Senate Legislation Introduction Thread (New)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Price-Gouge Fast-Food Burgers Act

1. No McDonald's, Five Guys, Wendy's, Carl's Jr, Five Guys, White Castle, Shake Shack, Sonic, Fuddruckers, Freddy's, Hardee's, Smashburger,  A&W, What-A-Burger, Jack-In-The-Box, or Burger King operating anywhere in Atlasia may sell any item, meal, or similar to any customer for a price of less than $10, with the exception of separately ordered drinks of 20 fl oz or less, which may be sold for no less than $7. Free refills of any drink will not be permitted. This shall not be construed to prevent the avaliability of free water and condiments.

2. The Restaurant known as the "Heart Attack Grill" shall be completely banned from operating in Atlasia in any way, shape, or form.

3. A Restaurant previously known as any of the above who has attempted to change their name to avoid this law shall retain its obligation to follow the requirements of this law unless its menu has substantially changed such that it is substantially different from any of the Restaurants above.

4. All other fast-food restaurants, defined as a restaurant where one is required to order at a counter, shall receive a yearly $300,000 subsidy per location from the federal government to assist them in lowering prices.

5. Violations of this law shall be punished in a manner decided by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, or another person they may designate, who may impose any fine desired up to and including $1 Million per offense, shutter any violating restaurant location until compliance is achieved, and/or recommend criminal prosecution on misdemeanor or felony blackmail charges by the Attorney General.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment to Terminate Cyberdyne Act

TERMINATE CYBERDYNE ACT

1. Beginning five (5) days from the date this law is enacted, it shall be unlawful for any Atlasian Senator, GM official, or other Atlasian official to utilize any robot, algorithm, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, to write more than 25% of any legislation, regulations, executive orders, storylines, or other legally binding content. The PPT will enforce this restriction.

2. The failure of any Senator or other officer to affirmatively declare a bill, regulation, order, story, or other content as having been written or partially written by any robot, algorithm, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT comply with the preceding section, shall be a crime punishable by a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for no less than ten (10) days and no more than one (1) year per bill, regulation, order, story, or other content. Lying about whether or not a bill, regulation, order, story, or other content as having been written or partially written by any robot, algorithm, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, shall be considered perjury, and shall be punishable by expulsion, a fine of $10,000, and imprisonment for no less than ten (10) days and no more than one (1) year per lie.

3. It is the position of Atlasia that potentially having a robot draft hundreds of bills, regulations, orders, stories, or other content within minutes without any human interaction greatly defeats the point of this game and renders the continuation of Atlasia pointless.

4. The Official Senate Procedures and Rules for Operation shall be amended as follows:

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Article 2: Introducing Legislation

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2.) If the PPT determines that a piece of legislation is functionally impractical, frivolous, was written using the assistance of A.I. such as ChatGPT, or is directly unconstitutional, or is more than 25% composed of content written by A.I. such as ChatGPT they may, in a public post on the Legislation Introduction thread, remove said legislation from the Senate floor. If the reasoning is >25% A.I. Usage, the PPT must present the results of two separate publicly available online content checkers, both of which must support the PPT's finding. The PPT may not use the same checker multiple times in a single determination. The sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have ninety-six (96) hours to challenge this action in a public post,, and if they are refuting a charge of >25% AI usage, they must present the results of at least one publicly available content checker that refutes the PPT's finding. and With the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative, the sponsoring senator may override the actions of the PPT. (Nasolation clause)

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9.) No more than 25% of any legislation shall be written using the assistance of A.I. such as ChatGPT and other language model algorithms. This does not apply to the use of A.I. for sole purposes of grammatical corrections.


