MA: Amendment to The Common Courtesy While Driving Act (Statute)

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We all accidentally run stop signs, speed, and forget to use a turn signal too.  You may be able to convince me of the end here, but your logical means of getting there is a bit weak.  I'm on the fence... sway me.

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Here is the bill in its current form:

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Seeing no further debate on Mr. X's amendment, that is brought to a vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.  This will be a 24 hour vote.

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NAY

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Aye

You crafted the original bill.  Why are you removing the highbeams and horn honking provisions?

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Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 2, and the NAYs are 2, with 1 not voting.  The AYEs not having reached a majority, the amendment is not adopted.

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I introduce the following amendment:

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Voting on the amendment is now open.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.  This will be a 24-hour vote.

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AYE

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Wait, why isn't the amendment I proposed back at the beginning being voted on?

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I've already expressed why I don't think using high beams should be prohibited - many are required to use high beam because that's closer to "normal", while their normal beam is too dim. I urge the Assembly to reject this amendment and instead defer to the amendment I proposed.

The bill is your own, so it didn't need to be voted on.  I just incorporated it into the bill.

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Wait, why isn't the amendment I proposed back at the beginning being voted on?

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I've already expressed why I don't think using high beams should be prohibited - many are required to use high beam because that's closer to "normal", while their normal beam is too dim. I urge the Assembly to reject this amendment and instead defer to the amendment I proposed.

The bill is your own, so it didn't need to be voted on.  I just incorporated it into the bill.

So, just to clarify for future, it only gets incorporated if no one disagrees?

I mean, there's no clear precedent.  Technically, I don't know if you can introduce amendments, since you're not an Assemblyman, but you introduced the bill, so you can just withdraw it, and reintroduce and amended version (as any Assemblyman could), so if an author requests an amendment, I typically just put it in.  The only time I put an author-requested amendment to a vote is if I think it may be contested, because in that situation, it's likely that someone would offer an amendment to change the amended version, so instead of needing 2 votes, it simplifies it to 1.

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Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 1, and the NAYs are 2, with 2 ABSTAINs.

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I have another amendment:

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I'm not a fan of this amendment.  There needs to be a warning system.

There's no warning for most other traffic violations.  Why this one?

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This is a quite disappointing turn of events, as we're now loosening up on road rage laws.

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Voting is now open on the following version of the bill.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.  This will be a 48-hour vote.

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NAY

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Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 3, and the NAYs are 2.  The AYEs have it, and the bill has passed.  The bill is now passed onto the Governor for his signature or veto.