NSG Senate Chamber [NSG Senate] - Version 3

[Senate President pro Tempore]

I am invoking Clause 3.5 of the Proper Procedure and Unacceptable Behavior Act to request you withdraw your statements as per the following request by the Senate Secretary:

This is not the place for debate, voting only.

This remains in force upon Senator Boris Johnson, a withdrawal will remain sufficient.

[Divitaen]

This bill has garnered enough co-sponsors to be added to the queue.

Duty to Retreat Act

An Act to mitigate gun violence by increasing the legal prerequisites of a claim of justifiable homicide with a legal duty to retreat and a criminalization of disproportionate use of force

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Order

Sponsors: The Nihilistic view [IP]; Polvia [RG]; Fulflood [NDP]; Costa Alegria [NDP]; Oneracon [RG]; Ainin [NDP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing that the Aurentine government must act swiftly to stem the spread of firearm violence throughout Aurentina,

Appalled that under current Aurentine law, individuals may claim justifiable homicide without first attempting to retreat to safer ground,

Believing that a continuation of the legal status quo incentivizes registered gun owners to utilize disproportionate force to perceived threats rather than confronting the situation diplomatically, sparing lives,

Hereby enacts the following law:

Article 1 - Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, "defendant" refers to an individual alleged to have inflicted fatal harm to another person and claims self-defense and justifiable homicide in a court of law,
2. For the purposes of this Act, "assailant" refers to an individual alleged to have attempted to assault aforementioned defendant and endured severe bodily harm inflicted by the defendant in alleged self-defense,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "deadly force" refers to an action that would inflict on another individual death or serious bodily harm,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "reasonable grounds" refers to a legal threshold of evidence required to conduct arrests or convict an individual as guilty of a specific charge or crime, based on rational inferences from specific, articulated facts, to be determined and arbitrated by the Aurentine Courts as established in the Judicial Act,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "duty to retreat" refers to a legal duty for a defendant to flee or attempt to flee, within reasonable grounds, from an assailant suspected of attempting to do the defendant harm, avoiding the use of deadly force until all other reasonable alternatives have been exhausted,
6. For the purposes of this Act, "disproportionate use of force" refers to an excessively, immoderate and unreasonable use of deadly force inflicted by the defendant upon the assailant under a circumstance where the deadly force inflicted on the assailant is wholly unnecessary to defend against possible and reasonably foreseeably attack by the assailant,
   
   Article 2 - Legal responsibility
7. A defendant who intends to inflict deadly force on an assailant may only do so after he has reasonably ascertained the following conditions:
   1. The assailant intends to inflict deadly force upon the defendant that may render substantial and severe bodily harm on the defendant;
   2. The defendant has fulfilled a legal duty to retreat and has attempted to flee from the area surrounding the assailant that would allow the assailant to assault to attack him or her to an area of safety whereby the assailant would be unable to inflict deadly force on the defendant, but is unable to do so without reasonable risk to the defendant's person;
   3. The defendant has attempted to alert the police to his predicament to prevent the assailant from inflicting deadly force upon the defendant, but is unable to do so without reasonable risk to the defendant's person;
   4. The defendant's intended action against the assailant will not represent a disproportionate use of force;
   
   Article 3 - Arrest and Temporary Confinement
8. A defendant may be arrested and temporarily detained by the Aurentine police for charges relating to the defendant's infliction of deadly force on the assailant if the police's arrest fits within the following conditions:
   
   1. There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the defendant is guilty of committing homicide and taking away the life of the assailant or inflicting severe bodily harm to the assailant, enough evidence to reach a sufficient threshold of probable cause, or a fair probability that evidence of the alleged crime will be found;
   2. There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the defendant used disproportionate force against the assailant or did not attempt to reasonably flee to an area of safety, prematurely resorting to inflicting deadly force on the assailant, evidence that fulfills the threshold of probable cause as defined in the aforementioned sub-clause;
   3. The police department that arrests the defendant has obtained an arrest warrant against the defendant from the Ministry of Justice as stated in the Judicial Act and Law and Order Improvement Act;
   4. The Prosecution Office conducting a preliminary examination of evidence, under the Judicial Act, has found sufficient evidence to justify bringing the case before an Aurentine court of law, with the relevant charges being brought against the defendant as specified in the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
   
