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A BILL

To make the work week a more healthy length.

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Republic of Fremont

Section I. SHORT TITLE

(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Fremont Reforms The Work Week Act”

Section II. FINDINGS

The Fremont Assembly finds that—

(a) The work week has maintained a standard 8 hours per day at 5 days per week for nearly a century.

(b) Productivity has dramatically increased since such a time.

(c) Levels of consumption have not increased as dramatically since such a time.

(d) The current work week encourages the sweat-shop like conditions in developing nations such as the People’s Republic of China, India, or Vietnam, as they need higher hours and more working days to be competitive.

(e) Unlike in the past, unions and radical unionism are largely irrelevant in the modern world, and have proven to be incapable of lowering the work week.

(f) The federal government does not have the authority or responsibility to enact such a reform.

(g) Much of Fremont such as Washington, Oregon, or California have long been bastions of progress and new ideas, and we must continue being an example for the rest of the nation.

Section III. DEFINITIONS

In this Act:

(1) WORK WEEK.—The term “Work Week” means the number of days and number of hours worked on those days every week before being entitled to overtime pay.

(2) PAID TIME OFF.—The term “Paid Time Off”, or “PTO”, means the number of days in which employees are entitled to take off without losing any pay.

(3) BREAKS.—The term “Breaks” means any time officially taken off, with such a duration less than 2 hours, in between performing labor for a certain firm.

Section IV. WORK WEEK REFORM

(a) The work week shall be no more than four (4) days per week and six (6) hours per day.

(b) Seasonal labor shall have a work week of no more than five (5) days per week and eight (8) hours per day.

(c) Educational laborers such as teachers shall have a work week no longer than five (5) days per week and seven (7) hours per day.

Section V. BREAK REFORM

(a) For every six (6) hour shift worked, every employee is entitled to have one (1) of those six (6) hours off as a paid break.

(b) Breaks in excess of one (1) hour do not have to be paid.

(i) Employee clock-in and clock-out times shall not be used to deny paid break pay, with forgiveness of up to fifteen (15) minutes.

(ii) Employee over-staying on breaks may be due cause for a termination if it is a repeated offense.

Section VI. PTO REFORM

(a) For every two (2) weeks worked, an employee shall be entitled to one (1) day of paid time off.

(b) Seasonal laborers are not entitled to PTO.

Section VII. ENACTMENT & TIMELINE

(a) one hundred and twenty (120) days after receiving a signature from the Governor, this bill shall go into effect.

Written by /u/model-kyosanto (G), Sponsored by Assemblywoman /u/Parado-I (G)

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DEFENSE OF CHILDREN ACT

AN ACT

To provide needed oversight and regulation for provision of medical care to adolescents with gender dysphoria

Authored by United States Senator Adith_MUSG of the Great State of Dixie

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF FREMONT

SECTION I: SHORT TITLE

(1) This Act shall be cited as the Defense of Children Act.

SECTION II: DEFINITIONS

(1) “Healthcare professional” means a professional licensed physician or other healthcare practitioner licensed, registered, accredited, or certified to perform specified healthcare services in the Republic of Fremont;

(2) “Puberty” means a developmental stage during which the pituitary gland triggers the production of testosterone in boys and the production of estrogen and progesterone in girls;

(3) “Gender identity” means an individual's self-recognition and self-expression as male, female, or something else; and

(4) "Gender-affirming care" means a course of treatment that involves the use of hormone replacement, puberty blockers, surgery, or other medical intervention to change the physical appearance of a patient to one that does not correspond to the anatomy and chromosomal makeup with which the patient was born and instead corresponds, or ‘affirms,’ their gender identity.

(a) “Gender-affirming medication” shall refer to the administration of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to assist in the creation of an outward appearance and bodily changes different from the norm for one’s assigned sex at birth, with the purpose of affirming their gender identity.

(b) “Surgical gender-affirming care” shall refer to surgical procedures that are used to alter a transgender individual’s appearance, including but not limited to--

i. Breast augmentations and augmentation mammoplasty

ii. Vaginoplasty

iii. Orchiectomy

iv. Voice feminization surgery

v. Metoidioplasty

vi. Phalloplasty

vii. Scrotoplasty

viii. Hysterectomy.

(c) Both “Gender-affirming medication” and “Surgical gender-affirming care” shall not be construed, for the purposes of this Act, as encompassing:

i. Medical procedures provided to individuals with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous;

ii. Medical procedures provided to individuals to correct defects in genitalia or secondary sex organs;

SECTION III: GENERAL PROVISIONS

(1) A physician or other healthcare professional shall not provide, facilitate the provision of, or make referrals to healthcare professionals for the purpose of providing, surgical gender-affirming care to any individual under eighteen years of age.

