Legislators,

A proposal has been introduced to amend Article 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act.

The debate thread can be found here.

A motion and a second have been received to bring this amendment to a vote.

As this proposal is for an amendment to a constitutional law, the voting period is five days and will require a three-fifths supermajority to pass. The vote will end on 22 January, 2019, at 5:50 a.m. (UTC).

Please vote by poll if possible. If you cannot vote by poll, post 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' in this thread. Please do not vote both by poll and by post. Comments and discussion belong in the debate thread and may be moved there.

Legislative Procedure Act

An Act to define the procedural rules of the Assembly

1. Legislative Rules

(1) Any legislator may propose a bill, resolution, or appointment, which will be debated and refined collectively in the assembly under the guidance of the Chair.

(2) To be brought to a vote, a specific draft of a bill, resolution, or appointment must
a. receive a motion to vote by a legislator,
b. receive a second by another legislator,
c. be affirmed to be in proper formatting by the Chair, and
d. have been at debate for a minimum period of time equivalent to the length of its voting period.

(3) General laws, amendments, resolutions, and appointments will remain at vote for three days. Constitutional laws, constitutional amendments, resolutions dealing with matters of constitutional law, and treaties will remain at vote for five days.

(4) General laws, amendments, resolutions, and treaties require a simple majority of those voting to pass. Appointments, unless otherwise specified, require a simple majority of those voting to pass. Constitutional laws, constitutional amendments, and resolutions dealing with matters of constitutional law require a three-fifths supermajority of those voting to pass.

(5) Should a debate lead to multiple competing bills or resolutions on the same matter, the Chair will separately and simultaneously bring the competing bills or resolutions to vote, in the same manner as regular business is done. The bill or resolution that receives the most votes in favor and meets minimum threshold requirements for passage will become law.

(6) Any bill, resolution or amendment which has been inactive for more than one month shall be considered defunct and archived, unless the Chair decides otherwise. 

(7) Should any bill, resolution or amendment become law, the document itself, its debate thread, and its voting thread and results shall all be archived.

(This post was last modified: 01-22-2019, 02:01 AM by Amerion.)

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AMENDMENT PASSED

22 January 2019

Legislators,

Please be advised that the vote to amend Article 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act has passed.

The final tally is 26 in favour, 15 in opposition, with 9 abstaining, for a total of 50 votes.

A spreadsheet of the vote is attached for your convenience.

Attached Files

  Amendment to Article 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act (Archived threads).pdf (Size: 40.38 KB / Downloads: 5)

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