SENATE BILL: The National Mandate for Jessica's Law Act (Failed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment has been adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators, a final vote is now open on the underlying legislation, please vote Aye, Nayo r Abstain.

[tmthforu94]

Aye!

[PPT Spiral]

Nay

[Maxwell]

I was on the fence on this bill since the start, but I think I've come to a decision.

Nay.

[tmthforu94]

I was on the fence on this bill since the start, but I think I've come to a decision.

Nay.

I would have been happy to try and address your concerns had they ever been made.

[Maxwell]

I was on the fence on this bill since the start, but I think I've come to a decision.

Nay.

I would have been happy to try and address your concerns had they ever been made.

I had made my concerns very early (thankfully the biggest piece was eliminated), and I'm not really a tough on crime guy, so I wasn't sure this was all that necessary.

[tmthforu94]

I was on the fence on this bill since the start, but I think I've come to a decision.

Nay.

I would have been happy to try and address your concerns had they ever been made.

I had made my concerns very early (thankfully the biggest piece was eliminated), and I'm not really a tough on crime guy, so I wasn't sure this was all that necessary.

Oh, okay. Well, that post must have been accidentally deleted then.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Napoleon]

Nay

[President Tyrion]

Aye

[TNF]

Nay

Databases are for police states.

[bore]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This appears to be tied at present.

[Badger]

Just some random thoughts here from a retired has-been:

Perhaps different lengths of registration for different levels/types of sex offenses. Rape and bestiality both subject to registration? A child rapist treated the same way as a chicken fu$%er?

Maybe creating a presumption against early release after sooner than 50% of one's sentence unless (e.g.) the weighing against recidivism substantially outweighs the evidence indicating the offender shall be a recidivist offender? Granting judicial discretion can avoid the worst applications of an absolute broad rule in individual cases.

Perhaps compliance with the bill can be tied to continued funding of prison law enforcement funding to the regions, much like DUI laws are tied to highway funding. This should address constitutional concerns.

On that note, there already IS a national criminal database (NCIC) and has been for decades. Having one specifically listing convicted sex offenders the same way NCIC does for convicted burglars, robbers, embezzlers, etc. is hardly a novel attack on constitutional liberties (or any attack at all for that matter).

Just some ideas from an old coot to maybe break the logjam. Gotta go now; bourbon doesn't drink itself.

[Gass3268]

Nay

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This has three days left.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This ends tomorrow afternoon and it is currently failing.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the National Mandate for Jessica's Law Act:

Aye (4): bore, NC Yankee, Tmthforu94 and TyriontheImperialist
Nay (5): Gass3268, Napoleon, Maxwell, Spiral and TNF
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1): Xahar

With time having expired and five votes in the negative with only four voting in the affirmative, the bill has been rejected.

[tmthforu94]

Very interesting that the status quo was chosen over this.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

RIP in peace, sweet Jessica

[TNF]

Very interesting that the status quo was chosen over this.

Better than this fascist bill.

[tmthforu94]

Very interesting that the status quo was chosen over this.

Better than this fascist bill.

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If this is fascist, I can only imagine how awful you must think the status quo is.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am fairly certain this could be passed in the Mideast and IDS. I don't know about the other regions.