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Bill: Civil reform act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ultrackian Communist 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: November 4412
Description[?]:
| We shall reform |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 16
Current: 18
Proposed: 21
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Current: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government requires that all source be opened.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding bestiality (performing sexual acts with animals).
Old value:: Bestiality is illegal.
Current: Bestiality is illegal.
Proposed: Bestiality is only legal if it causes no damage to the animals concerned.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Current: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on inheritance
Old value:: There are no regulated inheritance laws, inheritance is only regulated by the will of deceased.
Current: There are no regulated inheritance laws, inheritance is only regulated by the will of deceased.
Proposed: There is a regulated inheritance law, private regulation of inheritance is allowed but also regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:59:20, June 21, 2018 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: Please no omnibus bills. It doesn't foster good RP, player relations and it doesn't benefit anyone except maybe the one proposing it. |
| Date | 18:17:09, June 21, 2018 CET | From | New Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: I'm okay with omnibus bills. I think it adds colour to the game and forces hard (and fun) choices. Do I vote for this bill knowing that it will allow bestiality? Or do I vote against it knowing that will mean my party is on the record voting against free higher education and a national system of libraries?! I think it is great fun! |
| Date | 18:21:34, June 21, 2018 CET | From | Ultrackian Communist Party | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: that’s why I am proposing it, it helps me and it’s easier to do than 12 normal bills. Why do you care so much about RP, in my mind RP is a secondary aspect to the game that you can manipulate to get what you want, the main game being a political simulator |
| Date | 18:26:16, June 21, 2018 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: As a general rule, omnibus bills are frowned upon. Unless you're a new party trying to establish an agenda. |
| Date | 18:34:28, June 21, 2018 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: Yeah I am very well aware as to why you're proposing the bill. It also doesn't really help you that much, because bills that don't pass don't help you that much and at times can actually hurt your party. This game is actually very bare bones without debate and RP. So to make things more enjoyable many of us long time players engage in very active RP. |
| Date | 02:27:41, June 22, 2018 CET | From |  Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: as a general rule, especially here in Hutori, unless its marked a s a visibility bill, Omnibus Bills are always frowned upon by the community... mostly because of the stigma of being forced to vote against something we might agree with and its seen as a stealth legislation or rider. |
| Date | 01:58:37, June 23, 2018 CET | From | New Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: Relatively new here - isn't that part of the fun? Politics isn't pure. All the single action bills that are filed have just given more votes to certain parties. Since I've been here, every party has been part of government at least once except for USPH because none of the rest of us vote for that person's agenda. How is the USPH ever supposed to get into government unless they force people to take votes that could hurt them electorally? I get why people don't like omnibus bills, but I see no reason why a player who (for RP purposes picks an unpopular manifesto and thus) never gets into government shouldn't introduce omnibus bills if it'll help him/her/them win elections and make policy. |
| Date | 02:05:30, June 23, 2018 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Civil reform act |
| Message | OOC: Its a long tradition when Omnibus Bill's were commonplace... it's because of the bare bones we couldn't add in RP regulation so certain Bill's were easier to swallow. When you introduce an Omnibus like this without RP regulations and riders the Bill's become blanket and have backlash from the ruling government and most other parties |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 256 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
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