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STANDING ORDERS OF THE 1ST PARLIAMENT
VOTE ON PASSAGE: PASSED
Ayes
ComplexKing (SKP)
ItsStormcraft (LPS)
Ibney0 (SKP)
Dartanboy (SKP)
bloodyrebals (ALP)
Capt11543 (LPS)
ConsequencesInc (LPS)
ameslap (SKP)
SeminoTV (LPS)
Twiscet (ALP
Nays
--
Abstentions
--
No Vote
zLost (LPS)
Thritystone (SKP)
| PARTY | AYE | NAY | ABS | NV |
| SKP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ALP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ayes
ComplexKing (SKP)
ItsStormcraft (LPS)
Ibney0 (SKP)
Dartanboy (SKP)
bloodyrebals (ALP)
Capt11543 (LPS)
ConsequencesInc (LPS)
ameslap (SKP)
SeminoTV (LPS)
Twiscet (ALP
Nays
--
Abstentions
--
No Vote
zLost (LPS)
Thritystone (SKP)
(1) These Standing Orders shall be enforced until the election of the next Speaker of Parliament.
(2) These Standing Orders establish the rules of Parliament and govern the legislative process, rules of debate, and standards of decorum.
(3) These Standing Orders shall come into force immediately upon simple majority approval by Parliament.
(4) These Standing Orders supersede any previously passed Standing Orders currently in force; any such Standing Orders are to be rescinded.
(5) These Standing Orders shall remain pinned to the “Chamber” subforum of the Parliament forums while they remain in force.
(6) Appendices A - E shall be considered wholly part of these Standing Orders and shall require simple majority approval to be amended, unless otherwise specified.
(a) Appendices A - D shall be mirrored in a separate thread titled “Formatting Standards”, which shall be pinned to the “Chamber” subforum of the Parliament forums. Each appendix shall be given their own post in that thread. Where conflicts exist between the text in the separate thread and these Standing Orders, the text in these Standing Orders takes precedence.
(b) Appendix E shall be mirrored in a separate thread titled “Index of Parliamentary Motions”, which shall be pinned to the “Chamber” subforum of the Parliament forums. Where conflicts exist between the text in the separate thread and these Standing Orders, the text in these Standing Orders takes precedence.
(7) These Standing Orders have been authored by MPs Capt11543 and ItsStormcraft.
(8) The introduction of these Standing Orders has been co-sponsored by Minister of Justice Ibney0.
2 - Definitions
For the purposes of these Standing Orders, the following terms are defined:
(1) Quorum - The number of Members of Parliament who are required to be present for a vote in order for it to succeed. Unless otherwise specified, a vote achieves quorum if the number of Members of Parliament who are present for the vote is the same as the number required for the vote to succeed.
(2) Posting Sponsor - The member of Parliament who posts a bill to the forums. They are responsible for initiating the legislative process and are able to take certain actions during the legislative process.
(3) "Simple majority" shall have the definition given to the term "Majority" in the Constitution.
(4) "Supermajority" shall have the definition to the same term in the Constitution.
3 - Bills and Acts of Parliament
(1) Any Member of Parliament may table a bill before the chamber relating to any matter over which Parliament has the authority to legislate.
(2) Bills and Acts must be formatted in the manner described by Appendix A of these Standing Orders.
(3) Each bill shall be assigned a reference number by the Office of the Speaker, following the style: “P.B.XX-YYY”, where XX signifies the current parliamentary term and YYY is a sequential numbering of all bills throughout the current term.
(a) Example: P.B.01-001 (the first bill introduced in the first Parliament).
(4) The parent post of a bill or Act’s thread shall always contain the current text of the same.
(a) The first reply to the thread shall always preserve the original text of the bill or Act from when it was introduced. The first reply shall also always contain the Bill Header, formatted in the manner described by Appendix B of these Standing Orders.
(5) Amendments to text in a bill, or in other Acts of Parliament, must be formatted according to the following conventions:
(a) The excerpt of the amended bill, including the proposed changes, shall be italicized.
(b) Green and bolded text shall be used to signify text being inserted into a bill or Act.
(c) Red and bolded text shall be used to signify text being removed from a bill or Act.
