SENATE BILL: Videogames Ratings Restructuring Act (Passed)

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Nay

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Videogames Ratings Restructuring Act:

Aye (2): Tack50 and Scott
Nay (2): LT and NC Yankee

This bill is tied and needs a vote tie breaker.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

ah, Peanut?

[Peanut]

Aye. Bill passes 3-2-0-1, I'll move it once Yankee signs it.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye. Bill passes 3-2-0-1, I'll move it once Yankee signs it.

Over 72 hours has passed since the end of the vote, so I guess it automatically went for the nays.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye. Bill passes 3-2-0-1, I'll move it once Yankee signs it.

Over 72 hours has passed since the end of the vote, so I guess it automatically went for the nays.

Is there a 72 hour limit on tiebreakers?

[Fmr. Representative Encke]

Aye. Bill passes 3-2-0-1, I'll move it once Yankee signs it.

Over 72 hours has passed since the end of the vote, so I guess it automatically went for the nays.

Is there a 72 hour limit on tiebreakers?

There is in the House. Don't see it in the Senate rules.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye. Bill passes 3-2-0-1, I'll move it once Yankee signs it.

Over 72 hours has passed since the end of the vote, so I guess it automatically went for the nays.

Is there a 72 hour limit on tiebreakers?

There is in the House. Don't see it in the Senate rules.

. I will double check when I get home. I don't fancy trying to end a bill on my phone . My fancy signature is saved in a folder in my desktop

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on final passage of the Videogames Ratings Restructuring Act:

Aye (2):Scott and Tack50 / VP Peanut
Nay (2): NC Yankee and LT
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (2): Devout Centrist and Pyro


With the tie broke in favor of ayes, the bill is passed and is sent to the VP for House action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Video Games Ratings Restructuring Act

SENATE BILL

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,

SECTION I: NAME
1. This bill may be cited as the Video Game Ratings Restructuring Act

SECTION II: DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS
1. Lootbox shall be defined as a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomized selection of further virtual items, usually found as part of certain video games and that can be purchased through the use of real world money
2. Digital video game purchase shall be defined as the purchasing of a video game or other downloadable content, or unlock or the purchase of virtual video game currency digitally through the internet.
3. The Atlasian Congress finds that loot boxes are the video game equivalent to gambling, and therefore should be regulated accordingly
4. The Atlasian Congress finds that digital video game purchases are usually not clearly marked and actively try to mislead consumers, which leads to children making large purchases they never intended to do if they knew the real value of what they were doing

SECTION III: REGULATING LOOTBOXES
1. Any video games that contain loot boxes that can be bought with real life currency shall be considered as gambling devices, and therefore shall follow the appropiate federal and regional regulations on gambling.
2. Any video games that contain loot boxes may not be sold to people under 18 years of age.
3. Any digital video game purchases with real life currency shall be clearly marked and shall require the manual introduction of a credit card number and a password for every instance an item is purchased.

SECTION IV: ENACTMENT
1. This bill shall be enacted 2 weeks after passage
2. Physically distributed video games which have been already printed, manufactured and/or shipped as of the passage of this bill may still be legally sold under the previously standing regulations.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 3-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,