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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 'Motion to Amend Fix Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Rep. CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Sen. CopTop_YT.
2 - Reasons
(1) To make it so that Motions to Amend proposed in the House of Representatives only need to be voted on in the House.
(2) To make the majority required for passage of a Motion to Amend the same as the majority required for passage of the Bill, rather than a simple majority.
(3) To explicitly allow Senators to Move to Amend Bills that are pending in the Senate, rather than just ones that are up to vote.
(4) To fix some wording.
(5) To amend the Legislative Standards Act.
3 - Amendment
(1) 12(13) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“(12) Motion to Amend
(a) Amendments During Voting. A Representative or Senator may propose an amendment to a bill currently under vote.
Once a bill has passed both chambers, motions to amend can no longer be proposed through this process.
(b) Voting and Procedure. A Motion to Amend requires a simple majority in both chambers. If passed, the bill will restart voting for 48 hours in the chamber where the amendment was proposed.
(12) Motion to Amend
(a) Amendments During Voting. A Representative may propose a motion to amend a bill that is currently undergoing voting in the House of Representatives, and a Senator may propose a motion to amend a bill that is currently pending in the Senate or undergoing voting in the Senate. A Motion to Amend a bill cannot be proposed once that bill has passed voting in both chambers.
(b) Required Majority. A Motion to Amend proposed in the House of Representatives requires the same majority required for passage of that bill in only that chamber, and a Motion to Amend proposed in the Senate requires the same majority required for passage of that bill in both chambers.
(c) Procedure. Following the passage of a Motion to Amend a bill, the bill will restart voting for 48 hours in the chamber it was in when the motion to amend was proposed, if that bill was up to vote in that chamber at any point between the motion’s proposal and the motion’s passage.”
(a) The following shall be bolded in the above amendment:(i) "Amendments During Voting."
(ii) "Required Majority."
(iii) "Procedure."
(2) This Act shall be amended as follows if the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act is enacted:
