NSG Senate Chamber [NSG Senate] - Version 4

[Gallup]

MV helped me with the wording of one of my clauses, would he count as an author?

[Maklohi Vai]

MV helped me with the wording of one of my clauses, would he count as an author?

If you want to put me on there, you have my permission, but it's neither required nor has a long history of precedence. In short, it's your choice.

[Gallup]

MV helped me with the wording of one of my clauses, would he count as an author?

If you want to put me on there, you have my permission, but it's neither required nor has a long history of precedence. In short, it's your choice.

I'm too lazy. I'll keep it as is.

[Libertechie]

-Internet User Protection Act: Aye
-The First Higher Education Act: [Hella] Nay (Banning private schools? Not in my lifetime as a senator!)
- Creative Aurentina Act: Nay (Doesn't really seem worth taxpayer pounds, voluntary donations work better and less coercively)
- Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act: Nay (Nah this just makes it easier for the govt to tax, aka steal)
- First Amendment to the Broadcasting Act: Aye
- Building Code Act: Abstain (Not sure about the Eurocode thing, don't really want Aurentina getting involved in the EU's business)
- Family Incentive Act: Nay (Nice idea, but a little nanny-state-esque, and a good idea also would be for it to say '"Parents" is defined as the people, regardless of their sex gender, who are registered legal guardians of the child(ren).

[New Zepuha]

I'm changing my vote on the higher education act to Nay. From Aye.

[Pesda]

higher education act: aye
others: not voting

[Brissia]

IUPA: AYE
FHEA: NAY
CEA: NAY
RCDACA: AYE
FABA: AYE
BCA: NAY
FIA: NAY

[McKleigh]

-Internet User Protection Act Aye
-The First Higher Education Act Nay and WTF. Scary!
-Creative Aurentina Act Nay
-Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act Nay
-First Amendment to the Broadcasting Act Aye
-Building Code Act Nay
-Family Incentive Act Nay

[Bleckonia]

-Internet User Protection Act: ABSTAIN
-The First Higher Education Act: NAY
-Creative Aurentina Act: NAY
-Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act: YEA
-First Amendment to the Broadcasting Act: YEA
-Building Code Act: YEA
-Family Incentive Act: NAY

[McKleigh]

-Internet User Protection Act Aye
-The First Higher Education Act Nay and WTF. Scary!
-Creative Aurentina Act Nay
-Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act Nay
-First Amendment to the Broadcasting Act Aye
-Building Code Act Nay
-Family Incentive Act Nay

[Finium]

I'd like to add the following to the domestic development queue.

Humorous Transportation Provision Act 2013

Urgency: Moderate

Drafted By: Finium

Sponsors: Ainin, Nihil, New Zephura, The State of Czecho-Slovakia, The Saint James Islands

RECOGNIZING: That transport by land, sea and air is vital to the lives of the citizens of our nation and vital to the economy and that the government lacks a specific body to deal with the needs of humorous transport providers as well as enforce transport specific policies and establish regulatory bodies to ensure the safe and efficient operation of different modes of transport.

ENSURING: that both public and private transports will continue to be operated in a silly manner according to regulations established by the government.

HEREBY: mandating that upon the passing of this Act, that the government establish a Ministry of Silly Walks to oversee the enforcement and assist in the creation of laws and regulations pertaining to the operation and infrastructure of transports, both private and public, henceforth.

Article 1: On Ministerial Powers
1a: The Ministry of Silly Walks shall have the ability to create subordinate regulatory agencies to administer and enforce government legislation and regulations that are specific to the operation of transports on land, sea and air at the behest of the Minister.
1b: The Ministry of Silly Walks shall have responsibility of operation for all state investments in business ventures and state-owned enterprises related to silly walks.
1c: The Ministry of Silly Walks shall administer all government bodies that are not administered by relevant government agencies.
1d: Hereby grants the Ministry powers to establish policies of environmental protection in conjunction with the Minister of the Environment.