(d) Yellow and bolded text shall be used to signify text being slightly altered for formatting, organization, or grammatical reasons.
(i) When text is altered in a way that affects the meaning or effect of an Act, no matter how minor the change is, members shall take care to use red and green bolded text to communicate the change.
(5) Bills which amend previous Act(s) must specify their changes in accordance with the style described in the above subsection.
(6) If an Act of Parliament is amended or repealed by a later Act, the Office of the Speaker shall reply to the original Act with a link to the later Act and the excerpt(s) of the amending Act which contain the changes to the amended Act.
(7) Repealed Acts of Parliament are to be moved to the “Archive” subforum on the Parliament forums, and tagged “Repealed”.
4 - Resolutions and Official Statements
(1) Parliament may pass non-binding resolutions clarifying its position on a given topic, or requesting a given action from a given entity.
(a) Resolutions shall pass by the same process outlined in §2 of these Standing Orders.
(b) Resolutions must be formatted in the manner described by Appendix C of these Standing Orders.
(2) Any member of Parliament may move to pass an official statement regarding certain events, bills, decisions, or foreign actions.
5 - Legislative Process
(1) No bill or resolution may pass which does not follow the process outlined in this section.
(2) The legislative process begins when the posting sponsor gives notice to the Speaker of Parliament of their intent to table their bill or resolution for consideration by the chamber.
(a) Bills and resolutions must be posted to the “Government > Parliament > Chamber” forum.
(b) At this stage, the Office of the Speaker shall assign a unique reference number to the bill, following the style: “P.B.XX-YYY”, where XX signifies the current Parliamentary term and YYY is a sequential numbering of all bills introduced during the current term.
(3) After a bill or resolution has been tabled, it must be open for public comment in the #bills channel of the StateCraft Discord server for 24 hours before moving on to the next stage.
(a) Prior to the end of public comment, the posting sponsor of a bill may accept any amendment proposed to their bill as germane and immediately incorporate it into the bill.
(i) The posting sponsor must give notice to the Speaker of this action.
(4) Following the public comment period, the Office of the Speaker shall create a post in the #discussion-debate channel of the Parliament Discord server to facilitate debate amongst the Members of Parliament on the bill or resolution.
(a) By default, the debate period shall last 72 hours.
(b) Any member may move to extend debate on any bill or resolution.
(c) If a bill or resolution is placed under urgent consideration, its debate period shall last for 24 hours, shall run concurrently with any time remaining on the public comment period, and may not be extended.
(5) Following reading and debate, the Speaker of Parliament shall put the bill or resolution up for a vote.
(a) By default, the voting period shall last 48 hours.
(b) No bill not under urgent consideration shall pass or fail which has amendments under consideration.
(i) No amendments may be proposed to any bill which has been in the voting period for 24 hours or more.
(ii) The voting period for a bill shall be automatically extended 12 hours past the closure of all motions to amend it.
(c) If a bill is placed under urgent consideration, the voting period shall last for 24 hours and may not be extended.
(i) Paragraph (b) shall not apply to bills under urgent consideration. Instead, any motions to amend bills under urgent consideration shall close six hours before the conclusion of the vote on the parent bill, and the results of such motions shall be drawn from the votes on the record at that time.
(ii) Additionally, no new motions to amend a bill under urgent consideration may be made once voting opens.
(6) At the end of the voting period for a bill or resolution, it will have either passed or failed.
(a) The Speaker shall leave the debate thread open for all bills in the voting phase to allow for ongoing discussion of each bill and its amendments.
(b) Bills and resolutions shall pass by simple majority.
(c) If a bill or resolution receives the same number of AYEs as it does NAYs, the Speaker of Parliament must cast their vote in favor of continuing deliberation or preserving the status quo.
(d) If a bill passes, it shall promptly be communicated to the Monarch; after they grant assent, the bill becomes law. If a resolution passes, it has been adopted by Parliament and no further action is required.
(e) If a bill fails, it shall be moved to the “Archive” subforum of the Parliament forums, and tagged “Bill: Rejected”.