   Article 4 - Burden of defense under justifiable homicide
9. Under the circumstances that the defendant pleads not guilty by way of self-defense and justifiable homicide, the defense is required to present evidence before the court relating to the following points of law:
   1. The defendant acted, reasonably within the boundaries of rational capacity, to fulfill a legal duty to retreat from the assailant to a safer area, or attempted to alert the police of the assailant's actions, but was prevented from doing so as taking such actions would be at great risk to the defendant's person;
   2. The assailant gave off signs, via his or her wear or actions, that could have reasonably caused the defendant to suspect that the assailant intended to inflict deadly force and harm on the defendant, for instance as the assailant was carrying a loaded firearm;
   3. The defendant, within reasonable grounds, acted to avoid deadly conflict with the assailant and used deadly force as a last resort, within a range of reasonable alternatives, as determined by the court;
10. If the defendant used a firearm, bladed weapon or explosive to inflict deadly force on the assailant, the defendant must provide evidence that:
    1. The weapon used to inflict deadly force on the assailant complies with Aurentine firearm regulations, such as the Sensible Firearms Act, the Improved Firearms Safety and Licensing Act and the Firearms Licensing and Reasonable Restrictions Act, and that the defendant had a permit to carry the weapon in question at the scene of the crime;
    2. The defendant used the weapon on the assailant as a result of a lack of rational and reasonable alternatives to avoid violence with the assailant;
    3. The defendant's infliction of deadly force against the assailant did not represent a disproportionate use of force, as could be reasonably deduced by the defendant, meaning that the defendant did not fire upon an assailant who could not reasonably have responded in that manner, such as shooting a clearly unarmed suspected thief or trespasser;
11. Clarifies that the provisions of Article 4 of this Act do not in anyway shift the burden of proof to provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to the defense counsel, but merely requires defense counsel to answer these points of fact and provide evidence before a judicial inquiry regarding these points of fact, and thus defense counsel is not allowed to argue that the defendant did not need to have attempted to retreat from the assailant to a safe area, and the burden remains on the prosecution to provide evidence that the defendant's actions do not qualify under justifiable homicide beyond a reasonable doubt,
    
    Article 5 - Burden of proof of prosecuting counsel
12. Prosecuting counsel, in order to secure conviction of the defendant, is required to provide compelling evidence proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant was guilty of inflicting deadly force and grievous bodily harm on the assailant and, in the case when the defendant pleads not guilty by way of self-defense and justifiable homicide, must prove convincingly, beyond a reasonable doubt, all of these points of fact:
    1. The defendant did not fulfill his legal obligation to retreat from the assailant and failed to attempt to call the police within reasonable grounds;
    2. The assailant committed no action and had nothing on his or her person that could reasonably suggest to the defendant that he or she intended to inflict deadly force on the defendant, such as an assailant that did not enter the defendant's private property, in a case of breaking and entering, or was completely unarmed;
    3. The defendant's actions and employment of deadly force against the assailant represented a disproportionate use of force, and the use of deadly force of the extent employed by the defendant was an excessive and unnecessary means of defense, such as using a firearm against an unarmed assailant;
13. Clarifies that under the circumstance that prosecuting counsel is unable to provide compelling evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, all of the points of fact listed above, such as providing only circumstantial evidence alone without corroborating witness testimony or forensic evidence, then the Aurentine courts of law shall find the defendant innocent of the charges levied by the prosecuting counsel,
    
    Article 6 - Exceptions and clarifications
14. Decides that no Aurentine court of law shall consider, as an acceptable explanation by any defense counsel pleading not guilty by reason of justifiable homicide and self-defense the legal defense that a defendant has a right to use any degree of deadly force and infliction of grievous bodily harm, such as with a deadly firearm, in order to expel the assailant from his or her private property, by whatever means necessary,
15. Clarifies that the provisions of this Act do not apply to the following parties:
    1. Police force of Aurentina, as they are not required to retreat from armed and dangerous criminals and use of disproportionate force against criminals will be dealt with under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act, and not under this Act;
    2. The military of Aurentina, as the military is not required to retreat when attacked by terrorist, extremist militant organizations or when under attack by a foreign military force;

[Senate President pro Tempore]

This bill has garnered enough co-sponsors to be added to the queue.

