Commonwealth of Fremont • 10th Parliament

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Parliament

of the Commonwealth of Fremont

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! This House will now come to order!

Members of Parliament, as your First Minister it is both my privilege and honor to officially convene this tenth session of Parliament.  Regardless of whether you are a citizen or an MP, please use this thread to introduce legislation onto the queue of the Parliament.  General motions regarding the Parliament as an institution or the government itself shall also be presented here.

To our MPs, please take the oath of office so that we can get to work!

Lex populusque patriae reget!

Scott
First Minister

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Tenth Parliament Noticeboard
Constitution of the Commonwealth
Standing Orders for the Parliament

Membership
Scott (Meadowlark - Peace - Wyoming), First Minister
ON Progressive (Fianna Frémont - Labor - Montana)
Galaxie (Meadowlark - Peace - Hawaii)
RFA09 (Independent - Labor - California)
KoopaDaQuick (Meadowlark - Federalist - Iowa)
JacksonHitchcock (Independent - Labor - California)
LumineVonReuental (Meadowlark - Montfortian - Utah)

Please pay close attention to all the headers to know the status of the bills.

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MPs, you have 24 hours to nominate a speaker.

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The nomination period has closed.  We will now elect a Speaker.


[   ] ON Progressive
[   ] KoopaDaQuick

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[ 1 ] ON Progressive
[ 2 ] KoopaDaQuick

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Introducing this myself since Scott seemed to doze off seeing he's not online atm despite previously discussing this situation with him. I'll withdraw it if Scott comes up with his own plan, but we need this to be funded ASAP (and the rules better be suspended for this).

I've been trying to approach the matter with caution, so I drafted a bill last night but didn't introduce it yet.  Is $2 billion enough, though?

In any case, the rules will be suspended.

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FOR SPEAKER

ON Progressive       3
KoopaDaQuick        1

ON Progressive is elected Speaker.


Here is the current legislative queue:

For organizational purposes, since I used my powers to speed up legislation to the floor we got out of order, the current legislative queue is:

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An Act
To ensure all Fremont residents have equal access and opportunity

Section 1. Title
1. The long title of this act shall be "The Fremont Language Rights Act of 2019".

Section 2. Definition
1. We, the Parliament of Fremont, recognize that many languages are spoken among the residents of the Fremont Region
2. We recognize that residents who speak less common languages deserve equal access and protection under the law
3. In accordance with the above recognitions, we submit that all government and election materials be made available in the following languages:
English
Spanish
French
Cantonese
Tagolog
Korean
Vietnamese
Japanese
Portuguese
Mandarin
Arabic
Greek
German
Italian
Hini
Bengali
Punjabi

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I would like this to be sent to Fremont's parliament. We need to choose while we still can.

Also, I am such an idiot.

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In that case, scratch that - I'll hold the vote for an additional 24 hours.

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ON Progressive is officially elected Speaker.

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Mr. Speaker, would you open some more slots please?

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Since rule changes are not classified as legislation, debate can begin now.

I am objecting to proposals 1 and 2.

Proposal 1 - I object to because the HoC previously tried using seven slots and people got burnt out.  Five slots is fine.

Proposal 2 - I'm generally in favor of allowing the Speaker to have discretion on voting matters, and twelve hours isn't very long.

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Nay on proposals 1 and 2, aye on 3 and 4.

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I am going to request that the Speaker continue to limit legislation to five slots and reserve the remaining three for emergencies.

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Aye.

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With the resignation of Speaker Ontario Progressive, a new election is required.

24 hours to nominate.

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We will now elect a speaker.  Voting will end after 24 hours or when all members have voted.


[   ] Jimmy7812

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[ X ] Jimmy7812

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Jimmy is unanimously elected Speaker.

Swearing in for that isn't necessary FYI.

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AN ACT
To fund the Preventing Atlasian Anti-Choice Coercion Act

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the PAACCA Funding Act.

Section 2: Funding for PAACCA

The Preventing Atlasian Anti-Choice Coercion Act is hereby funded in full.

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Aye.

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AN ACT
Relating to fair employment practices; specifying reasonable accommodations for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Pregnant Workers Support Act.

Section 2: Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations.

(i)  Upon enactment of this law, it is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice:

For an employer to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation for any condition of a job applicant or employee related to medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition if the applicant or employee so requests, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer's program, enterprise or business.  An employer shall not take adverse action against a job applicant or employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation, including:

(A)  Denying employment opportunities based on the need for a reasonable accommodation;

(B)  Requiring an employee to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided or to accept an accommodation that the applicant or employee chooses not to accept;

(C)  Counting an absence related to pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition under no fault attendance policies; or

(D)  Failing to reinstate the employee to the employee's original job or to an equivalent position with equivalent pay and accumulated seniority, retirement, fringe benefits and other applicable service credits when the employee's need for reasonable accommodations ceases.

(ii)  "Reasonable accommodation" includes more frequent or longer breaks, time off to recover from childbirth, acquisition or modification of equipment, seating, temporary transfer to a less strenuous or hazardous position, job restructuring, light duty, break time and private non-bathroom space for expressing breast milk, assistance with manual labor and modified work schedules.

(iii)  "Undue hardship" means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense when considered in light of factors, including:

(A)  The nature and cost of the accommodation;

(B)  The overall financial resources of the employer;

(C)  The overall size of the business of the employer with respect to the number of employees, and the number, type and location of its facilities;

(D)  The effect on expenses and resources or the impact otherwise of the accommodation upon the operation of the employer.

Section 3: Impact on existing protections

This act shall not be construed to preempt, limit, diminish or otherwise affect any other provision of law relating to sex discrimination or pregnancy or in any way to diminish protections or coverage for pregnancy, childbirth or a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth under any other provision of law.

Section 4: Effectiveness

This act is effective July 1, 2019.

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AN ACT
To authorize public schools, in kindergarten through eighth grade, to implement an Atlasian civics course of study comprised of topics relating to the Republic of Atlasia's and the Commonwealth of Fremont's systems of government and describe the use of comparative analysis when studying other countries' systems of government

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Fremont Civic Education Act.

Section 2: Teaching of history, culture, and civil government

(A)  Public schools in the Commonwealth of Fremont are required to meet standards in civics for kindergarten throughout eighth grade through an Atlasian course of study that emphasizes, at a minimum, comprehension of foundational factual knowledge in the following areas:

(i)  History and origin of the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia and Bill of Rights;

(ii)  The structure and responsibilities of the three branches of the federal government and our system of checks and balances to prevent abuse of power;

(iii)  Federalism and the role of the regions;

(iv)  Individual rights that are protected in the Bill of Rights from encroachment by the federal, regional, and state governments;

(v)  The structure and responsibilities of Fremont's Parliament;

(vi)  The Fremont Constitution; and

(vii)  The rights and responsibilities of Atlasian citizenship in our constitutional, representative federal system of government.

(B)  If state academic standards in civics for kindergarten through eighth grade require the study of government systems in other countries, public schools that implement the Atlasian civics course of study should include a comparative analysis of the foreign country's system of government and the Republic of Atlasia's system of government, comparing the role of an independent judiciary, individual rights, and limits on government power.

Section 3: Effectiveness

This act is effective starting at the 2020-2021 school year.

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I propose the following amendment to the Standing Orders:

ARTICLE III, New Section

8.) The Speaker or First Minister shall have authority to correct grammar and formatting of legislation, provided that such technical changes do not alter the intended meaning of the legislation.

All following sections are renumbered accordingly.