SENATE BILL: Troubled Teen Protection Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Troubled Teen Protection Act

SENATE BILL

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

SECTION I

1. No teenager shall be forced to attend a troubled teen camp, against his or her will, except under recommendation by a doctor or other licensed health professional, or by a judge in consultation with such a health professional.
    a. The terms "teen" and "teenager" are defined to include minors between the ages of 13 and 17, inclusive. However, this definition shall not be construed to deny the right of any person to have their attendance in the troubled teen camp approved in the manner outlined in Section 1, Clause 1.
     b. The term "troubled teen camp" is defined as an overnight camp in which the "campers", or clients/participants of the camp, are attempted to be rehabilitated, for reasons including but not limited to substance abuse and criminal behavior.
2. No health professional nor judge may recommend a person to attend a troubled teen camp to rehabilitate one's race, gender, sexual orientation, or sexual self-identification. This shall not be construed to prevent a health professional or judge from recommending a person to a troubled teen camp for sexual, racial, or gender-motivated crimes.

SECTION II
1. All troubled teen camps are subject to random wellness checks by the Government, or the state or local authorities, in a manner convenient to the local authority.
2. Monitoring personal phone calls, and reading letters is prohibited, except by consent of the participant.
3. Provision of food, water, shelter, hygiene and/or medical care shall not be withheld from a participant as a punishment in any way that would fail to provide for the health and nutritional requirements of the participant. The camp shall not deny the appropriate dosages of medications to those who have a currently valid prescription to such medication, and shall allow a participant access to any item necessary to that participant's health.
4. No weapon or physical restraint may be used against a participant except where necessary to respond to an imminent threat to the safety of the participant and/or other individuals.
5. Any camp found in violation of clauses 2 of this section may be fined up to $500 per offense.  Any camp found in violation of clauses 3 or 4 of this section may be fined up to $50,000 per offense, and may face camp closure upon repeated offenses. These shall be in addition to any applicable restitution to a victim and/or other criminal penalty for resulting harm under existing laws.

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Sponsor: MB
Senate Designation: SB 22:20

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to commence an advocacy for this bill and all other members have 48 hours to respond!

[Dr. MB]

This is adapted from a pre-reset bill written by Tyrion.

Anyway. Parents from all across the country send their "bad" kids away to these camps without their consent. Often, they're taken in the middle of the night and have no idea what is going on. It's essentially kidnapping and then brainwashing and the sad thing is this is a profitable business. State-sanctioned child abuse (which is a pretty common occurrence at these types of places) is a pretty bad spot on our record, isn't it?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Could you possibly link the pre-reset bill in question?

[Dr. MB]

Could you possibly link the pre-reset bill in question?

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187472.0

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Found what I was looking for:

Thank you for letting me address you Senators. To expand upon what Tyrion has said these camps are like torture. Your parents are encouraged not to tell you, for fear that you will run away. Then you are basically kidnapped in the dead of night, and you are not permitted to bring anything, or tell anyone. If you resist you can legally be tazed. Once we arrived we were cramped into over crowded bunks, and given one change of clothes per week. For your first year you are not aloud to go to the bathroom on your own. If you didn't listen to the councilors you could be denied food for up to five days. If you treated prisoners of war like that, you would be guilty of war crimes. You were only aloud to call your parents, and if you say your unhappy, phone privileges are taken away for a week. All of your letters are read, and packages are destroyed in front of you. If you are deemed a "problem" they take you and the others like you into the wilderness. They make you go on walks until you practically collapse from exhaustion. One girl passed out on some rocks and was severely burned. We treat serial killers and pedophiles better than that! I implore you Senators pass this bill! Thank you and Dave bless.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just two days past six years exactly from when this bill came before the Senate pre-reset. Amazing

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Also just want to point out that while Tyrion did sponsor the bill it was a sponsorhip of a Regional Senator on behalf of a constituent, namely Devin who I had quoted above.

The testimony he provides was rather compelling back then and while most of the details had left my memory I had recalled parts of it and figured that it would be the most compelling case that could be possibly provided the bill in question, namely that of a survivor of one of these camps detailing just all of what he had to go through. Devin of course is no longer available to make such a case himself as he was banned in 2015 over a sock making incident, but that doesn't detract from his story and I think it should still be given great weight in consideration on this bill.

[Dr. MB]

I'd also like to add I know a few people who have spent time in these types of places and it's...not a great experience, to say the least.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

If there are no other changes desired, I motion for a final vote. Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A Final vote is now open on this legislations, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[Pyro]

Aye

[ON Progressive]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on final Senate Passage of the Troubled Teen Protection Act:

Aye (6): Devout Centrist, MB, NC Yankee, Ontario Progressive, Tack50 and Pyro
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

This has passed the Senate and is sent to the VP for House action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Troubled Teen Protection Act

SENATE BILL

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

SECTION I

1. No teenager shall be forced to attend a troubled teen camp, against his or her will, except under recommendation by a doctor or other licensed health professional, or by a judge in consultation with such a health professional.
    a. The terms "teen" and "teenager" are defined to include minors between the ages of 13 and 17, inclusive. However, this definition shall not be construed to deny the right of any person to have their attendance in the troubled teen camp approved in the manner outlined in Section 1, Clause 1.
     b. The term "troubled teen camp" is defined as an overnight camp in which the "campers", or clients/participants of the camp, are attempted to be rehabilitated, for reasons including but not limited to substance abuse and criminal behavior.
2. No health professional nor judge may recommend a person to attend a troubled teen camp to rehabilitate one's race, gender, sexual orientation, or sexual self-identification. This shall not be construed to prevent a health professional or judge from recommending a person to a troubled teen camp for sexual, racial, or gender-motivated crimes.

SECTION II
1. All troubled teen camps are subject to random wellness checks by the Government, or the state or local authorities, in a manner convenient to the local authority.
2. Monitoring personal phone calls, and reading letters is prohibited, except by consent of the participant.
3. Provision of food, water, shelter, hygiene and/or medical care shall not be withheld from a participant as a punishment in any way that would fail to provide for the health and nutritional requirements of the participant. The camp shall not deny the appropriate dosages of medications to those who have a currently valid prescription to such medication, and shall allow a participant access to any item necessary to that participant's health.
4. No weapon or physical restraint may be used against a participant except where necessary to respond to an imminent threat to the safety of the participant and/or other individuals.
5. Any camp found in violation of clauses 2 of this section may be fined up to $500 per offense.  Any camp found in violation of clauses 3 or 4 of this section may be fined up to $50,000 per offense, and may face camp closure upon repeated offenses. These shall be in addition to any applicable restitution to a victim and/or other criminal penalty for resulting harm under existing laws.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

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