Article 2: On Road Transport
2a: A Road Transport Agency may be created at the behest of the Minister of Silly Walks to administer and apply regulations specific to pedestrians walking in a silly fashion.
2b: Herein creates a Pedestrian Silly Walk Registry to document the details of every roadworthy walk that is registered. Administration shall be vested in a walking agency upon its creation or controlled directly by the Ministry of Silly Walks as outlined in Article 1c.
2c: Herein relegates the regulations and application of them surrounding silly walk safety and maintenance standards to the relevant agency unless the conditions stipulated in Article 1c, with penalties for not meeting those standards to be set by the Minister in question.
2d: Herein relegates all walk standards to the relevant agency.
2e: Herein relegates all silly walk licensing to the relevant agency.
2f: Herein relegates all revenue generated by walk licensing and registration fees as well as tolls, user charges and other exices and penalties to be collected by the relevant agency.

Article 3: On Rail Transport
3a: A Rail Transport Agency may be created at the behest of the Minister of Silly Walks.
3b: A state owned enterprise may be created at the behest of the Minister of Silly Walks, with the planning and maintenance of the infrastructure of the railway-passenger walking system to be conducted by said enterprise.
3c: Herein relegates all licensing, leasing and contracting powers pertaining to rail-walking to the relevant agency.
3d: Herein relegates all revenue generated to be collected by the relevant agency.
3e: Herein relegates all infrastructure and rail-walking safety standards to be implemented by the relevant agency.

Article 4: On Air Transport
4a: A Civil Flying Walks Authority may be created at the behest of the Minister of Silly Walks.
4b: Herein creates a Civil Airborne Walks Registry to document the details of all air worthy walk which shall be administered by the relevant agency or directly by the Ministry of Silly Walks as outlined in Article 1c.
4c: Herein relegates the task of establishing airborne walking safety and security standards to the relevant agency.
4d: Herein relegates the administration and collection of the licensing of all airborne walks to the relevant agency.
4e: Herein relegates the administration and collection of the licensing of all walks operating domestic and international services to the relevant agency.
4f: Herein relegates the administration of all civilian walks control to the relevant agency.

Article 5: On Water Transport
5a: A Maritime Walking Agency may be created at the behest of the Minister of Silly Walks.
5b: Herein relegates the task of establishing safety and walking standards aboard vessels private, commercial and government/military, to the relevant agency.
5d: Herein relegates administration of all hydro-walkways to the relevant agency.
5e: Herein approves the creation of a coastal walk guard or other such organization with powers of enforcement of safety and walking vessels aboard all vessels within our nation's waters unless an equivalent law enforcement agency exists with the powers to enforce our nation's maritime law prior to the passing of this Act.

[Dangelia]

I'd like to submit this to the que.

Guild of Aspiring Artists Act
Urgency: Moderate | Author: Dangelia [CMP] | Category: Domestic Development
Co-sponsors: The Union of the West, Vazdania, Ainin, Divitaen

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RECOGNIZING that for many people, the only jobs that they are able to do are of the Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and/or literature.

AFFIRMING the spirit of the Creative Aurentina Act.

COMMITED to enshrining a love of the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and literature into the people of Aurentina.

HEREBY enacts the following:

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Section 1- Establishment of the Guild of Aspiring Artists
1. There is established a body to be known as the Guild of Aspiring Artists.

Section 2- General Functions of the Guild of Aspiring Artists
1. The Guild of Aspiring Artists has the general functions of —
(a) Promoting understanding, fluency, mastery, skill and the love of the Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Literature among Aurentina's artists.
(b) Identifying, supporting, and developing —

(i) talent, and
(ii) excellence,

in the arts and culture,
(c) Sponsoring concerts for performing musicians and for composers within the Guild of Aspiring Artists who are deemed eligible to perform their piece or have their piece performed.
(d)Hosting classes in music performance, conducting, Jazz studies, contemporary improvisation, voice and opera, chamber music, counterpoint, composition, music theory, dance, theater (plays, musicals, opera, ballet), choreography, painting, photography, plastic arts, sculpting, prose, poetry, and writing.

2. In exercising the function mentioned above, the Guild of Aspiring Artists must do so with a view to —

(a) encouraging as many people as possible to access and participate in the arts and culture,
(b) assisting artists, no matter what their profession or background, in having a steady income for whatever they do.
(c) increasing the diversity of people who access and participate in the arts and culture.

Section 3- Eligibility for becoming a member of the Guild of Aspiring Artists
1. A person is eligible to join if —

(a) he/she is at least seven years of age
(b) he/she is in the top 40% of people in the Guild of Aspiring Artists Bimonthly Competion

2. The Guild of Aspiring Artists Bimonthly Competition —

(a) is during the first week of every other months
(b) is a set of competitions, each competition representing a class.
(c) each competition is further divided into age groups of 7-9, 9-12, 12-15, 15-18, 18-20, 20-24, and 24+.

(i) the first day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 7-9.
(ii) the second day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 9-12.
(iii) the third day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 12-15.
(iv) the fourth day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 15-18.
(v) the fifth day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 18-20.
(vi) the sixth day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 20-24.
(vii) the seventh day of the competition week has the competitions for all the classes for the group age of 24+.
(d) whoever is in the top 40% of the competitions described in Section 3.2. is eligible to join the Guild of Aspiring Artists

3. Anyone who is deemed eligible can take however many classes his/her chooses.


Section 4- Funding for the Guild of Aspiring Artists
1. In exercising the function mentioned Section 2.1., the Guild of Aspiring Artists will be funded—

(a) by grants from the Ministry of Culture
(b) by private donations
(c) by a fee of £9 per person that is paid by anyone who wishes to join the Guild of Aspiring Artists

[Oneracon]

I change my vote on The First Higher Education Act from Abstain to Aye.

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

For added suspense and just to be different because I can I will post the count on each individual bill separately for added suspense. The counts will not include any votes on page 37 so as not to confuse things. I'm dying already!


OOC: Yep i'm bored, nothing much is happening


So in no particular order.

[Belmaria]

Let's just say if you dare to try to even think of nationalizing my land, I will bring every little piece of your existence within the Senate down as a personal vendetta.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Galt's Gulch Expropriation Act
Author: Ainin [NDP] | SIMBEDS: Domestic Development | Urgency: High
Sponsors: Kouralia, New Zepuha [ALM], Malgrave [MSP], Unicario [RG], Geilinor [NDP]

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The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Decrying the lax management and regulation of the gulch in Southwestern Aurentina commonly known as "Galt's Gulch",

Believing the land would be much better used to be enjoyed by tourists as a park,

Hereby enacts the following clauses:

1. Effective immediately, Galt's Gulch, whose limits are to be determined by geological and topological data as the dry valley, excluding the neighbouring mountains, shall be nationalised.
2. Its current owners shall be compensated £100/km².
3. The territory shall be renamed Anthony C. Blair National Park, to be managed by the National Forestry Service.

I'm officially joining the Senate again. This bill must die.

[Divitaen]

Please add these two to the queue.

First Amendment to the Air Quality Warning and Awareness Agency Establishment Act

An Act to amend the Air Quality Warning and Awareness Agency Act to add further specifications on the duties and responsibilities of subnational AQWA agencies to add further protection of citizens from dangerous air pollution.

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Environment and Energy

Sponsors: Dangelia [CMP]; The Union of the West [RefP]; New Zepuha [ALM]; Distruzio [CMP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the need and importance of relevant AQWA agencies to take preventive measures to protect the public health of citizens,

Hereby makes the following amendments to the Air Quality Warning and Awareness Agency Establishment Act:

