Office of Southern Governor LouisvilleThunder

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

I think Im just gonna put this to bed a few hours early. Bill passes on a vote of 3-0-1-1 and awaits governor action.

VOTER INTEGRITY ACT

1. The Southern Election Act shall be amended as follows:

1. Any votes by people who have not been registered in the South for 168 hours at the start of the election will be invalid.

2. All ballots must be cast in-person in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread. No voter may deliver their ballot early or by mail, email, PM, off-site drop box, or other means. Ballots shall only be valid if posted in the appropriate Voting Booth Thread during the election period.

3. No ballot may be delivered to the Voting Booth Thread by a proxy or ballot harvester.

4. It shall be a misdemeanor to offer a bribe or thing of value in exchange for a vote. For purposes of this paragraph, a thing of value includes but is not limited to a bottle of water, however a thing of value shall not include a public promise to support a specific policy, appoint a certain person, or mutually support or vote for a specific candidate.

5. Any person who posts an oath of office required under the Southern Constitution in the Swearing In Of New Officeholders Thread for an office to which he is not entitled, is hereby guilty of a felony. Upon a successful prosecution for this crime, the court shall require the guilty person to post a public retraction and admission that he is not entitled to the office to which he made the oath.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

I think Im just gonna put this to bed a few hours early. Bill passes on a vote of 3-0-1-1 and awaits governor action.

ATTORNEY GENERAL EMPOWERMENT ACT

1. The Department of Justice Act shall be amended as follows:

1. This act hereby creates the position of Attorney General.

2. The Attorney General will shall be appointed by the Governor.

3. All valid citizens of the South can become Attorney General, except the Governor and members of the Chamber of Delegates themselves.

4. If a Delegate requests a confirmation hearing for the nominee, the Speaker will be required to open one immediately. Otherwise, a Gubernatorial appointment is all that is necessary to become Attorney General. If the Governor determines that an appropriate Attorney General cannot be found, the Governor may directly litigate cases on behalf of the Southern Region, or alternatively ask a Chamber member to litigate such cases.

5. The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on questions of law when required by the Governor.6. The head of an executive department may require the opinion of the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the administration of his department.

6. The Attorney General shall defend the Southern Region, its officers, and its laws in litigation and shall prosecute, either directly or through subordinates, violations of the laws of the Southern Region.

7. The Attorney General shall protect the rights and liberties of Southern citizens by initiating civil litigation seeking damages and any appropriate equitable remedy, including but not limited to injunction and the invalidation of the laws of the governments of Atlasia, Lincoln, or Fremont, when such laws directly threaten, infringe upon, or negatively impact a Southern citizen.

8. The Attorney General shall investigate violations of the laws of the Southern Region and attempted insurrections against the government of the Southern Region.

9. The Attorney General shall be empowered to retain subordinates to assist in the carrying out of his duties, and may, from time to time, with the consent of the Governor, seek the assistance of a member of the Southern Chamber to assist in such duties.

2. Section 2, Paragraph 8 of the End of Session Omnibus Governmental Reform Act is hereby repealed.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #15
Mr. Reactionary of Virginia is appointed Southern Attorney General.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action

SLAVERY IS A SIN ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth at 1 Timothy 1:10 rebukes the enslaver and manstealer as a sinner; and

Whereas, slavery is evil and immoral and should be stamped out in the Southern Region;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

TITLE II: HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1. A person who knowingly or intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports a child less than nineteen (19) years of age with the intent of engaging the child in forced labor or involuntary servitude or inducing or causing the child to engage in prostitution or participate in sexual conduct, commits the felony of promotion of human trafficking of a minor. The crime of human trafficking of a minor shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than ten (10) and no more than twenty (20) years and a fine of $50,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of human trafficking of a minor shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

2. A person who knowingly or intentionally sells or transfers custody of a child less than nineteen (19) years of age for the purpose of prostitution or participating in sexual conduct commits the felony of sexual trafficking of a minor. The crime of sexual trafficking of a minor shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than twelve (12) and no more than twenty (20) years and a fine of $50,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of sexual trafficking of a minor shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

3. A person who knowingly or intentionally pays, offers to pay, or agrees to pay money or other property to another person for an individual who the person knows has been forced into forced labor, involuntary servitude, or prostitution commits the felony of flesh buying. The crime off flesh buying shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than five (5) and no more than ten (10) years and a fine of $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of flesh buying shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

4. A person who knowingly or intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an alien child less than nineteen (19) years of age with the intent of relocating such minor in violation of immigration laws, commits the felony of coyote smuggling of a minor. This shall apply to federal immigration officials.

5. In addition to any sentence or fine imposed for a conviction of an offense under this act, the court shall order the person convicted to make restitution to the victim of the crime.

6. If a person is convicted of an offense under this act, the victim of the offense has a civil cause of action against the person convicted of the offense and may recover the following from the person in the civil action:

(A) Actual damages.

(B) Court costs (including fees).

