Awaiting Assent Quorum Fix Act

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A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution to fix congressional quorums.

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:​

1 - Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Quorum Fix Act'

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by End.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Darklander

2 - Reasons

(1) Required to support fixing the quorum headache we find ourselves in — if someone choses to be neutral through abstention, then the majority needs to be lowered.

3 - Amendments
(1) §10 of the Constitution shall be amended as follows:

(1) Quorums. Quorums apply to all voting conducted in Congress ,.and a. A quorum to make a decision must be no less than 50% of the modified statutory number of seats in the chamber. Modified statutory seats shall be defined as the number of statutory seats in the chamber, less 1 seat for each abstention affirmatively stated.


(2) Dynamic Majorities. The majority will be decided based on the total number of those who have voted, either in favour or against.
(3) Absolute Floor. Notwithstanding the above, no decision shall be valid unless it receives at least affirmative votes equating to 4 for the House of Representatives, and 2 for the Senate.

 

[Silly Billy(Raz0Baz0)]

Aye - Quorums have been a big problem ever since it was discovered something could fail just by not voting, or outright abstaining, it has been a headache on the entire congress. This act appears to be the greatest solution to the problem, making such a simple change that fixes a huge headache.

 

[ToadKing]

@End
Can you just stop and look at the bills you're putting out before posting them?
I get you might want to push things out quickly, or God forbid you're trying to do this on mobile (I know the struggle), but I didn't even know this was supposed to be a constitutional amendment until I saw the Senate amendment.

You have been at this for more than 5 years. You have written the standards for how things should be formatted. Please follow your standards. Or maybe you just need your own Toad to write your bills for you.

@Darklander You're equally as culpable for enabling this. I expect something more from a Presiding Officer. Your job as co-sponsor is ever more crucial; to act as a barrier and a second set of eyes. That's the entire point of the co-sponsorship requirement under the LSA - peer review. Not just rubber-stamping.
When you co-sign something, you're attesting that it's ready for consideration. If the sponsoring Representative doesn't check their own work, the co-sponsor absolutely must.

That's the whole point of the safeguard.

 

[ElysiaCrynn]

Votes prior to revote.

 

[Franciscus]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been assented to and referred to the Department of State for referendum.

- Multiman155