1. Section 1 subsection (1) shall be replaced with the following: "Each local AQWA Agency shall be in charge of measuring the air quality in the city they are located in, and posting the results on their website, and the local weather channel, and shall be required, when reporting air quality, to minimally include the concentrations of the following pollutants:
   1. PM 2.5 or PM 10, at the discretion of subnational AQWA agencies;
   2. Ground-level ozone;
   3. Nitrogen dioxide;
   4. Sulphur dioxide;
   5. Carbon monoxide;"
2. Section 2 subsection (2) shall be replaced with the following: "Each AQWA Agency must be stocked with surgical masks and N95 masks that any citizen can use for free upon request."
3. Section 4 subsection (2) shall be replaced with the following: "All AQWA Agencies are required to give free N95 masks to any citizen that requests one during high PM 2.5 or PM 10 pollution, and free surgical masks to any citizen that requests one during high pollution of other pollutants beside PM 2.5 or PM 10, recognizing that AQWA Agencies should prioritize the distribution of relevant N95 or surgical masks to the elderly, medically infirm and those suffering from respiratory illnesses in case of limited supply."
4. Adds a new Section 4 subsection (4) that shall read as follows: "AQWA Agencies should, when the AQI exceeds 151, produce a report to either the Aurentine Ministry of the Environment, when a majority of the Aurentine Commonwealth has an AQI reading exceeding 151, or a relevant subnational body, in the case where the AQI reading exceeding 151 affects only a specific city, with the following:
   1. Identification of the cause of the deteriorating air quality;
   2. Provision of preventive and immediate solutions to alleviate the air quality problem and tackle the identified cause of the air quality problem;"
5. Adds a new Section 4 subsection (5) that shall read as follows: "AQWA Agencies shall, in the report produced in Section 4 subsection (4) of this Act, provide practical recommendations to aid national and subnational Environment ministries in implementation of control mechanisms to maintain positive air quality, examples include:
   1. Mechanical collectors, such as dust cyclones or multicyclones;
   2. Electrostatic precipitators;
   3. Baghouses;
   4. Particulate scrubbers;
   5. Catalytic reduction mechanisms;
   6. Flue-gas desulphurisation;
   7. Cloud-seeding;"
6. Adds a new Section 4 subsection (6) that shall read as follows: "In cases where the AQI reading of a city or in a majority of the Aurentine Commonwealth exceeds 301, either the national AQWA Board to the Aurentine Ministry of Labour or subnational AQWA agencies to relevant subnational Labour ministries, may provide a recommendation for the issuance of a Stop Work Order (SWO) on a national or subnational level, requiring all businesses to cease all work until further notice, clarifying that the decision to implement and lift the SWO lies in the hands of the Minister of Labour or relevant subnational labour ministries."

Privatisation of Water Resources Act

"Ain't nothing wrong with a little privatization" - Senator John Wilson

An Act to create regulated private-public partnerships to govern Aurentine water resources and relevant infrastructure

Urgency: Medium | Author: Divitaen [CMP] | Category: Environment and Energy

Sponsors: The Union of the West [RefP]; Calimera II [RefP]; Minarchist States [LPA]; New Zepuha [ALM]; Distruzio [CMP]; Libertechie [LPA]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing that around the world, privatisation of water resources has increased public health, water sanitation and efficiency of water provision,

Desiring a system of privatised water networks that may still be easily regulated by the Aurentine government to prevent abuse,

Hereby enacts the following bill into law:

Article 1 - Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, "private-public partnership" refers to a contract between a public party, such as Aurentine subnational authorities, and private sector companies, whereby the private party assumes a measure of substantial financial, technical and operational risk regarding an essential state service in exchange for the possibility of a profit,
2. For the purposes of this Act, "water resources" refers to water utilities such as water sanitation, water distribution and supply, sewage treatment and the management of relevant water catchment areas, including relevant infrastructure, clarifying that this shall not include distribution of bottled water to individual consumers, but the distribution of water to residential, commercial and industrial aspects of the nation,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "concession" refers to a specific form of private-public partnership whereby the private company has been leased a contract by the relevant subnational governmental authority granting the private operator full authority and responsibility in managing the entire water sanitation, catchment and supply system and is given autonomy to build and improve infrastructure for a limited period of time before the contract may be renewed,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "subnational authority" refers to relevant city councils or municipalities with control over certain district water resources in Aurentina and act as the public partner in a private-public partnership,
   
