HOUSE BILL: Criminal Justice Reform Act 2017 (At Final Vote)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor: Representative 1184AZ
House Designation: HB 1082 - Criminal Justice Reform Act 2017

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to commence an advocacy for this, or we shall not speak of the consequences.

[OneJ]

Alright, I support the bill.

[Mike Thick]

I think FISA and Gitmo should really be addressed in separate legislation, and I would consider addressing gender identity in another bill as well -- it's very legally complicated stuff, and simply saying that prisoners can go to the prison of the gender they identify as with no restrictions or strings attached can cause a host of different problems.

However, this is a good bill on the whole.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

This is supposed to be somewhat of an omnibus bill that attempts to expand on a set of basic human rights for prisoners and the accused, create a better enforcement system for substance abuse, close Guantanamo Bay and eliminate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 2007.

For human rights this bill confirms the ban on torture, ensures that prisons are held to a basic standard of living and allows prisoners to be housed in a correctional facility that matches their gender they identify with.

The second part of this bill attempts to end the failed practice of throwing substance abusers in jail and instead places them in Rehab in hopes that we can dramatically cut instances of substance abuse in Atlasia. This section also adds a clause that would eliminate sentences with no chance at rehab.

The last section closes  Guantanamo Bay which has long past served its purpose, and repeals the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 2007 which allows government warrantless  search  of telephone and email records of private citizens.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I would support the repeal of the foreign intelligence surveillance Act, assuming we have procedures in place for acquiring intelligence in case of imminent attack.



However, I do not support the closing of gitmo.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Looks solid right now, although I agree with Ted that FISA and Gitmo should be addressed in separate legislation.

[Enduro]

I like this bill as well, and support the closing Gitmo. The only problem I have with it is section 1-4; a prisoner could say they identify with the other sex could only be doing that for reasons that will not be named.

I support the idea of the section, but I think it needs to be reworded to protect against people who would abuse the law.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I made cosmetic changes to the look and layout of the text. No substance was harmed in the making of this production.

AZ, if you prefer a more specific italicized mission statement, post it and I will replace it.

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[Pragmatic Conservative]

The amendment is not friendly in current form I will accept "2. The maximum criminal sentence in Atlasia shall be  changed too life in prison with no access to  parole for 30 years. All prisoners serving a life sentence with no chance for parole shall have their sentence commuted to having no access to parole for 30 years" as a compromise though.

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Status: Allowing for a Minimum Floor time

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I just think that some crimes should not come with the possibility of parole.


Serial murder and rape especially.

[Enduro]

I like this bill as well, and support the closing Gitmo. The only problem I have with it is section 1-4; a prisoner could say they identify with the other sex could only be doing that for reasons that will not be named.

I support the idea of the section, but I think it needs to be reworded to protect against people who would abuse the law.

Anyone want to address this?

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Sponsor Feedback: Hostile
Status: A Vote is now open on the above NC Yankee amendment H5:02, Representatives please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Enduro]

STOP IGNORING ME!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

STOP IGNORING ME!!!

Sponsor, I believe you have a question.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

I like this bill as well, and support the closing Gitmo. The only problem I have with it is section 1-4; a prisoner could say they identify with the other sex could only be doing that for reasons that will not be named.

I support the idea of the section, but I think it needs to be reworded to protect against people who would abuse the law.

Anyone want to address this?

If I made it contingent that individuals must live as the gender they identify with for at least a year before being housed in a correctional facility different then their birth gender, would you support that?

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Nay

[OneJ]

I guess this is still going so...

Abstain.

(I had to change my vote as there are some missing items that should've been kept.)

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Abstain

I also agree with AZ's addendum.

[Potus]

Aye

[Representative simossad]

Abstain