Duty to Retreat Act

An Act to mitigate gun violence by increasing the legal prerequisites of a claim of justifiable homicide with a legal duty to retreat and a criminalization of disproportionate use of force

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Order

Sponsors: The Nihilistic view [IP]; Polvia [RG]; Fulflood [NDP]; Costa Alegria [NDP]; Oneracon [RG]; Ainin [NDP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing that the Aurentine government must act swiftly to stem the spread of firearm violence throughout Aurentina,

Appalled that under current Aurentine law, individuals may claim justifiable homicide without first attempting to retreat to safer ground,

Believing that a continuation of the legal status quo incentivizes registered gun owners to utilize disproportionate force to perceived threats rather than confronting the situation diplomatically, sparing lives,

Hereby enacts the following law:

Article 1 - Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, "defendant" refers to an individual alleged to have inflicted fatal harm to another person and claims self-defense and justifiable homicide in a court of law,
2. For the purposes of this Act, "assailant" refers to an individual alleged to have attempted to assault aforementioned defendant and endured severe bodily harm inflicted by the defendant in alleged self-defense,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "deadly force" refers to an action that would inflict on another individual death or serious bodily harm,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "reasonable grounds" refers to a legal threshold of evidence required to conduct arrests or convict an individual as guilty of a specific charge or crime, based on rational inferences from specific, articulated facts, to be determined and arbitrated by the Aurentine Courts as established in the Judicial Act,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "duty to retreat" refers to a legal duty for a defendant to flee or attempt to flee, within reasonable grounds, from an assailant suspected of attempting to do the defendant harm, avoiding the use of deadly force until all other reasonable alternatives have been exhausted,
6. For the purposes of this Act, "disproportionate use of force" refers to an excessively, immoderate and unreasonable use of deadly force inflicted by the defendant upon the assailant under a circumstance where the deadly force inflicted on the assailant is wholly unnecessary to defend against possible and reasonably foreseeably attack by the assailant,
   
   Article 2 - Legal responsibility
7. A defendant who intends to inflict deadly force on an assailant may only do so after he has reasonably ascertained the following conditions:
   1. The assailant intends to inflict deadly force upon the defendant that may render substantial and severe bodily harm on the defendant;
   2. The defendant has fulfilled a legal duty to retreat and has attempted to flee from the area surrounding the assailant that would allow the assailant to assault to attack him or her to an area of safety whereby the assailant would be unable to inflict deadly force on the defendant, but is unable to do so without reasonable risk to the defendant's person;
   3. The defendant has attempted to alert the police to his predicament to prevent the assailant from inflicting deadly force upon the defendant, but is unable to do so without reasonable risk to the defendant's person;
   4. The defendant's intended action against the assailant will not represent a disproportionate use of force;
   
   Article 3 - Arrest and Temporary Confinement
8. A defendant may be arrested and temporarily detained by the Aurentine police for charges relating to the defendant's infliction of deadly force on the assailant if the police's arrest fits within the following conditions:
   
   1. There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the defendant is guilty of committing homicide and taking away the life of the assailant or inflicting severe bodily harm to the assailant, enough evidence to reach a sufficient threshold of probable cause, or a fair probability that evidence of the alleged crime will be found;
   2. There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the defendant used disproportionate force against the assailant or did not attempt to reasonably flee to an area of safety, prematurely resorting to inflicting deadly force on the assailant, evidence that fulfills the threshold of probable cause as defined in the aforementioned sub-clause;
   3. The police department that arrests the defendant has obtained an arrest warrant against the defendant from the Ministry of Justice as stated in the Judicial Act and Law and Order Improvement Act;
   4. The Prosecution Office conducting a preliminary examination of evidence, under the Judicial Act, has found sufficient evidence to justify bringing the case before an Aurentine court of law, with the relevant charges being brought against the defendant as specified in the Criminal Code of the Aurentine Commonwealth;
   
