Amend the Parliamentary Procedure Act

[Aero]

Author: Aero Nox
Sponsor: Aero Nox
Type: Amendment to an Act

A
BILL
TO
AMEND THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE ACT
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Preamble: MPs should be solely responsible for their duties, and their votes should come after careful consideration and be unchangeable.

1. Short Title & Author
(a) This bill shall be named the “Parliamentary Procedure Voting and Responsibility Amendment”.
(b) This bill was authored by Aero Nox.

2. Amendments
(a) Section 8 of the Parliamentary Procedure Act shall be amended as follows:

8. Parliamentary Voting - Motions, Non-binding Memoranda and Resolution
(a) A separate Discord channel named #Pparliament-voting will be created within the Queen's pParliament dDiscord for recording votes on motions, non-binding memoranda and resolutions. and bills. Notifications for active votes will be issued in this channel. This channel shall be open for viewing to the public.
(b) When a vote thread is created, all MPs will be notified in this new thread.
(bc) Where not otherwise specified by law, the voting period lasts 48 hours. The Speaker may extend the voting period by up to 24 cumulative hours if they publicly provide a reason for the extension. Where not otherwise specified by law, motions, non-binding memoranda and resolutions require a simple majority of votes to pass.
(c) After 12 hours since the opening of voting members who have not yet voted are entitled to a reminder from the presiding office at least 12 hours before the voting period ends.
(i) If such a reminder is lacking a member who has not yet voted may raise a point to re-open the vote for 12 hours. Such a point of order must be within 24 hours of the vote closing, must be granted and cannot be made more than once for the same vote.
(d) Members can vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.
(e) All votes are final when cast.
(ef) The outcome of any vote can be called and take effect earlier if no combination of pending or changeable votes can change the outcome. The outcome being called early does not end the voting period early.
(f) After casting a vote, members have 30 minutes or until the end of the voting period, whichever comes first, to change it if they wish, before the vote is considered final, even if the voting period has not yet closed.

(b) A new Section 9 will be added after Section 8. All proceeding sections will have their numbering altered to match this new numbering. The new Section 9 will be as follows:

9. Parliamentary Voting - Bills
(a) All votes on Bills will take place in the "Bill Proposals" forum.
(b) When a vote on a Bill begins, all MPs must be notified in the #parliament-floor Discord channel within the Queen's Parliament Discord.
(c) All votes on Bills will be open for 48 hours.
(d) Members can vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.
(e) Votes can be changed at will before the end of the voting period.

Enactment: This Act comes into force immediately upon passage