(f) Any sponsors of a failed bill may move to reconsider it. If that motion succeeds, the bill shall restart the legislative process at the reading and debate phase.
(g) Barring a successful motion to reconsider, no bill which has failed, nor a bill of similar intent, may be tabled again for 14 days after it has failed.
(i) This provision shall not apply between Parliamentary terms.
(7) At any point before the conclusion of the voting period, the posting sponsor of a bill or resolution may rescind it.
(a) A rescinded bill shall be moved to the “Archive” subforum of the Parliament forums and tagged “Rescinded”.
(8) While a bill remains under consideration before the chamber, any Member of Parliament may propose amendments to it.
(a) Amendments must be posted as a reply to the bill thread. Amendment replies must contain a header reading “Amendment XX”, numbered sequentially.
(b) Proposed amendments must specify their changes in accordance with the style described in §3(5) of these Standing Orders.
(9) Once the Monarch posts a reply to the bill thread assenting, the Office of the Speaker shall update the reference number to follow the style: “A.P.###”, where “###” signifies a sequential numbering of ALL acts passed by Parliament, regardless of term, move it to the appropriate “Acts of Parliament” subforum, and update its tag to “Act of Parliament”.
(a) The original bill number may remain in the child post of the thread which contains the original text of the bill.
(10) Detailed records for votes on bills, amendments to bills, and motions related to bills, shall be posted to the relevant bill’s thread, formatted in the manner described by Appendix D of these Standing Orders.
6 - Motions
(1) Any Member of Parliament may move for the chamber to take some procedural action. Members bring a motion by notifying the Speaker and Deputy Speaker in #parliament-floor in the Parliament Discord, and specifying what action is to be taken.
(2) After acknowledging a valid motion, the Speaker shall put it up to vote in the #parliament-voting channel in the Parliament Discord.
(a) By default, voting on any motion shall last 48 hours.
(b) A motion shall pass by simple majority vote unless otherwise specified.
(c) At any point before the success or failure of a motion, or the conclusion of its voting period, the member who brought the motion may rescind it.
(d) At any point before the success or failure of a motion, or the conclusion of its voting period, the member who brought the motion may request that it be suspended; the Speaker shall deny the request if the motion is urgent or the request is unreasonable.
(3) An Index of Parliamentary Motions shall be appended to these Standing Orders and maintained by the Office of the Speaker, to be used as a reference for Members of Parliament as to what motions are available.
(a) The Index of Parliamentary Motions shall not be considered exhaustive. If a Member of Parliament moves for an action not covered by the Index of Parliamentary Motions, the Speaker shall review the proposed action against these Standing Orders and all applicable laws to determine its validity, in consultation with their Office. If the motion is ruled to be valid, the Speaker shall put the motion up for vote, and their Office shall add the new motion to the Index of Parliamentary Motions.
(b) Any provisions attached to motions in the Index of Parliamentary Motions shall be considered binding as part of these Standing Orders.
7 - Points of Order
(1) A point of order is a request made by a member to the Speaker for a ruling or clarification relating to the rules of the chamber.
(2) Members may raise a point of order at any time during chamber business.
(3) The Speaker may confer privately with the Parliamentarian for assistance on the point of order before delivering their ruling.
(4) The Speaker may refuse to consider any Point of Order that does not fit the scope set by subsection (1) (i.e. a remark directly regarding the matter under consideration or a response to another Member).
8 - Hearings
(1) Any Member of Parliament may move to hold a hearing on a subject matter specified by the member.
(a) Any subpoenas for testimony or evidence to be issued shall be specified in such a motion.
(b) Hearings are held asynchronously in the #hearings channel in the StateCraft Discord server, but a member moving for a hearing may request that it be in-game.
(2) If a motion to hold a hearing is supported by one sixth of Members of Parliament, the Office of the Speaker shall issue all subpoenas for testimony and evidence, and set up the hearing as necessary, either by creating a post in #hearings or scheduling an in-game hearing.
(3) Asynchronous hearings have no time limit, and shall continue pending a successful Motion to Conclude.
(a) If such a motion is made by the Member filing the Motion to Convene Hearing, it shall require a simple majority to pass.
(b) Otherwise, it shall require a supermajority.