   Article 4 - Burden of defense under justifiable homicide
9. Under the circumstances that the defendant pleads not guilty by way of self-defense and justifiable homicide, the defense is required to present evidence before the court relating to the following points of law:
   1. The defendant acted, reasonably within the boundaries of rational capacity, to fulfill a legal duty to retreat from the assailant to a safer area, or attempted to alert the police of the assailant's actions, but was prevented from doing so as taking such actions would be at great risk to the defendant's person;
   2. The assailant gave off signs, via his or her wear or actions, that could have reasonably caused the defendant to suspect that the assailant intended to inflict deadly force and harm on the defendant, for instance as the assailant was carrying a loaded firearm;
   3. The defendant, within reasonable grounds, acted to avoid deadly conflict with the assailant and used deadly force as a last resort, within a range of reasonable alternatives, as determined by the court;
10. If the defendant used a firearm, bladed weapon or explosive to inflict deadly force on the assailant, the defendant must provide evidence that:
    1. The weapon used to inflict deadly force on the assailant complies with Aurentine firearm regulations, such as the Sensible Firearms Act, the Improved Firearms Safety and Licensing Act and the Firearms Licensing and Reasonable Restrictions Act, and that the defendant had a permit to carry the weapon in question at the scene of the crime;
    2. The defendant used the weapon on the assailant as a result of a lack of rational and reasonable alternatives to avoid violence with the assailant;
    3. The defendant's infliction of deadly force against the assailant did not represent a disproportionate use of force, as could be reasonably deduced by the defendant, meaning that the defendant did not fire upon an assailant who could not reasonably have responded in that manner, such as shooting a clearly unarmed suspected thief or trespasser;
11. Clarifies that the provisions of Article 4 of this Act do not in anyway shift the burden of proof to provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to the defense counsel, but merely requires defense counsel to answer these points of fact and provide evidence before a judicial inquiry regarding these points of fact, and thus defense counsel is not allowed to argue that the defendant did not need to have attempted to retreat from the assailant to a safe area, and the burden remains on the prosecution to provide evidence that the defendant's actions do not qualify under justifiable homicide beyond a reasonable doubt,
    
    Article 5 - Burden of proof of prosecuting counsel
12. Prosecuting counsel, in order to secure conviction of the defendant, is required to provide compelling evidence proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant was guilty of inflicting deadly force and grievous bodily harm on the assailant and, in the case when the defendant pleads not guilty by way of self-defense and justifiable homicide, must prove convincingly, beyond a reasonable doubt, all of these points of fact:
    1. The defendant did not fulfill his legal obligation to retreat from the assailant and failed to attempt to call the police within reasonable grounds;
    2. The assailant committed no action and had nothing on his or her person that could reasonably suggest to the defendant that he or she intended to inflict deadly force on the defendant, such as an assailant that did not enter the defendant's private property, in a case of breaking and entering, or was completely unarmed;
    3. The defendant's actions and employment of deadly force against the assailant represented a disproportionate use of force, and the use of deadly force of the extent employed by the defendant was an excessive and unnecessary means of defense, such as using a firearm against an unarmed assailant;
13. Clarifies that under the circumstance that prosecuting counsel is unable to provide compelling evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, all of the points of fact listed above, such as providing only circumstantial evidence alone without corroborating witness testimony or forensic evidence, then the Aurentine courts of law shall find the defendant innocent of the charges levied by the prosecuting counsel,
    
