Creating A More Dynamic and Legislative Prodecute (Tabled)

[MasterJedi]

Creating A More Dynamic Legislative Procedure

Whereas, the current operating procedures of the Senate provide for a stilted and rigid legislative process, the following changes shall be adopted to the OSPR.

Article IV, Section I shall hereby read as follows:

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1. After a piece of legislation is introduced on the Senate floor, debate shall begin immediately.
2. At any time after the introduction and consideration of a bill on the floor of the Senate, a motion recommit may be proposed and brought to a vote by the PPT. Failure of the motion to recommit with the concurrence of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the Senate shall end the debate, and the PPT shall open a vote on the legislation under consideration. If any legislative Amendments remain pending for consideration on the floor of the Senate, or if there are any Amendments at vote, then the Senate shall not vote on the motion to recommit until said Amendments have been disposed of.
3. After a motion to recommit has been made, no Amendment(s) to the legislation under consideration may be introduced unless the motion passes.
4. After a piece of legislation is introduced on the Senate floor, the original sponsor may motion to withdraw the legislation under consideration at any point prior to a final vote on passage or after the President has vetoed the legislation, but the original sponsor may not motion to withdraw the legislation if the Senate is presently voting on any Amendments to the legislation or is presently voting on a motion to recommit.
5. Co-sponsors of legislation under consideration shall have no power to withdraw legislation nor contest withdrawal of legislation by the original sponsor. Any office-holding Senator may assume sponsorship of the legislation within 72 hours after the original sponsor has motioned to withdraw. Once a motion to assume sponsorship has been filed by the Senator who wishes to sponsor the legislation, Senators shall have 48 hours to object to this motion. If any Senator objects to this motion, the PPT shall open a vote on the motion to assume sponsorship. This vote shall last for a maximum of 72 hours during which time the Senators must vote. Voting may be declared final at any time if a majority of office-holding Senators has approved or rejected said motion. Any and all Senators who do not vote will be considered to have abstained. If a motion to assume sponsorship is rejected by a majority of those voting, the legislation shall be withdrawn from the Senate floor.
6. For the purposes of Articles 3, 4 and 5, the original sponsor shall be defined as the Senator who introduced the legislation in the Legislation Introduction Thread.

Article V, Section 2, Clause 4 is hereby removed.
Spon: Sen. PurpleState

[MasterJedi]

I see absolutly no need for this.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I see absolutly no need for this.

Ditto.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I see absolutly no need for this.

Ditto.

Yep

[Hash]

I don't see the need for this, nor do I like certain aspects of this (the recommit thing in particular, though I might need some explanations on what the hell it means).

[tmthforu94]

I see absolutly no need for this.

Ditto.

Yep

Right on.

[Franzl]

Like my fellow senators, I don't see this bill's purpose...

[Fritz]

What?

[MasterJedi]

I motion to table, anybody want to second it?

[Franzl]

I motion to table, anybody want to second it?

seconded

[MasterJedi]

I open up the vote on the motion to table. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Aye

[Franzl]

Aye

[Hash]

aye

[Fritz]

Aye

[tmthforu94]

Aye

[Marokai Backbeat]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[MasterJedi]

With 7 Ayes, 0 Nays and 0 Abstentions this bill has been tabled.

[Purple State]

Okay. Just thought it would be interesting to mix things up by removing the "24 hours of no debate" clause. Recommit is just the opposite of cloture (if it passes, it returns for continued debate and amending).

[MaxQue]

Aye