(4) In-game hearings shall last no longer than the scheduled time. The Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, or Parliamentarian shall be present to preside over the hearing.
(a) The presiding officer may set time limits for questions and responses.
(b) The presiding officer facilitates any votes and addresses any procedural matters that arise during a hearing.
(c) Any member present during an in-game hearing may move to conclude it early.
(5) Abuse of the hearing process by any Member shall be grounds for censure or removal.
9 - Parliamentary Investigative Commission
(1) A parliamentary investigative commission (IC) shall be established after a motion with support from one fourth of Members of Parliament.
(a) The Motion must specify a reason, purpose and goal of the IC.
(b) Such reason must be to resolve a disputed fact, study the impact of governmental or parliamentary action, scrutinise an official for potential misconduct or similar.
(2) An IC shall be assembled from Members of Parliament of all parties, with two delegates attributed to the largest two parties and one delegate for all others.
(3) An IC shall be able to access classified information related to its mandate. Disputes shall be settled in the Magistrates Court.
(a) Material requests may be made by every delegate.
(4) An IC may schedule hearings upon request of one fourth of delegates.
(a) Such a hearing shall then follow the same procedures as outlined in §8.
(b) The delegates may vote to hold a classified hearing.
(5) Concluding an investigation, an IC must draft a report detailing the findings.
(a) This report must be made available to all Members of Parliament. Part of the report may be classified and be retracted in publishing.
(b) The report must also include any delegate’s thoughts diverging from the majority opinion.
(6) Abuse of the Investigative Commission process by any Member shall be grounds for censure or removal.
10 - Decorum
(1) The following standards of decorum are to be observed by all members at all times in spaces where chamber business is conducted:
(a) Members shall participate in all chamber business in good faith.
(b) Members shall treat each other with respect. There shall be zero tolerance for personal attacks against any person by any member.
(c) Members shall keep their remarks germane to the matter under consideration.
(d) Members shall not speak out of turn or disrupt the business of the chamber.
(e) Members shall address their comments to the Speaker, and shall address other members indirectly, if possible. (e.g. “Dartanboy, what are you doing to stop the heat death of the universe?” is wrong; “Mr. Speaker, what is the Right Honorable Prime Minister doing to stop the heat death of the universe?” is right)
(f) While debating in the chamber, Members of Parliament shall refer to other members of the chamber according to the following:
(i) "Honourable Friend" for members on their bench
(ii) "Honourable Member" for members on the opposing bench
(iii) "Honourable Minister" for members of the cabinet
(iv) "Right Honourable [...]" for the Parliamentary Leader of a party
(2) The following additional standards of decorum are to be observed by all members during in-person debates:
(a) The member who is recognized by the Speaker shall not be interrupted by any other member.
(b) Members recognized by the Speaker shall take care to speak concisely in consideration for other members who seek recognition from the Speaker.
(3) Rules for decorum are to be observed during all hearings, with the following exceptions:
(a) Members may address those testifying before Parliament directly.
(4) The Speaker shall have the authority to enforce rules and decorum.
(a) If a member breaches rules or decorum, the Speaker may call the member to order and issue a formal warning.
(b) The Speaker may require a member to rescind or amend a comment, in whole or in part, which violates standards of decorum.
(i) If a comment must be rescinded in Discord, the member shall edit the message to be struck out in whole.
(ii) If a comment must be amended in Discord, the member shall edit their original message to strike it out in whole, and then reply to the message with the original message containing amendments.
(c) If a member repeatedly breaches rules or decorum, the Speaker may suspend the member’s participation in the business of the chamber by revoking their permission to send messages in the relevant channels for not more than 12 hours.
(i) During an in-person session, the Speaker may order the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the member from the floor of the chamber for the remainder of the session.
11 - Standard Rules of Debate
(1) These rules are to be followed at all times when discussing legislative acts in the #discussion-debate forum channel.
(2) The first 12 hours of reading and debate are reserved for opening statements, during which each Member of Parliament may send 1 message stating whether they are for or against the bill, and their reasoning to do so.
(a) This period may be cut short if one of the following requirements are met:
(i) All members have given opening statements.