    Article 6 - Exceptions and clarifications
14. Decides that no Aurentine court of law shall consider, as an acceptable explanation by any defense counsel pleading not guilty by reason of justifiable homicide and self-defense the legal defense that a defendant has a right to use any degree of deadly force and infliction of grievous bodily harm, such as with a deadly firearm, in order to expel the assailant from his or her private property, by whatever means necessary,
15. Clarifies that the provisions of this Act do not apply to the following parties:
    1. Police force of Aurentina, as they are not required to retreat from armed and dangerous criminals and use of disproportionate force against criminals will be dealt with under the Policing and Law Enforcement Act, and not under this Act;
    2. The military of Aurentina, as the military is not required to retreat when attacked by terrorist, extremist militant organizations or when under attack by a foreign military force;

It has been added

[Next Washington]

I would like to add this to the queue:

Family Incentives Act

Urgency: Moderate|Category: Domestics and Development|Co-Sponsors: Tundland, Britanno, Lamaredia, NEO Rome Republic, Divitaen

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Foreword
Every modern civilization relies on enough young people who support the older ones, directly by caring about them, or indirectly, by taxes. But nowadays we see that the age pyramid changes dramatically: The old people are getting more and more, while there are areas where people have an average child number at or below 1. That means, this one child has to (partially) pay for three people in the future (parents + itself). Now, this quote is about 1/1, meaning one tax-paying person indirectly cares for another one (a retired person, student, child, ...).
In the short term this quote must be stopped from raising, in the long term even lowered. Therefore the Aurentina government shall provide special incentives, directly and indirectly, for families. Thereby the number of children will rise and the quote will lower.

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I. In the following, "family" is defined as a minumum of two people who have one or more child(ren) of which they are fully responsible.
"Parents" is defined as the people, regardless of their sex, who are registered legal guardians of the child(ren).

II. Families shall be granted the following direct incentives:
a. A direct money transfer from the government to the parents each month. This payment shall be 100 NSG$(our currency?) per child between 0 and 18 years per month. If the child is between 18 and 24 years old, this payment shall be 50 NSG$ per child and per month.
b. This amount of money must only be paid if the residence of the child is the same as the residence of the parents.
c. Both parents must receive the offer of 5% more free days from their employers.
d. Direct incentives end when the child reaches the age of 25 years.

III. Families shall be granted the following indirect incentives:
a. One of the parents shall be allowed to lower his fiscal relevant income by 500 NGS$ per child and per year.
b. This reduction may only happen if the residence of the child is the same as the residence of the parents.
c. This reduction may only happen until the child reaches the age of 25 years.

IV. IV. Single families, meaning one or more of the partners left the partnership by cancelling the relationship or death resulting in only one person remaining as the child(ren)'s legal guardian must receive the following treatment:
a. The incentives mentioned in II.a. and II.c. must be doubled. The age limits stay the same.
b. The reduction mentioned in III.a. must be doubled. The age limit mentioned in III.c. must remain the same.
c. II.b. and III.b. also apply for single families.
d. II.d. also applies for single families.

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Epilogue
This law will successfully increase birth rates as families and those who want to found a family are supported by the government. The government grants parents the possibility of incentives for both raising their children easier and actively influencing their own future as they, when they are retired, will have an easier life due to increased workforce.

btw: do i need 4 or 5 sponsors? in the faq-thread it says 4 and 5..

[Battlion]

I would like to add this to the queue:

Family Incentives Act

Urgency: Moderate|Category: Domestics and Development|Co-Sponsors: Tundland, Britanno, Lamaredia, NEO Rome Republic, Divitaen

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Foreword
Every modern civilization relies on enough young people who support the older ones, directly by caring about them, or indirectly, by taxes. But nowadays we see that the age pyramid changes dramatically: The old people are getting more and more, while there are areas where people have an average child number at or below 1. That means, this one child has to (partially) pay for three people in the future (parents + itself). Now, this quote is about 1/1, meaning one tax-paying person indirectly cares for another one (a retired person, student, child, ...).
In the short term this quote must be stopped from raising, in the long term even lowered. Therefore the Aurentina government shall provide special incentives, directly and indirectly, for families. Thereby the number of children will rise and the quote will lower.

