Looks good to me.

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Well, we still have mandatory debate time until Wednesday, sooo....

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Sings the mandatory debate song.

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So unless I completely misread the proposed bill, this does take away the power of the assembly to overturn a single ruling made by the chair. I understand the reason why we may want this but short of a recall I see no substantial check on the power of a chair.


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So unless I completely misread the proposed bill, this does take away the power of the assembly to overturn a single ruling made by the chair. I understand the reason why we may want this but short of a recall I see no substantial check on the power of a chair.

Bingo. Which is how it was before the current LPA, and not once in the months since introducing that provision via the LPA did we even use it.

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So unless I completely misread the proposed bill, this does take away the power of the assembly to overturn a single ruling made by the chair. I understand the reason why we may want this but short of a recall I see no substantial check on the power of a chair.

Bingo. Which is how it was before the current LPA, and not once in the months since introducing that provision via the LPA did we even use it.

I mean that seems fair enough. I just saw it as a if something egregiously bad occurred we would use and Far has given no reason to use it so far. While I don't like the idea of having a recall as the only check, it will work and public pressure from individuals and the media I suppose are enough. While I have reservations here, I think I can see the reasoning and vote in favor.


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Alright, the debate time expires tomorrow. The Law Standards Act is a bit ... iffy on repeal-and-replace procedures, so I'll leave it to the Chair to decide how to handle it best.

I motion to vote (with as few steps as possible) to simultaneously repeal the extant Legislative Procedure Act and replace it with this draft:

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 either 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.

2. Powers and Responsibilities of the Chair

(1) The Chair is responsible for creating voting threads and recording votes. In the event that the Chair does not perform these duties in a reasonable time frame, any legislator may create voting threads and record votes.

(2) The legislative history of each law will be recorded by the Chair. Legislative history will include reference to debate threads, voting results, and amendment history.

(3) The Chair must document the use of their discretionary powers including a rationale for using those powers in the relevant debate thread.

(4) The Chair may correct typographical errors, grammatical errors, or formatting inconsistencies at any time, as long as these corrections do not alter the original intent of the law, following a three day period in which the corrections are presented to the assembly for comments. Any such corrections must be recorded with the legislative history of each law.

(5) The Chair may delay votes for a reasonable time frame if done for the purposes of vote scheduling or to avoid preemption of active debate by a vote.

(6) The Chair may freely appoint any number of deputies, who will be authorized to perform those legislative duties of the Chair that the Chair permits. Any changes in the roster of deputies must be posted publicly.

3. Constitutional Law

(1) The Legislative Procedure Act is a constitutional law, and further amendments to it must meet constitutional amendment requirements.

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I'll second it

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Debate time has expired ^_^

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I'd still like to see the chair be able to waive the minimum debate time.

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