(C) Punitive damages, when determined to be appropriate by the court.

(D) Reasonable attorney's fees.

An action under this section must be brought not more than two (2) years after the date the person is convicted of the offense.

7. The Southern Region shall not extradite any victim of human trafficking into the custody of their enslaver.

8. A person who produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in slavery, captivity, or bondage, or a person who is an involuntary captive or unwilling participant being raped, abused, or tortured, commits the crime of facilitating slavery. For purposes of this provision, facilitating slavery shall include but not be limited to scenarios depicting prison rape and sadomasochistic acts.The crime of facilitating slavery shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than five (5) and no more than ten (10) years and a fine of $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of facilitating slavery shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

9. It shall be a Class 1 Misdemeanor, punishable by up to one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000 to organize, conduct, advertise for, solicit participants for, produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, possess with the intent to distribute, publish, sell, or transmit, or make any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance a child pageant. A child pageant is defined as a competition between minor children that focuses on judging and ranking the physical appearance and attributes of the contestants, as well as but not limited to personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as a judged criteria, are hereby unlawful and prohibited. For purposes of this section a drag show in which minors are participants shall be considered a child pageant.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

REJECT THE MARK OF THE BEAST ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth warns at Revelation 13:16 -18 that both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, will be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name, and his number is 666; and

Whereas, it is the moral and ethical duty of the Southern Region to protect Southerners from eternal damnation;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health, safety, and morals of the Southern Region.

TITLE II: THE MARK OF THE BEAST

1. The Protecting Our Citizens From Satan Act shall be amended as follow:

Protecting Our Citizens From Satan Act

1. Neither the region nor any of its constituent states shall issue a license plate containing more than two consecutive instances of the number 6, unless requested by the individual obtaining the license plate.

2. No Regional, State, or local department or agency shall require the use of implantable microchip technology or tattooing in the processing of any tax forms, benefit applications, licenses, permits, or other paperwork, or to track lawfully imprisoned persons.

3. No employer in the Southern Region shall require the use of implantable microchip technology or tattooing as a condition of employment.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

LYNCHING IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth at Numbers 35:12 prohibits lynching and commands that the manslayer die not, until he stands before the court for judgment; and

Whereas, at least 4,742 people were reported lynched between 1882 and 1968 in Atlasia; and

Whereas, lynching deprives persons of their God-given rights; and

Whereas, the shameful number of lynchings committed in the South by evil pagan groups like the Ku Klux Klan shock the public conscience, are alarming and worthy of condemnation, and show weaknesses in existing lynch law;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on lynching

A. The crime of lynching shall be classified as a felony punishable as a premeditated murder is punished in all States and external territories of the Southern Region.

B. A person has committed the crime of lynching when he knowingly, as part of a mob commits an act of violence upon the body of a person, which shall result in the death of such person. For purposes of this definition, a mob shall be any collection of people, assembled for the purpose and with the intention of committing an assault or a battery upon any person or an act of violence, without authority of law.

C. The week of June 12th through June 18th of 2022 is hereby declared to be Lynching Victims Memorial Week. All Southerners are encouraged to visit the lynching victims memorial at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama during this week.

D. May 1st, 2022 is hereby declared to be Shoot the KKK Day. All Southerners are encouraged to visit Greensboro, North Carolina on this day in a show of resolve against the Ku Klux Klan.

Section III: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

WICKED DEBT COLLECTION IS A SIN ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Deuteronomy 15:2 that after seven (7) years every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; and

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Deuteronomy 24:10 that when thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

TITLE II: ENFORCEABILITY OF DEBTS

1. No court in the Southern Region may enforce, whether by lien, garnishment, levy, or other creditors' tools, any of the following debts:

A. Foreign Judgments after seven (7) years from the date of the judgment.

B. Domestic Judgments valued less than $100,000 after seven (7) years from the date of the judgment.

C. Secured Transactions against personal property valued less than $100,000 after seven (7) years from the date of recordation of a lien under Part 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or three (3) years from the date of a missed payment.

D. Uncollateralized loans valued less than $100,000 after seven (7) years from the date the loan is entered into or three (3) years from the date of a missed payment.

E. Pawns or other collateralized loans against personal property valued less than $100,000 after seven (7) years from the date the loan is entered into or three (3) years from the date of a missed payment.

2. This shall apply to any category of debt, whether to a consumer or business, whether from an individual, pawnbroker, payday lender, credit union, bank, financial institution, or other commercial enterprise, and whether or not the loan has been collateralized. Any State laws in the Southern Region permitting higher default interest rates is hereby superseded.

3. This act shall only apply to debts entered into after the date of enactment.

TITLE III: COLLATERALIZED LOANS

1. No person or entity, or agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors thereof, may engage in self-help to repossess property that is serving as collateral for a loan. Any repossession of collateralized personal property shall be carried out by the sheriff or chief law enforcement officer of the situs of the property, pursuant to a valid Order of Replevin by a proper court following a civil action.