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I. In the following, "family" is defined as a minumum of two people who have one or more child(ren) of which they are fully responsible.
"Parents" is defined as the people, regardless of their sex, who are registered legal guardians of the child(ren).

II. Families shall be granted the following direct incentives:
a. A direct money transfer from the government to the parents each month. This payment shall be 100 NSG$(our currency?) per child between 0 and 18 years per month. If the child is between 18 and 24 years old, this payment shall be 50 NSG$ per child and per month.
b. This amount of money must only be paid if the residence of the child is the same as the residence of the parents.
c. Both parents must receive the offer of 5% more free days from their employers.
d. Direct incentives end when the child reaches the age of 25 years.

III. Families shall be granted the following indirect incentives:
a. One of the parents shall be allowed to lower his fiscal relevant income by 500 NGS$ per child and per year.
b. This reduction may only happen if the residence of the child is the same as the residence of the parents.
c. This reduction may only happen until the child reaches the age of 25 years.

IV. IV. Single families, meaning one or more of the partners left the partnership by cancelling the relationship or death resulting in only one person remaining as the child(ren)'s legal guardian must receive the following treatment:
a. The incentives mentioned in II.a. and II.c. must be doubled. The age limits stay the same.
b. The reduction mentioned in III.a. must be doubled. The age limit mentioned in III.c. must remain the same.
c. II.b. and III.b. also apply for single families.
d. II.d. also applies for single families.

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Epilogue
This law will successfully increase birth rates as families and those who want to found a family are supported by the government. The government grants parents the possibility of incentives for both raising their children easier and actively influencing their own future as they, when they are retired, will have an easier life due to increased workforce.

btw: do i need 4 or 5 sponsors? in the faq-thread it says 4 and 5..

You require 5, however the author counts as a sponsor so it's 4 other sponsors.

I'll add it straight away

[Next Washington]

Then I'd like to submit this to the queue too:

Child Protection Act

Urgency: Moderate|Category: Domestics and Development|Co-Sponsors: NEO Rome Republic, Britanno, Lamaredia, Divitaen

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Foreword
Children in Aurentina are already granted their rights by the (International Law Act). Also the children's rights for education were settled by the Public Education Act. But there is currently no control of the government concerning the adherence of this law. Therefore Aurentina shall develop a Child and Youth Protection Agency. This agency shall actively control the children's living standards and also have the authority to punish parents who infringe the upper mentioned laws.

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I. In the following, "child" is defined as a person with an age between 0 and 10 years. "Youth" and "youngster" refers to persons between 10 and 18 years. Also, the Child and Youth Protection Agency is referred to as "CAYPA".

II. This law is valid for children and youngsters.

III. The goverment must found the CAYPA.
a. This agency must be contactable by every child and youngster. Information how to contact is shall be visible in schools and public buildings.
b. This agency must be contacted by persons whose profession is dedicated to the well-being of children and youngsters when they think parents infrige the Public Education Act or the International Law Act. This include all public personnel as well as doctors and psychiatrists.

IV. Parents who actively act against the previous mentioned laws must receive punishment settled by a court.
a. Parents who for the first time, according to the court, neglect their parental duties, shall receive special treatment and observation by the CAYPA.
b. Parents who receive three punishments from the court, not regarding whether the reasons behind are related to children and youngsters or not, will be forced to hand over all their children to the CAYPA.
c. Parents who violently abuse one or more child or youngster shall, in addition to the loss of their children to the CAYPA, receive extra punishment in the form of imprisonment.
d. Parents who sexually abuse one or more child or youngster shall, in addition to the loss of their children to the CAYPA, receive the highest punishment setable by the court.

V. Children and youngsters who have been taken away from their family by the CAYPA shall receive special treatment.
a. Those children and youngsters shall receive special psychological treatment.
b. Those children and youngsters shall be handed over to a foster family specially chosen by the CAYPA.
c. Those foster families shall be granted the rights mentioned in the Family Incentives Act.

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Epilogue
The well-being of children and youngster, as they are seen as less powerful than adults, must be granted in everyy civilized society. Aurentina must care about its next generation.

