Bill: Draft Secondary Names Act

[EmeraldGuuy]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO
CLARIFY THE USE OF SECONDARY NAMES IN BILLS
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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:​

PART I: PRELIMINARIES

1 - Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the "Secondary Names Act" or the "SNA".
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act was authored by EmeraldGuuy Goodman
(4) This Act is co-sponsored by Alexis_123003
(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Legislative Standards Act

2 - Reasons and Intent

(1) Many bills use abbreviations or short form names to easily name the bill (ie LSA (Legislative Standards Act)).
(2) The only reference for rules on secondary names was written for primary names in the Legislative Standards Act.
(3) This bill lays out a set a rules to be used for secondary names.

PART II: AMENDMENTS

1. Amendments

(1) Section 7(4) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

(4) The title of a bill must explain the purpose of the bill and may not contain any personal identifiers such as names, initials and abbreviations referring to persons, business names, company names, trademarks, brand names, or any other commercial identifiers.

(a) Secondary names for bills must be placed like the following: "This Act may be cited as the "[Insert Bill Name]" or the [Insert Secondary Name]". A bill is not required to include it but may for clarification or easy reference. A secondary name must be one of the following:

(i) Abbreviation of the name
(ii) Reference to the author
(iii) Shortened version of the name
(iv) Long form version of the name.

(b) Any secondary name that doesn't qualify with the above are null and cannot be used in the bill.

(2) Section 7(5) of the Legislative Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

(5) Title Enforcement and Clarifications

(a) For the purposes of subsection (4):

(i) "Business names" include the names of any for-profit or non-profit organizations, corporations, sole
proprietorships, or other commercial entities.

(ii) "Trademarks" include registered trademarks, service marks, trade names, and any other distinctive commercial identifiers.

(iii) "Brand names" include product names, service names, and any other commercial branding elements.

(b) This prohibition does not apply to:

(i) Generic descriptive terms that happen to coincide with business names (e.g., "Transportation Act" even if a business named "Transportation" exists);

(ii) References to government departments, agencies, or programs;

(iii) Geographic locations that may share names with businesses.

(c) The relevant Presiding Officer shall have authority to determine whether a bill title violates subsection (4) before allowing the bill to proceed to voting.

(d) If a bill title is found to contain prohibited commercial identifiers:

(i) The Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives shall require the sponsor to amend the title before the bill may proceed to voting;

(ii) This requirement does not constitute a Motion to Amend and may be issued at the sole discretion of the Presiding Officer without a vote; and

(iii) If the sponsor refuses or fails to amend the title within 48 hours, the bill shall be rejected and moved to the Rejected sub-forum.

(e) For the purpose of Subsection (4)(a):

(i) Abbreviation of the name, meaning the first letter of every word in the act's name (ie Legislative Standards Act being LSA).

(ii) Reference to the author, meaning a bill made by a representative being named (including but not limited to) "[Insert Representative's name]'s first bill" or "[Insert Representative's name]'s Main Bill".

(iii) Shortened version of the name, meaning: Legislative Standards Act being shortened to "Leg. Stan. Act".

(iv) Long form version of the name, meaning: if "LSA" was the official name for the Legislative Standards Act, then the long form would be: "Legislative Standards Act".

(f) The secondary name is intended for easier communication, not to be used as its official name while in court, at a press conference or any other public event.

(i) The above describes only a few specific scenarios but it is not limited to it.