(2) A physician or other healthcare professional shall not provide, facilitate the provision of, or make referrals to healthcare professionals for the purpose of providing, gender-affirming medication to any individual under eighteen years of age outside of any clinical trials pursuant to the appropriate state and federal laws and regulations.

(3) No funds from the Treasury of the Republic of Fremont, or any funds collected by the Republic of Fremont, may be utilized for the provision of or granted to any individual providing surgical gender-affirming care to any individual under eighteen years of age.

(4) No funds from the Treasury of the Republic of Fremont, or any funds collected by the Republic of Fremont, may be utilized for the provision of or granted to any individual providing gender-affirming medication to any individual under eighteen years of age outside of any clinical trials pursuant to the appropriate state and federal laws and regulations.

SECTION IV: PENALTIES

(1) Any violation of this Act shall be punishable as a misdemeanor, and any sentence imposed for the violation thereof may be no greater than 6 months, or a fine no greater than $20,000, or both.

(2) Any violation of this section by a healthcare professional shall constitute professional misconduct.

(3) Any violation of this section by a healthcare professional employed by the Republic of Fremont shall render them applicable for immediate suspension, termination of employment, or for being blocked from holding employment with the Republic of Fremont henceforth.

SECTION V: ENACTMENT

(1) The provisions of this Act shall come into effect immediately upon passage into law.

(2) No part of this Act shall be construed as allowing the violation of Federal statutes and regulations.

(3) No part of this Act shall be construed as denying those eighteen years of age or above to access surgical gender-affirming care or gender-affirming medication.

(4) No part of this Act shall apply to a healthcare provider providing, facilitating the provision of, or making referrals to healthcare professionals for the purpose of providing, gender-affirming medication to any individual under eighteen years of age who is currently taking gender-affirming medication.

SECTION VI: SEVERABILITY

(1) The provisions of this Act are severable.

(2) If any part, clause, sentence, or other portion of this Act is found to be unconstitutional, the remainder shall stay as law.

Amendment and discussion here

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Imagine Dragons Prohibition Act of 2021

AN ACT to prohibit the possession of records, audio files and paraphernalia relating to the Nevada musical group Imagine Dragons

The people of the State of Sierra enact as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Imagine Dragons Prohibition Act of 2021”.

Sec. 2. Findings.

The State Legislature finds—

(a) that the musical group Imagine Dragons, originally from the city of Las Vegas in Nevada, has regrettably found mainstream popular success and substantial radio airtime with such obnoxious songs featuring nonsensical gibberish lyrics as ‘Radioactive’, ‘It’s Time’, ‘Believer’ and ‘Thunder’,

(b) that the musical pairings of the group Imagine Dragons constitute auditory terrorism against the people of Sierra,

(c) that, under established principles of constitutional law enshrined by cases including Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), expressive conduct which incites imminent lawless action is outside the purview of the First Amendment, and

(d) that the act of hearing Imagine Dragons music constitutes incitement to imminent lawless action due to the uncontrollable violent reactions that it provokes in the average person.

Sec. 3. Penalties.

(a) It is hereby declared to be unlawful to possess records, audio files and paraphernalia relating to the Nevada musical group Imagine Dragons in any public place in the State of Sierra.

(b) It is a misdemeanor to violate this section. A person who violates this section is liable for a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one week, or both.

(c) The offense defined at subsection (a) is a strict liability offense.

Sec. 4. Enactment.

(a) This Act takes effect immediately after passage.

(b) If a court of law of appropriate jurisdiction finds that any section of this law is unconstitutional, the same court shall henceforth be officially designated as “a bunch of nerds”.

Written and submitted by Gov. HurricaneofLies (Dem.)

Hosted, as amended here

A bit of uh... sad news.

The following amendments were declared void for different reasons:

Amendment 1 was modified. The portions referring to WB-09-11: GREEN Act and PA014 are stricken as the former is a bill and thusly cannot be added to the constitution and the latter was passed as a resolution to attempt to amend the Federal constitution, so it will not be included in this constitution as the amendment attempts.

Amendmnet 4 is hereby ignored in its entirety and declared meta void, as it attempts to dictate how the meta must behave.

So the PDF above reflects these changes.