Article 3: Amendments

1.) During the course of debate on legislation, any sitting Senator may offer amendments to the legislation. The President Pro Tempore may in good faith remove amendments from consideration that are functionally impractical, frivolous, repetitive, was written using the assistance of A.I. such as ChatGPT, directly unconstitutional, entirely non-germane to the broader subject of the bill, or lack clear intent regarding the changes to be made, or that are more than 25% composed by ChatGPT. If the reasoning is >25% A.I. Usage, the PPT must present the results of two separate publicly available online content checkers, both of which must support the PPT's finding. The PPT may not use the same checker multiple times in a single determination. The amendment sponsor shall have 24 hours to object to the decision by the PPT , and if they are refuting a charge of >25% AI usage, they must present the results of at least one publicly available content checker that refutes the PPT's finding. and The amendment sponsor may overturn the action of the PPT with the concurrence of 1/3rd of his fellow Senators. Unless stated otherwise in the amendment, components of the underlying legislation not referenced in an amendment will remain unchanged.

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6.) No more than 25% of any amendments shall be written using the assistance of A.I. such as ChatGPT and other language model algorithms. This does not apply to the use of A.I. for sole purposes of grammatical corrections.

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Article 4: Debate

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5.) No debate on the Senate floor shall be conducted or written using the assistance of A.I. such as ChatGPT and other language model algorithms.

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5. Any existing law prohibiting discriminatory conduct against certain classes or groups of persons shall not be interpreted as applying to beings in the following categories:

A. Humans who possess non-medically required artificial enhancements that allow such person to perform tasks exceeding human capabilities;

B. Prohibited human-animal chimeras;

C. Non-human animals; and

D. Artificial intelligence.

6. Every school, college, or university receiving federal funds shall be required by July 1, 2023 to adopt a plagiarism policy prohibiting the use of robots, algorithims, or artificial intelligence, including but not limited to ChatGPT, in the completion of any paper, test, assignment, or other student work product.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Hate Has No Home Here Act

1. Any abortion performed due to the race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the unborn baby is against the public policy of Atlasia and is hereby prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, entity, or organization to perform or offer a referral for any abortion prohibited by this act.

2. A violation of this act shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than one (1) and no more than ten (10) years and a fine of $25,000.00.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

prioritizing this given we're on something of a theme with the newest package of bills

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This post will act as the official cutoff for new legislation in the current session. Any bills posted will be deferred to the next session. The Senate will remain in session for the time being to continue processing the bills still on the floor.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Sequoyah Statehood Amendment

1. Effective June 24, 2024 Anno Domini the new State of Sequoyah is hereby authorized to be created consisting of the territory of the following counties of the State of Oklahoma as constituted on January 1, 2023:


Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington.

2. Until such time as a new State Constitution may be adopted or enacted, the Constitution of Oklahoma, all existing State and local laws, and all Tribal governing documents and laws shall remain in effect, and all office holders shall remain in office for the duration of any existing term. Until a special election may be conducted, the chief executive of the State of Sequoyah shall be the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

3. The title to all property belonging to the State of Oklahoma located within the new State of Sequoyah shall escheat to the State of Sequoyah. The current debt, obligations, and funds of the State of Oklahoma shall be shared with the State of Sequoyah on a per capita basis.

4. For purposes of Art. VII, Sec. 2, Cl. 1 of the Atlasian Constitution, the ratification of the Constitutional Amendment adopted herein by the Southern Region shall be considered to fulfill the requirement that the State of Oklahoma consents to the creation of such new State.

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Be It Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled, that upon ratification by 2/3rds of the Regions, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended as follows:

Section 1. The Regions.

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3. The southern Region shall consist of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Sequoyah, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

The Upper Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Sequoyah, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Amendment Explanation

This amendment creates the new State of Sequoyah.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Officeholders Need to Show up Amendment

To the end of Article VIII Section 3 of the Constitution, add the following:

3. If any officeholder, elected or appointed, federal, regional, or subregional, fails to vote in a regularly scheduled election, they shall immediately and automatically forfeit any office held or won. Additionally, for one's election to office to be valid, they must cast a vote in said election. This clause shall be retroactive to April 2024.

Amendment Explanation:

This amendment will help remedy the situation of chronically absent officeholders leaving themselves and the nation in limbo for months, by having any officeholder who misses a regularly scheduled election automatically forfeit any office held or won, and by requiring one to vote in an election in order to win any election. This does NOT require one to vote for any particular candidate or affect anyone's citizenship.