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Bill: Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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 2193
Description[?]:
| A bill that does what it says. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 3
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 ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:27:36, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 17:43:00, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference |
| Message | Anyone else? |
| Date | 19:07:39, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference |
| Message | artical 2 + 3 ok artical 1 no |
| Date | 21:12:56, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference |
| Message | Perhaps you should look up the meaning of the word "unhindered." |
| Date | 13:01:19, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Freedom to keep pets, unhindered by government interference |
| Message | This frees the people to keep "normal" pets without registering them. It's only when those pets are dangerous that the government should step in. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 156 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 374 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 220 |
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