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Current: Judicial corporal punishment that causes permanent injury (eg. mutilation) is legal.
Proposed: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Article 20
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 21
Proposal[?] to change Public executions (if death penalty is legal).
Old value:: Executions are always carried out in public and/or broadcast on television.
Current: Executions may be carried out in public and/or be broadcast on television.
Proposed: Executions are always carried out in private; however, family members, the victim and the victim's relatives are allowed to be present.
Article 22
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government provides local governments with funding to operate higher educational institutions.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 23
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Current: The funding of private schools is the responsibility of local governments.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 24
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Current: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Article 25
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Article 26
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively removes or modifies cultural and historical heritage which are considered "inappropriate", or if public interest so requires.
Current: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Proposed: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Article 27
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Proposed: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Article 28
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Current: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Article 29
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Article 30
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Article 31
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Only licensed people may hunt endangered animals.
Current: The government enforces no regulations.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 32
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Current: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 33
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Current: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 34
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Article 35
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: The government has no position on this.
Current: The government has no position on this.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Article 36
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Current: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:49:40, July 25, 2017 CET | From |  Workers' United Front | To | Debating the Major Reform pt. 1 |
| Message | Hunting with an eagle instead or a weapon. Traditional Jelbek sport. |
| Date | 00:51:27, July 25, 2017 CET | From | Workers' United Front | To | Debating the Major Reform pt. 1 |
| Message | *of a wapon |
| Date | 21:01:07, July 25, 2017 CET | From | Workers' United Front | To | Debating the Major Reform pt. 1 |
| Message | *weapon Wow I'm bad at typing |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 250 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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