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Bill: Smoking Bill - 4277
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal, Socialist Party of Baltusia
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: July 4278
Description[?]:
Members of Congress, we would make smoking legal only in private homes, clubs and outdoors. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
Current: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Proposed: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 14:03:39, September 24, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian International Democratic Party | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Members of Congress, How very Liberal of the Liberal Party. Dr. Samantha Webster Leader of Forward! |
Date | 15:22:12, September 24, 2017 CET | From | Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Members of Congress, We support this as a step in the right direction. Richard Leonardo Congressional Leader of the Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia Secretary of State for Finance |
Date | 16:32:34, September 24, 2017 CET | From | United Democratic Party - Syndicalists | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Smoking is bad for people's health so should be discouraged I support this |
Date | 16:41:53, September 24, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian International Democratic Party | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Discouraged doesn't whatsoever equal branding one a criminal who chooses to smoke in a place of employment, even when the employer or owner is comfortable with them smoking. |
Date | 16:41:54, September 24, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian International Democratic Party | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Discouraged doesn't whatsoever equal branding one a criminal who chooses to smoke in a place of employment, even when the employer or owner is comfortable with them smoking. |
Date | 01:15:46, September 26, 2017 CET | From | Constitutionalist Alliance | To | Debating the Smoking Bill - 4277 |
Message | Rally Leader: What do we NOT want!?! Supporters: Big Government snooping in our cigarette boxes!!! Rally Leader: When do we want it!?! Supporters: NEVER! |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 239 | |||
no |
Total Seats: 361 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
Random quote: "Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone" - Kenneth Minogue |