   Article 2 - Private-Public Partnerships
5. Relevant subnational governmental authorities shall auction off relevant water infrastructure and water resources under their authority, in the form of a concession, and allow relevant companies and private groups to bid for the concession contract, with the following terms:
   1. The private partner shall be responsible for the maintenance of all relevant water resource infrastructure, and shall hold responsibility for the management of water supply, distribution and sanitation;
   2. The private partner will be held responsible for any failures in the management and distribution of water to relevant residential, commercial or industrial consumers;
   3. Water companies are allowed to set a water tariff or a fee for residential, commercial or industrial consumers, and have the right to determine the value of such a tariff for the use and consumption of the company's services and water resources;
   4. The contract shall last for 20-30 years, at the discretion of individual subnational authorities, and once the contract has expired, the rights to the water infrastructure shall be auctioned off once more;
   5. The government has the right to terminate the contract and auction off the contract to other private parties if the private contractor fails to uphold minimum regulatory standards, to be specified in Article 3 of this Act;
6. Subnational governmental authorities are to create a points-based system to measure the effectiveness of individual water companies that are given autonomy over relevant water-related infrastructure, and to set a minimum standard of points such that a water company that has fallen below a set number of points be forbidden to bid for contracts after their contract has expired, with such a ban lasting for 20-30 years, before they may be permitted to bid for future such contracts, with this points-based system to be managed based on the following qualities, averaged across the 20-30 years of the company's performance in the fulfillment of a single contract:
   1. Water quality, as measured by safety for human consumption, whether the water is free from contaminants and if it upholds sound environmental water quality or ambient water quality;
   2. Water tariffs and prices charged to consumers;
   3. Operation efficiency, as measured by the regularity of water provision, number of breakdowns, speed of response to consumer complaints, network pressure and supply interruptions;
   4. Points to be deducted for water leakages, shutdowns and breakdowns in the provision of water;
   5. Ability to follow national and subnational regulations, to be specified in Article 3 clause (9) of this Act;
7. The Aurentine national government shall handle and facilitate the auctioning of relevant contracts over water-related infrastructure in cases where subnational authorities declare that they are unable to host and facilitate such auctions, or in cases of residential districts not covered under certain subnational authorities, and such contracts shall be created following the guidelines in the provisions of Article 2 clause (5) of this Act,
8. Relevant public partners, whether subnational authorities or the Aurentine national government, shall begin the bidding process for relevant contracts for private-public partnerships over water-related infrastructure minimally 1 month before the end or the termination of the contract of a water company, and the water company shall continue to have responsibility over relevant water-related infrastructure until the end of the contract, where rights and responsibilities shall either be retained by the previous contractors to transferred to the victorious private party of the aforementioned bidding process,
   
   Article 3 - Regulation
9. Subnational authorities who form the public partner of relevant private-public partnerships shall be responsible for the establishment of relevant subnational bodies, answerable to such subnational authorities, with the duties of regulating the private parties of such partnerships, or the water company involved in the management of relevant infrastructure, and such regulatory standards shall minimally include the following:
   1. Regulations on safety and health standards of distributed water, ensuring that such water follows the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline for Drinking Water Standards and dangerous pollutants, such as iron levels and coliform bacteria, are not present in distributed water;
   2. Regulations on environmental standards, ensuring that wastewater, pollutant byproducts from water sanitation processes and other dangerous pollutants are not disposed of in a manner that would harm natural environments, but are removed through the use of working pollution control devices, such as sedimentation, activated sludge bioreactors, aerated lagoons or constructed wetlands;
   3. Regulations on the value of charged water tariffs, ensuring that prices for different volumes of water used are made clear and transparent to consumers, prevention of fraud, whereby a consumer is charged a higher price or tariff than he or she was informed of by the relevant private party;
   4. Regulations on price changes, ensuring that all private partners are not allowed to increase relevant water tariffs by more than 150%, adjusting for inflation, over the course of a maximum of 1 month, clarifying that such price increases shall be considered valid if it can be shown that the private partner is facing a decrease in water supply or is catering to a large increase in residential, commercial or industrial demand;
   5. Ensuring that all changes in water tariffs charged to residential, commercial or industrial consumers are revealed transparently to all consumers and water companies do not charge more than was revealed to consumers;
10. Establishes the Public Utilities Commission, a governmental body under the Ministry of the Environment, with the responsibility of regulating and overseeing the management of public utilities and relevant infrastructure throughout the Aurentine Commonwealth and, in the context of this Act, shall have the following responsibilities:
    1. Creating clear regulatory guidelines on water quality and efficiency, as per the guidelines mentioned under Article 3 clause (9) of this Act, for subnational authorities to abide by;
    2. Ensuring that all subnational authorities follow minimal national regulatory standards in regulating relevant private water companies in the management of water-related infrastructure;
    3. Facilitating regulations of water companies in the case where the Aurentine national government is the public party to a private-public partnership over water-related infrastructure;
    4. Creation of a sound points-based system, as per the guidelines under Article 2 clause (6) of this Act, for subnational authorities to follow, and the facilitation of the auctioning of contracts over water-related infrastructure in cases where subnational authorities are not doing so, as mentioned under Article 2 clause (7) of this Act;
    5. Provide regular updates, research and information to the Aurentine Ministry of the Environment on standards of water quality, efficiency and prices throughout the Aurentine Commonwealth as provided by private water companies;
11. In cases where relevant private water companies are found to be in contravention of national or subnational regulatory standards after regular inspections, the following shall be done by national or subnational regulatory agencies:
    1. The private party to the private-public partnership shall be informed and warned regarding the contravention, and given 1-3 months to rectify the problem;
    2. Following the 1-3 months after the given warning, the private party shall be inspected once more, and, if still in contravention of regulatory standards, be fined £6000-8000 and given another warning regarding the contravention as well as another 1-2 months to rectify the problem;
    3. Following the 1-2 months after the second contravention, another inspection shall be conducted on the private party and, if still in contravention of regulatory standards, shall be informed of the imminent termination of the contract regarding the private-public partnership over the water-related infrastructure, and an auction shall be held on the contract as per Article 2 clause (8) of this Act;
    
