NSG Senate Chamber [NSG Senate] - Version 3

[Britanno]

Official Vote Count

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Office of Privacy Protection Act
Aye: 20
Nay: 6
Abstain: 1

Secular State Act II
Aye: 19
Nay: 7
Abstain: 1

First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act
Aye: 13
Nay: 12
Abstain: 2

Anti-Loopholes Act
Aye: 23
Nay: 2
Abstain: 2

[Windport]

- Office of Privacy Protection Act Aye
- Secular State Act II Nay
- First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act Aye
-Anti-Loopholes Act Aye

[Zurkerx]

Office of Privacy Protection Act- Aye
Secular State Act II- Aye
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act- Abstain
Anti-Loopholes Act- Aye

[Next Washington]

I would like to submit this to the queue:

Continuing Resolution Act

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Urgency: Extremely High |Category: Business and Finance |Sponsors: Beta Test, NEO Rome Republic, Belmaria, Windport

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Foreword
This proposal shall introduce the creation of Continuing Resolutions (in the following "CR").
The intention of this proposal is to keep the feelings of anger and unsureness among the Aurentinian people as low as possible.

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I.A Continuing Resolution shall be defined as:
a.Continuing Resoultions shall be passed when the fiscal period of the Aurentinan government is over and no budget is passed for the following period.
b.The CR shall grant the payment of chosen governmental liabilities until the new budget is passed.

II.The CR shall continue the payment of the following governmental liabilities:
a.Payment of governmental employees
b.Payment of national debt
c.Payment of interest rates of national debt
d.Payment of governmental consum
e.Payment of governmental organisations, insitutes and infrastructure

III.All payments should be funded by the National Bank of the Aurentine Commonwealth.

IV.The CR shall be activated automatically:
a.The Minister of Finance must announce the activation of the CR on the first day of the new fisal period, when there is no budget set for this period.
b.The Minister of Finance must control the amount of money spended and choose the departments/programs/liabilities that are paid for with this money.

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Epilogue
This proposals shall grant all-time governmental funding for chosen parts of the governments liabilities. Even if the senate has not agreed on a budget the nation shall remain stable, the natural and juridically persons that regularly due to legal agreements receive government payment shall receive their payments and all shareholders of the government shall retain their trust into Aurtentina and its government.

[The Free Republic of Akan]

AYE
Office of Privacy Protection Act
Secular State Act II
Anti-Loopholes Act

NAY
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act

[Phocidaea]

Is the vote still going? If so, AYE to all.

[Britanno]

Official Vote Count

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Office of Privacy Protection Act
Aye: 24
Nay: 6
Abstain: 1

Secular State Act II
Aye: 22
Nay: 8
Abstain: 1

First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act
Aye: 15
Nay: 13
Abstain: 3

Anti-Loopholes Act
Aye: 27
Nay: 2
Abstain: 2

[Katepano]

No to all.

[Belmaria]

I change my vote on the First Amendment of the Protection of Religious Freedom of Minors Act from Aye to NAY

[Byzantium Imperial]

I change my vote on the First Amendment of the Protection of Religious Freedom of Minors Act from Aye to NAY

[Mishmahig]

Nay to all.

[Dangelia]

Nay to all

[Celritannia]

I cast my vote in favour of all current Acts.

[Kalmath]

Nay to all

[Soviet Canuckistan]

Aye to all

[Quebec and Atlantic Canada]

AYE to all at vote.

[Chelta]

Office of Privacy Protection Act: AYE
Secular State Act II: NO
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act: AYE
Anti-Loopholes Act: AYE

[Priory Academy USSR]

Office of Privacy Protection Act: AYE
Secular State II Act: AYE
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act: NAY
Anti-Loopholes Act: AYE

[Agritum]

Aye to all.

[The Licentian Isles]

AYE to all.