(ii) A motion to close opening statements succeeds.
(b) Motions under urgent consideration shall not have an opening statements period.
(3) Members may continue debating if a point of order has been made, unless the Speaker deems it necessary to suspend debate, at which point the post will be temporarily closed to comment.
12 - Rules for In-Person Sessions
(1) In-person sessions are attended by the Speaker, and members of their Office; the Clerk; Members of Parliament; a Sergeant-at-Arms; and guests of the Chamber invited by the Speaker.
(a) The Speaker's presence is required to preside over the session.
(b) The Clerk’s presence is required to record the proceedings, unless such duties are assumed by the Speaker.
(c) The Sergeant-at-Arms' presence is required to maintain the security of the chamber.
(i) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall be a member of the Ministry of Justice with powers of detention, chosen by the Minister of Justice with consent from the Office of the Speaker.
(d) Members of Parliament and invited guests may attend at their own discretion.
(2) In-person sessions shall be open to the public.
(a) Members of the public shall be restricted to the viewing gallery above the chamber. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall have the authority to escort unauthorized persons from the floor of the chamber.
(3) The Speaker shall have the authority to call the session to order, send it to recess, and adjourn it.
(a) Before the Speaker may adjourn the session, all matters on the agenda must be addressed, either by resolving them or moving to postpone their consideration to another time.
(4) The agenda for the session shall be prepared in advance by the Office of the Speaker, in consultation with the party leaders.
(a) The agenda shall be made known to the public at least 24 hours in advance of the session.
(b) The first order of business for every session shall be for the Clerk to read the agenda to the chamber. Following this reading, the Speaker shall permit members to move to amend the agenda. The agenda may not be amended at any other point.
(5) Members must be recognized by the Speaker in order to speak during debates.
(a) Any member who wishes to be recognized may stand up to signal their desire to speak.
(i) Members seeking recognition to bring a point of order must also wear their Point of Order Hat, which shall be provided to them by the Clerk before the start of the session.
(b) The Speaker shall recognize one of the standing members. All other members shall immediately sit back down. Once a member has been recognized, only that member is permitted to stand for the duration of their speech.
(i) The Speaker shall prioritize Points of Order when practicable. The Speaker shall have the authority to cease recognizing a member pursuant to their authority under §7(4) of these Standing Orders.
(c) When the recognized member concludes their speech, they shall immediately sit back down, and the Speaker shall seek to recognize another member.
(d) The Speaker may set a reasonable time limit for members’ speeches to expedite debate. The same time limit shall apply to all members.
(6) Following a successful motion to end debate, the chamber will vote on the matter under consideration. The procedure for voting during in-person sessions is as follows:
(a) The Speaker announces the vote on the matter under consideration by the chamber. The Clerk records the start of the vote.
(b) The Speaker calls on all members who wish to vote “aye” to stand. The Clerk records the name of each member who stands as voting “aye”.
(c) The Speaker calls on all members who wish to vote “nay” to stand. The Clerk records the name of each member who stands as voting “nay”.
(d) The Speaker calls on all members who wish to abstain to stand. The Clerk records the name of each member who stands as abstaining from the vote.
(e) The Clerk tallies the vote and reports the final tally privately to the Speaker. The Speaker then announces the final tally and the result of the vote.
(7) Any valid motion brought before the chamber during an in-person session shall be adopted or rejected according to the following procedure:
(a) A member seeks recognition and raises the motion.
(b) The Speaker seeks to recognize another member to second the motion. If no second is recognized, the motion automatically fails.
(c) The Speaker then seeks to recognize any members who oppose the motion. If no opponents are recognized, the motion automatically succeeds.
(d) A debate on the motion may be held at the Speaker's discretion.
(e) A vote on the motion is held according to the procedure set forth in subsection (6).
13 - Journal of Parliament
(1) The Journal of Parliament is a record of certain events and actions undertaken by Parliament.
(2) The Journal of Parliament shall be maintained as a thread in the Parliament forums.
(a) A distinct thread shall be created for each Journal of Parliament, titled “Journal of the XXth Parliament” (where “XXth” is replaced with the term number documented by the thread).
