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Bill: Hwitceaster Treaty Ratification Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party
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 4585
Description[?]:
| A bill for an Act to bring national policies in line with the articles of the Hwitceaster Treaty. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Current: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:36:47, June 02, 2019 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the Hwitceaster Treaty Ratification Act |
| Message | The government has created the Hwitceaster Treaty (http://classic.particracy.net/viewtreaty.php?treatyid=4390) to ensure universal animal rights. To complete our nation’s ratification of the treaty, a change in national policies is required and this bill will bring those changes into law. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 219 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 171 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea." - Robert Anton Wilson |