[Old Tyrannia]

Office of Privacy Protection Act: Aye
Secular State Act II: Nay
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act: Aye
Anti-Loopholes Act: Aye

[Divitaen]

This bill has enough sponsors to be added to the queue.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority

1. The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,
   
   Article 2 - Definitions
2. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
6. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
7. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
9. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
10. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
11. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
12. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
13. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
14. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
15. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
16. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
17. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
18. In order to guard against retrospective justice and punishment, if a disease is added onto the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases when or after an Aurentine child reaches 11 years of age, the parents of that Aurentine child may be exempt from having the child vaccinated against the disease, although the parents are still strongly encouraged to have the child vaccinated against the newly-listed disease, and presentation of relevant documentation, such as the child's birth certificate, to relevant NHB Regional Authorities, shall exempt the child from having to be vaccinated from the relevant disease, although the child is still required to be vaccinated against diseases added before the child turned 11 years of age,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
19. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
20. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
21. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

[New Zepuha]

This haws enough sponsors, but it must wait until the time in which it's category is done voting.

Security From Past Punishment Bill

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Author: New Zepuha [NDP] | Sponsors: Battlion [NDP], Ainin [NDP], Geilinor [NDP], Divitaen [CMP] | Urgency: Relevant | Category: Misc.

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Section 1. Preface -

This bill aims to dismiss the possibility of being punished, or a penalty against any document, person, or property, or any punishable offence. Seeing as if having committed said punishable act, before a time in which the legislation that creates said punishment, would not be morally or ethically punishable. This also prevents the ability of politicians to misuse laws to punish their enemies for wrongdoings before it was an offence.

Section 2. Prevention of Abuse -

The President Pro Tempore [or Secretary of the Senate in case of inactive PpT] is tasked with the responsibility of reviewing the dates of passed legislation and making certain they are marked accordingly. The Commonwealth Prosecution Service is hereby required to consult public record; to ensure that no one is prosecuted for an offence committed before a legislation had made such an act an offence. No piece of legislation, that was written before a another legislation making it null under current standards, may be struck down or nullified. No one person shall be denied a position, job, or anything like thereof.

Anyone found violating the terms of this bill will face steep fines. Making, Abuse of Past Deeds - the use of a prior offence that was not an offence at the time, or the striking down of legislation or by-laws or the like thereof, before it was made punishable or retractable. Is a contravention, punishable by a Minimum fine of £450 and a Maximum of £3,500. To be determined by the judge upon severity of the offence.

Hereby passes the Security From Past Punishment Bill

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Author: [nation]New Zepuha [/nation][NDP] | Sponsors: [nation]Battlion[/nation] [NDP], [nation]Ainin[/nation] [NDP], [nation]Geilinor[/nation] [NDP], [nation]Divitaen[/nation] [CMP] | Urgency: [color=#80FF00]Relevant[/color] | Category: Misc.
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[b][i]Section 1.[/i] Preface[/b] -

This bill aims to dismiss the possibility of being punished, or a penalty against any document, person, or property, or any punishable offence. Seeing as if having committed said punishable act, before a time in which the legislation that creates said punishment, would not be morally or ethically punishable. This also prevents the ability of politicians to misuse laws to punish their enemies for wrongdoings before it was an offence.

[b][i]Section 2.[/i] Prevention of Abuse[/b] -

The President Pro Tempore [or Secretary of the Senate in case of inactive PpT] is tasked with the responsibility of reviewing the dates of passed legislation and making certain they are marked accordingly. The Commonwealth Prosecution Service is hereby  required to consult public record; to ensure that no one is prosecuted for an offence committed before a legislation had made such an act an offence. No piece of legislation, that was written before a another legislation making it null under current standards, may be struck down or nullified. No one person shall be denied a position, job, or anything like thereof.

Anyone found violating the terms of this bill will face steep fines. Making, [b]Abuse of Past Deeds[/b] - the use of a prior offence that was not an offence at the time, or the striking down of legislation or by-laws or the like thereof, before it was made punishable or retractable. Is a contravention, punishable by a Minimum fine of £450 and a Maximum of £3,500. To be determined by the judge upon severity of the offence.

Hereby passes the Security From Past Punishment Bill[/box]

[Cadicarrech]

Office of Privacy Protection Act: Aye
Secular State Act II: Nay
First Amendment to the Protection of Religious Freedom for Minors Act: Aye
Anti-Loopholes Act: Aye

[Battlion]

If someone could link me to all bills proposed in my absence?

I'm fully back tomorrow, so will update then.

*PpT*