Legislative Procedure Act

[ProfessorHenn]

@KrisKringle

With respect, this is a whole paradigm shift in the way the Assembly conducts its business. As such, it deserves more than just two days of debate.

I’m referring to the supremacy clause amendment, not the amendments present in the act.

@KrisKringle

For starters, I would like to hear from you on what issue sessions are intended to address, if any at all, so that we can have a discussion about how well the solution fits the issue.

This is an implementation of the sessions idea that @Sandaoguo first brought up here, and much of the brunt work for the theory concerning this has already been discussed there.

In particular, this quote:

@Sandaoguo

My hope here is that FOMO, in addition to the participation requirements to be able to not “miss out”, creates incentive to join the Assembly and participate in it.

[Belschaft]

My own take is that sessions are an insane and unnecessarily bureaucratic idea which run contrary to the general purpose of making our government smaller and simpler.

[KrisKringle]

@ProfessorHenn

This is an implementation of the sessions idea that @Sandaoguo first brought up here, and much of the brunt work for the theory concerning this has already been discussed there.

In particular, this quote:

@Sandaoguo

My hope here is that FOMO, in addition to the participation requirements to be able to not “miss out”, creates incentive to join the Assembly and participate in it.

I don’t know if I agree with that reasoning. If someone doesn’t have something to say then they won’t have anything to say, no matter how you structure business in the Assembly. I also think that we should consider the implications of such an increase in bureaucratic complexity compared to the current situation where one doesn’t need to do anything before they can submit a bill.

I wonder if may we’re getting ahead of ourselves in going for a solution without fully considering if it fixes the issue at hand, or even making sure that we have correctly identified what the issue is. What are the main issues in the Assembly, and what options do we have to address them?

[ProfessorHenn]

Mr. Chair, I move the non-sessions draft of the Legislative Procedure Act and the amendment to the Charter be brought to a vote.

[KrisKringle]

The motion is recognised and will be brought to vote 2022-12-31T19:00:00Z.