(b) A subforum shall be created under the “Office of the Speaker” forum to host Journal of Parliament threads.
(3) An entry in the Journal of Parliament shall be made to document each of the following events in the specified manner:
(a) The passage or rejection of a bill. The post shall include a link to the bill on the forums, a link to the public comment Discord thread, and a link to the debate Discord thread.
(b) A Parliamentary hearing. The post shall include a link to the hearing thread if it was asynchronous, or a recording, transcript, or summary of the hearing if it was in-game.
(c) The consideration of any motion not related to any bill. The post must include any relevant details about the motion (i.e. if it was a Motion to Censure, any reasons for the censure), and the details of the vote on the motion, formatted in the manner described by Appendix D of these Standing Orders.
14 - Abstentions
(1) An abstention is a member’s vote neither in favor nor against a matter under consideration.
(2) For the purposes of counting votes, a matter under consideration shall pass if it reaches the required threshold, entirely ignoring abstentions.
15 - Conflicts of Interest
(1) A Member is required to abstain from voting on a matter under consideration where a substantial conflict of interest exists between the member’s duty as a Member of Parliament or Minister, and their private interests.
16 - Peer Review
(1) No bill or resolution may be tabled for consideration by the chamber which lacks a co-sponsor.
(a) The co-sponsor must be another sitting Member of Parliament who did not post or author the bill.
(2) The Speaker of Parliament may ask any listed co-sponsor of a bill or resolution to verify if they gave consent to be listed as a co-sponsor before tabling it. If consent had not been given, the bill or resolution shall immediately be withdrawn from consideration by the chamber. Consent may not be withdrawn once a bill or resolution has been tabled.
17 - Oath of Office Ceremony
(1) An Oath of Office ceremony shall be held at the beginning of each Parliamentary term, and following each Parliamentary special election or the appointment of a new member to Parliament.
(a) The Oath of Office ceremony may be held in-game or in the #parliament-floor channel of the Parliament discord.
(2) New Members of Parliament shall take the following Oath of Office before the Speaker: “I, <username>, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Kingdom of Alexandria for the people, and that I shall faithfully support and defend <his/her> majesty the <king/queen>. So help me End and Tech.”
(a) If the Speaker is unavailable or the position is vacant, the Oath of Office may be administered by the Deputy Speaker; failing that, it may be administered by a Clerk.
(3) An individual is considered a full Member of Parliament the moment they are elected or appointed to a seat, and may begin performing the duties of their office starting at that moment. The Oath of Office Ceremony is purely ceremonial and shall have no legal effect, nor shall a member be prevented from performing the duties of their office if they have not yet taken their Oath of Office.
18 - Amending and Renewing the Standing Orders
(1) Any Member may move to amend these Standing Orders while they remain in force.
(a) Amendments to these Standing Orders must be submitted following the rules set forth in §5(8) for amending bills and resolutions under consideration.
(2) Following the election of a new Speaker of Parliament, any Member may move to renew these Standing Orders of Parliament.
(a) Following the success of such a motion, the Standing Orders of Parliament shall be re-tabled through the legislative process starting at the Reading and Debate period.
(b) Once the renewed Standing Orders have passed, they shall be renamed following the style of "Xth Standing Orders of the YYth Parliament," where X signifies the number of times a set of Standing Orders has been passed or renewed for that term, and YY signifies the current Parliamentary term number.
19 - Miscellaneous
(1) The following channels in the Parliament Discord shall be made readable by all citizens:
(a) #parliament-announcements
(b) #suggestions
(i) The public shall be given permission to create new threads in this channel to suggest laws to Members of Parliament.
(c) #parliament-voting
(d) #parliament-floor
(e) #bill-readings
(f) #discussion-debate
(g) #parliament-general
(h) #speakers-office
(i) #speaker-elections
(j) #monarch
(2) The Speaker may create new channels as necessary for the functioning of Parliament.
(3) Members of Parliament may request a review from the Office of the Speaker of a draft bill or resolution prior to tabling it for consideration.
(a) Such reviews shall cover formatting, language, grammatical structure, and conflicts with existing Acts of Parliament and tabled bills.