[Battlion]

Debate has begun on Misc B and will last 72 hours...

Miscellaneous
To deal with issues that do not fit under any other category provided

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Section B
- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
- State Funerals Act
- Senate Salaries Act
- Republican Executive Act II
- Birthright Citizenship Act
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act
- February 29th Birth Standardization

Just in case it was missed

[Britanno]

Any one got any questions about my bills (salaries and funerals)?

[Divitaen]

Debate has begun on Misc B and will last 72 hours...

Miscellaneous
To deal with issues that do not fit under any other category provided

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Section B
- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
- State Funerals Act
- Senate Salaries Act
- Republican Executive Act II
- Birthright Citizenship Act
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act
- February 29th Birth Standardization

Just in case it was missed

Actually, the only question I have is if there is any link to the profile of Joseph Kourie. There was a period of time when I wasn't active and it'd be nice to know who he is and what he did before I vote on it.

[Divitaen]

Nevermind, I read the newspaper article on Kourie's death at the hands of the mafia, and I read his profile. Definitely voting for.

[Belmaria]

I support all bills currently being debated... that's a shock.

[Lamaredia]

I support all bills currently being debated... that's a shock.

Yeah, haven't you been opposed to all of the bills in the last two or three votes?

[Maryginia]

What specifically is the Second REA changing?

[Battlion]

What specifically is the Second REA changing?

Nothing, just plagiarises the first bill and all it's amendments

[Lamaredia]

What specifically is the Second REA changing?

Nothing, just plagiarises the first bill and all it's amendments

Not the part that I wrote FYI. I wrote the thing about presidential recalls. (Or whatever it is called, I wrote that part so long ago that I can't remember it.)

[Maryginia]

What specifically is the Second REA changing?

Nothing, just plagiarises the first bill and all it's amendments

So this is even allowed to go to vote why?

[Ainin]

Nothing, just plagiarises the first bill and all it's amendments

Not the part that I wrote FYI. I wrote the thing about presidential recalls. (Or whatever it is called, I wrote that part so long ago that I can't remember it.)

The part that Jefferson Smith wrote is basically a huge copypasta of the REA.

[Battlion]

Nothing, just plagiarises the first bill and all it's amendments

So this is even allowed to go to vote why?

Because unfortunately it does contain what Laramedia spoke of, although I'm not sure I have the power to refute bills because of plagiarism but it was added long before I became Secretary of the Senate.

[Lamaredia]

So this is even allowed to go to vote why?

Because unfortunately it does contain what Laramedia spoke of, although I'm not sure I have the power to refute bills because of plagiarism but it was added long before I became Secretary of the Senate.

I could probably recall it considering that I am listed as an author, but then I would need an incentive to do so. We really need the part about recall elections, especially after Guy Britanno's disastrous term and behavior.

[Venaleria]

The vote has officially started on Miscellaneous Section B. Please cast your votes accordingly.

Just a quick reminder of no discussion whatsoever throughout the voting period unless it is an urgent, logistical point. Otherwise, go to the lobby.

[Ainin]

AYE
Birthright Citizenship Act
The Aurentine Postal Service Act
February 29th Birth Standardization
Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
State Funerals Act
Senate Salaries Act

NAY
Republican Executive Act II

[Oneracon]

JKMPE: Yea
SFA: Yea
SSA: Abstain
REA2: Abstain
BCA: Yea
APSA: Yea
F29BS: Yea

[Maklohi Vai]

OOC: Stealing Ainin's form because I have nearly all the same positions and I'm lazy.

AYE
The Aurentine Postal Service Act
February 29th Birth Standardization
Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
State Funerals Act
Senate Salaries Act

NAY
Republican Executive Act II

ABSTAIN
Birthright Citizenship Act

[Dangelia]

JKMPE: Yea
SFA: Yea
SSA: Yea
REA2: Yea
BCA: Yea
APSA: Abstain
F29BS: Yea

[Quebec and Atlantic Canada]

AYE to all at vote.