SENATE RESOLUTION: Senate Legislation Numbering Amendment (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE RESOLUTION

To simplify and improve the legislation numbering conventions for the Senate.

Be it resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

Senate Legislation Numbering Amendment

1. Article 2, Clause 7 is amended to read as follows:

7.) All legislation on the Senate floor shall be given a distinct designation. The format of this designation shall denote in the following order "S" for the Senate chamber, followed by "B" for a bill or "R" for a Resolution. Immediately following the second letter will be number of the present congress at the time of introduction, followed by a colon and then a number displaying at least two digits beginning with "01" and increasing until the end of the Congress.

2. Article 3, Clause 4 is amended as follows:

4.) The PPT shall number and track all amendments offered during the course of each Senate session. The designated number shall begin an with S for the Senate Chamber followed by the number of the present Congress, followed by a colon and then a number displaying at least two digits beginning with "01" and increasing until the end of Congress.

People's Regional Senate
Pending

Sponsor: NC Yankee
Senate Designation: SR 9023

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I hate the idea of gutting Sestak's work on this clause, but I think it is simpler to to denote the Congress number and then bill number. This has been used to number Amendments for eight years give or take a few sessions, so it is familiar (I am also codifying that system in the second part of this Resolution). This as opposed to creating a whole new numerical designation for each Congressional session, when we already have an established system to number Congresses (From the reset), to facilitate a more complex internal numbering system seems needlessly Byzantine. Confirmation hearings, and judicial confirmations are so few in number as to not really need to be designated for tracking purposes.

I have the utmost respect for his desired specificity and detail, but I doubt it would be utilized long term and more than likely than not just ignored.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I motion to waive cloture and proceed immediately to a final vote, Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Vern]

I second that

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The motion has been carried with no objections and a final vote is now open on the resolution, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[ON Progressive]

AYE

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Motion to halt the vote, Senators have 24 hours to object.

Because of a wiki update error, this will delete a different clause than the one it is intended to alter.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I motion to strike the clause number "7" and replace it with a "9".

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

All motions have been carried including the amendment. I now motion to start the final vote over, Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The motion is carried and a new vote is thus opened, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[ON Progressive]

AYE

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Vern]

Aye

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This has enough votes to pass, Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on final passage of the Senate Legislation Numbering Amendment:

Aye (5): DevoutCentrist, NC Yankee, OntarioProgressive, Tack50, Vern1988
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1): Maineiac4434

With five votes in the affirmative and time having expired, the resolution is adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE RESOLUTION

To simplify and improve the legislation numbering conventions for the Senate.

Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

Senate Legislation Numbering Amendment

1. Article 2, Clause 9 is amended to read as follows:

9.) All legislation on the Senate floor shall be given a distinct designation. The format of this designation shall denote in the following order "S" for the Senate chamber, followed by "B" for a bill or "R" for a Resolution. Immediately following the second letter will be number of the present congress at the time of introduction, followed by a colon and then a number displaying at least two digits beginning with "01" and increasing until the end of the Congress.

2. Article 3, Clause 4 is amended as follows:

4.) The PPT shall number and track all amendments offered during the course of each Senate session. The designated number shall begin an with S for the Senate Chamber followed by the number of the present Congress, followed by a colon and then a number displaying at least two digits beginning with "01" and increasing until the end of Congress.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,