    Article 4 - Financial spending
12. Revenue generated from the sale of relevant contracts over private-public partnerships on water-related infrastructure shall be, in the case of the Aurentine national government as the public party, considered the discretionary spending of the Aurentine Ministry of the Environment and, in the case of a subnational governmental authority as the public party, be considered the discretionary spending of the subnational authority, and the money may be allocated in a passed budget in a subnational legislative body;

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

The First Higher Education Act
Yay:8
Nay:18
Abstain:4

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Galt's Gulch Expropriation Act
Author: Ainin [NDP] | SIMBEDS: Domestic Development | Urgency: High
Sponsors: Kouralia, New Zepuha [ALM], Malgrave [MSP], Unicario [RG], Geilinor [NDP]

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The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Decrying the lax management and regulation of the gulch in Southwestern Aurentina commonly known as "Galt's Gulch",

Believing the land would be much better used to be enjoyed by tourists as a park,

Hereby enacts the following clauses:

1. Effective immediately, Galt's Gulch, whose limits are to be determined by geological and topological data as the dry valley, excluding the neighbouring mountains, shall be nationalised.
2. Its current owners shall be compensated £100/km².
3. The territory shall be renamed Anthony C. Blair National Park, to be managed by the National Forestry Service.

I'm officially joining the Senate again. This bill must die.

Stay forever, you don't have to ICly leave to take a bit of OOC time out.

[Minarchist States]

The First Higher Education Act
Yay:8
Nay:18
Abstain:4

Thank the lord. Outlawing private schools is insane and you should feel bad.

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act
Yay:18
Nay:11
Abstain:1

[Lamaredia]

Revenue Collection and Defence of Aurentine Citizenship Act
Yay:18
Nay:11
Abstain:1

YES! We really need this! *Glares at Libertarians*

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

Internet User Protection Act
Yay:22
Nay:4
Abstain:3

[President Pro-Tempore of the Senate]

Also noticed one vote in favor of an act called the IAPA Whatever that is? Write ins aren't allowed for bills so that vote is annulled.

[Corenea]

Internet User Protection Act
Yay:22
Nay:4
Abstain:3

Yes. We needed that. *glares at statists*

[Oneracon]

Internet User Protection Act
Yay:22
Nay:4
Abstain:3

Yes. We needed that. *glares at statists*

Funny, most of the "statists" are voting for IUPA (and it was a "statist", aka myself, who wrote it)... it's the Libertarians that are changing their stance.

Might want to talk to them about it.