Bill: Rejected Legislative Reform Act

[Real42]

A
BILL
To
Amend the Constitution & Amend the Legislative Standards Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the Constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Legislative Reform Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted on May 1st, 2024.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative TheReal42Person.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Rep. Yeet_Boy.

2 - Reasons
(1) As Redmont’s population is growing, it makes sense that more people need more representation in their government.
(2) Redmont’s Congress has not expanded since the 3rd Congress, where it became a bicameral legislature.
(3) This act seeks to expand the legislature so that Redmont’s government is more realistic and proportional to the population.
(4) This act seeks to remove an unused and currently irrelevant part of the Congressional Process from the Legislative Standards Act.

3 - Amendments to the Constitution
(1) Section “3. The House of Representatives” shall be amended as follows:
“The House of Representatives shall consist of 13 citizens, referred to as Representatives (Abbreviated Rep.) who are elected for 2-month terms. The House of Representatives is where all bills originate from.”

(2) Section “4. The Senate” shall be amended as follows:
“The Senate shall consist of 8 citizens, referred to as Senators (Abbreviated Sen.) who are elected for 4 month terms. The Senate acts as the house of review to the House of Representatives and cannot originate any bills.

The Senate shall internally elect a senator to the role of "President of The Senate" whose power it shall be to preside over the Senate. In order to remove the "President of The Senate", they must resign from the position or lose to a vote of no confidence from the incumbent Senators (supermajority). Should the election for the President of the Senate result in a tie, the Vice President shall have the power to cast a tie-breaking vote. The President's of the Senate’s first order of business is to amend or reaffirm the standing orders of the Senate.”

4 - Amendments to the Legislative Standards Act
(1) Section “10 - Congressional Process” shall be amended as follows:
“(2) The Speaker of the House shall assign the bill, to a committee that shall first review the bill. After the committee is done with reviewing the chairperson shall notify the speaker who will then add a poll to the bill for a 48 hour voting period and the prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.
(b)The Speaker of the House may also choose to bypass this process and directly, put the bill up for a vote, for example, if they believe there is no relevant committee to discuss the bill.
(c) Note; any bill with a motion of urgent consideration will override this process.”
Note: Subsequent numbering shall be amended to reflect this change.

(2) Section “12 - Congressional Motions” shall be amended as follows:
“(13) Exclusions
a. If or when there is a motion against or relating specifically to a member of Congress, their vote shall not be included. (e.g. Motion of nomination, no confidence, removal)
(14) Abstentions
a. The quorum when voting shall be dynamic. Where a member abstains from voting, the majority will be decided based on those who have not abstained.”

to:

“(13) Exclusions and Abstensions
a. If or when there is a motion against or relating specifically to a member of Congress, their vote shall not be included. (e.g. Motion of nomination, no confidence, removal)
b. If a Congressional seat is frozen or vacant, the majority shall be decided amongst the seats not frozen or vacant.
c. The quorum when voting shall be dynamic. Where a member abstains or is excluded from voting, the majority will be decided based on those who have not abstained or been excluded.”

(3) Section “17 - Congressional Tax Powers” shall be amended as follows:
“17 - Congressional Tax Powers
(1) Terms
a. The Congress may pass legislation to dictate the tax code.
b. No tax bill may specifically target any individual or corporation.
c. Tax bills may target specific industries.
d. The DOC may enact tax policy so long as it does not conflict with Congressionally approved tax policy.”

 

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Nay
Break this act up into separate issues as it's an omnibus of random stuff.

Our population is not growing. Our congress has also stayed stable for since it was established. If we look at our neighbours, they are constantly changing the number of people serving in their assembly, and it's messy. We have a steady number which represents us in both chambers well enough.