(b) The review shall be conducted in an impartial manner, and suggestions made by the Office of the Speaker shall not be binding.
Appendices
A
BILL
TO
[Amend the <Short Title>;
The <Short Title>; and
The <Short Title>
To] <Long Title>
BILL
TO
[Amend the <Short Title>;
The <Short Title>; and
The <Short Title>
To] <Long Title>
1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) may be cited as ‘<Short Title>’ or ‘<Abbreviation>’.
(b) may be numbered as P.B.##-###.
(c) shall be enacted <Time>.
(d) has been authored by <Position> <Author>.
(e) has been co-sponsored by <Position> <Co-Sponsor>.
[optional, if appendices are included in the Act]
(2) The following appendices are part of this Act:
(a) Appendix A - <Appendix Name>;
(b) Appendix B - <Appendix Name>; and
(c) Appendix C - <Appendix Name>.
2 - Content
(1) subsections as needed
(a) paragraphs as needed
(i) subparagraphs as needed
(i-a) inserted subparagraph
(a-a) inserted paragraph
(1a) inserted subsection
(2) next subsection
2a - Inserted Section
(1) content...
3 - omitted
[if necessary]
4 - Amendments to Some Other Act
Some Other Act shall be amended in the following manner:
“(5) This boring and useless Act has some text in it which should be removed, and other text which should be added.”
[if necessary]
<last> - Provisional Regulations
(1) text of section...
Appendices
<spoiler tag>
Content of appendix...
<end spoiler tag>
<spoiler tag>
Content of appendix...
<end spoiler tag>
[The] <Party>
Through Their <Parliamentary Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Short Title>
/
The <Cabinet Name>
Through Its <Cabinet Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Short Title>
Through Their <Parliamentary Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Short Title>
/
The <Cabinet Name>
Through Its <Cabinet Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Short Title>
Parliament notes:
(1) <Facts/Issues>; use internal section formatting as in the bill format
Based on this, Parliament decides:
(1) <Strategy>; use internal section formatting as in the bill format
To fulfil this, Parliament projects the following expenses:
(1) <Expenses>; use internal section formatting as in the bill format
Further, Parliament projects the following administrative efforts:
(1) <Administrative Efforts>; use internal section formatting as in the bill format
To implement the above, Parliament passes:
[text of bill follows…]
The <Party>
Through Their <Parliamentary Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Resolution Short Title>
/
The <Cabinet Name>
Through Its <Cabinet Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Resolution Short Title>
Through Their <Parliamentary Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Resolution Short Title>
/
The <Cabinet Name>
Through Its <Cabinet Position> <Poster>
Moves to Pass
The <Resolution Short Title>
Parliament notes:
(1) <Facts>
Based on this, Parliament decides:
(1) <Strategy>
To set precedent for the above, Parliament passes:
A
RESOLUTION
TO
[Amend the <Resolution Short Title>;
The <Resolution Short Title>; and
The <Resolution Short Title>
To] <Long Title>
RESOLUTION
TO
[Amend the <Resolution Short Title>;
The <Resolution Short Title>; and
The <Resolution Short Title>
To] <Long Title>
1 - About this Resolution
(1) This Resolution
(a) may be cited as ‘<Short Title>’ or ‘<Abbreviation>’.
(b) has been authored by <Position> <Author>.
(c) Has been co-sponsored by <Position> <Co-Sponsor>.
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VOTE ON <AMENDMENT XX|URGENT CONSIDERATION|PASSAGE|RECONSIDERATION|ETC.>: <PASSED|REJECTED|NO QUORUM>
Ayes
Alice (AAA)
Bob (AAA)
Celine (AAA)
Nays
David (BBB)
Elaine (BBB)
Abstentions
Frank (CCC)
No Vote
Gina (CCC)
| PARTY | AYE | NAY | ABS | NV |
| AAA | # | # | # | # |
| BBB | # | # | # | # |
| CCC | # | # | # | # |
| TOTAL | # | # | # | # |
Ayes
Alice (AAA)
Bob (AAA)
Celine (AAA)
Nays
David (BBB)
Elaine (BBB)
Abstentions
Frank (CCC)
No Vote
Gina (CCC)
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