A2408.04 | Passed
The legal requirement for the Chair to “archive” voting and debate topics for passed legislation was removed, and the use of the word “threads” was replaced with “topics”. Alongside some general cleanup.
(Debate thread | Voting thread )
Legislative Procedure Act
An act to define the procedural rules of the Assembly
1. Legislative Rules
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(6) Any bill, resolution or amendment which has been inactive for more than one month may be considered defunct and archived at the discretion of the Chair.
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(9) Should any bill, resolution or amendment become law, the document itself, its debate thread, and its voting thread and results shall all be archived.
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2. Office of the Chair
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(6) The Chair is responsible for creating voting threads topics and recording votes. In the event that the Chair does not perform these duties in a reasonable time frame, any legislator may create voting threads topics and record votes.
(7) The legislative history of each law will be recorded by the Chair. Legislative history will include reference to debate threads topics , voting results, and amendment history.
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(10) The Chair must document the use of their discretionary powers including a rationale for using those powers in the relevant debate thread topic .
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