Otherwise, vote on the amendment. If all nine assemblymen vote before tw odays are up I will be closing this early as to close the assembly sooner. If you vote but want to think it over later on, just ask me and I'll hold off on closing early. xoxo

The only amendment presented before the legislature is as follows:

Delete Section II. a. ii and Section II a. iii

Discussion here

Discussion here

Bill 010: The Ethical and Moral Punishments Bill

Preamble

The Western State is one of the few remaining states with a legal death penalty. The death penalty is expensive and in our modern times unethical. The death penalty is expensive and often is not humane, but rather leads to excessive suffering on the part of the prisoner. This bill will do away with the waste and suffering of the death penalty.

Section 1.

The death penalty will be abolished in the Western State.

Subsection 1. Any current death penalty sentences will be automatically commuted to life in prison without parole.

Section 2.

The sale of any toxins or poisons that will be used to inflict the death penalty in other places will banned. Any companies or individuals manufacturing this product in the Western State will receive a penalty for this act, which will be a fine of $1,000,000 or more, according to the discretion of the Judge.

Subsection 1. 'Manufacturing this product' means the assembly of the final product. Making and selling the different components apart is legal.

Section 3. Enactment

This bill shall take effect 60 days after passing.

This bill was sponsored by /u/GimmsterReloaded.

Voting will remain open for two days, after which the results will be posted publicly. You may vote either Yea or Nay, or you may abstain from casting a vote. Failure to take any of these actions before voting closes on three consecutive votes will result in your dismissal from the Assembly, after which you will be ineligible to hold office in the Western State for 120 days, in accordance with the Constitution.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/47vxyk/ab_034_transgender_suicide_prevention_act/

Hosted here, as amended

Discussion post

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Amendment 3

Amendment 4

Amendment 5

Amendment 6

Amendment 7

vote on the amendments above.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/49vbcd/resolution_003_articles_of_impeachment_against/

Bill, as amended, hosted here

The legislature will have a second chance to amend 035 and will now also be able to amend 036.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/54tj47/ab_057_voter_notification_and_election/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/4atbsb/ab_035_the_mandatory_vaccination_act/

The amendment period will last three days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/55c0eq/pa007_senator_confirmation_amendment/

Hosted here, as amended

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelWesternState/comments/4atbsb/ab_035_the_mandatory_vaccination_act/

The Fair Scheduling Act of 2017

Be it enacted by the Assembly of the Western State:

SECTION I. Definitions

1. An instructional day shall be defined as a day, falling between Monday and Friday, in which a student receives more than six hours of formal instruction at school.

2. An early release day shall be defined as an instructional day in which a student receives between three and six hours of formal instruction at school.

3. A make-up day shall be defined as any day which was not originally scheduled to be an instructional day, however, the district school schedule has been amended to include it to provide for lost instructional hours due to any reason.

SECTION II. Instructional Days

1. No public school in the Western State shall begin the instructional day before eight~~-thirty~~ in the morning, and no public school shall end the instructional day after five in the afternoon.

2. No public school in the Western State shall begin any early release day before eight~~-thirty~~ in the morning, and no public school shall end an early release day after three in the afternoon.

SECTION III. Make-Up Days

1. If, for any reason, a school district must cancel an instructional day, then a school district must schedule a day to reconcile the lost instructional hours.

2. No instructional make-up day may be scheduled on a Saturday or a Sunday. And no make-up day may be scheduled on any day which is a federal holiday under the United States government, and any holiday defined by the Western State.

3. The Western State Board of Education shall have the authority to annul any make-up day scheduled by a school district if the Board determines the day to be unnecessary, too close to an existing holiday that attendance would cause more detriment than to help students.

4. Any school district may appeal to the Western State Board of Education to waive the instructional hours missed under catastrophic circumstances, such as natural disasters causing normal school instructional hours to be disrupted for more than one week.

a. Should the Western State Board of Education approve, with the consent of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, may submit a resolution to the Assembly who may, by a simple majority vote, approve the waiver of instructional days.
b. No school district may waive more than thirty-six instructional hours.
c. The Assembly of the Western State shall have final authority over what constitutes a 'catastrophic circumstance'.

SECTION IV. Punishment

1. Should any public school district fail to comply with the guidelines outlined in this law, then the Attorney General of the Western State shall have the ability to impose sanctions, such as fines against the school district, reduction of funding, or any punishment deemed necessary.

2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the ability to deny the enforcement of these sanctions against school districts if they have been determined to be unreasonable, unnecessarily detrimental to the students of the school district, or for any other reason.

SECTION V. Enactment

1. This bill, following passage, shall go into effect on July 1st, 2018.