2. The Uniform Commercial Code Act shall be amended as follows:

Uniform Commercial Code Adoption Act

1.) The 2012 Edition of the Uniform Commercial Code is hereby adopted by reference with the following exceptions and amendments:

a.) Anything permitting a lawsuit for failing to complete a promised gift.

b.) Anything which conflicts with the Occupational Licensing Reform Act.

c.) Anything which conflicts with principles of equity

d.) No lien permitted under Part 9 of the UCC shall be allowed to be made against any cooking utensils in accordance with Deuteronomy 24:6.

e.)  In accordance with Deuteronomy 24:17, a lien permitted under Part 9 of the UCC that is secured against the property of a widow may be dischargeable upon the filing of the widow of a valid Homestead Deed that references the specific property covered by the lien. Nothing in this provision shall be interpreted as discharging the debt that is secured by the lien.

Text available here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc

3. Cooking utensils shall be property that is exempt from levy under a bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern Region.

4. Whereas, the region of Fremont passed the Plain Packaging Act which directly contradicts, violates, and nullifies a lawful statute of the government of Atlasia, and;

Whereas, the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, was drafted and carried into execution by the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, and;

Whereas, despite the obvious conflict of interest the Atlasian Attorney General has opined that the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, supersedes contradictory Atlasian statutory law regardless of the Supremacy Clause of the Atlasian Constitution on the grounds that we “demonstrate … genuine attachment to the principle of regional rights. If … not, we shall know that all this talk of federalism is a humbug and merely a flimsy disguise for their putative devotion to the monied interest. We call on all the friends of labor to stand firm against the combination of the communists and fascists in their war on regionalism. This war we must and shall win for the liberty of all Atlasians under the constitution.”, and;

Whereas, the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, has determined that regional nullification of an Atlasian statute is appropriate when regional rights and the liberty of the people are threatened, that failure to engage in such regional nullification benefits communists and fascists, and that the Atlasian Department of Justice would not enforce a nullified Atlasian law;

Now, therefore, we the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region, under the principles of comity and regional equality, do hereby ordain and resolve the following:

a. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 USC § 522(d), an Atlasian statute violates regional rights and the liberty of the people.

b. That accordingly, 11 USC § 522(d) is hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region in so far as it conflicts with this act. No local, State, or Regional money or resources shall be expended in the enforcement of this statute, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or Atlasian employees or agents enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

c. That any provision herein found to be unconstitutional by a court of proper jurisdiction shall be severable from the remainder of this act.

TITLE IV: ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTORS

1. No debt collector, as defined in the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), shall be permitted to contact a debtor in the Southern Region by phone, except during the hours of 8:00 A.M and 8:00 P.M.

2. Whereas, the region of Fremont passed the Plain Packaging Act which directly contradicts, violates, and nullifies a lawful statute of the government of Atlasia, and;

Whereas, the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, was drafted and carried into execution by the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, and;

Whereas, despite the obvious conflict of interest the Atlasian Attorney General has opined that the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, supersedes contradictory Atlasian statutory law regardless of the Supremacy Clause of the Atlasian Constitution on the grounds that we “demonstrate … genuine attachment to the principle of regional rights. If … not, we shall know that all this talk of federalism is a humbug and merely a flimsy disguise for their putative devotion to the monied interest. We call on all the friends of labor to stand firm against the combination of the communists and fascists in their war on regionalism. This war we must and shall win for the liberty of all Atlasians under the constitution.”, and;

Whereas, the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, has determined that regional nullification of an Atlasian statute is appropriate when regional rights and the liberty of the people are threatened, that failure to engage in such regional nullification benefits communists and fascists, and that the Atlasian Department of Justice would not enforce a nullified Atlasian law;

Now, therefore, we the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region, under the principles of comity and regional equality, do hereby ordain and resolve the following:

a. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that Section 805(a)(1) of the FDCPA, 15 USC §1692d, an Atlasian statute violates regional rights and the liberty of the people.

b. That accordingly, Section 805(a)(1) of the FDCPA is hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region in so far as it conflicts with this act. No local, State, or Regional money or resources shall be expended in the enforcement of this statute, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or Atlasian employees or agents enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

c. That any provision herein found to be unconstitutional by a court of proper jurisdiction shall be severable from the remainder of this act.

TITLE V: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

WAGE THEFT IS A SIN ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth rebukes employers to not withhold the wages of workers because they are poor and are counting on it, and that failure to pay will be counted against you as sin; and

Whereas, the Southern Regions has an ethical and moral duty to protect the fair payment of wages of Southern workers;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

TITLE II: WAGE THEFT

A. All employers operating a business or engaging an individual to perform domestic service in the Southern Region shall establish regular pay periods and rates of pay for employees except executive personnel. All such employers shall pay salaried employees at least once each month and employees paid on an hourly rate at least once every two weeks or twice in each month, except that (i) a student who is currently enrolled in a work-study program or its equivalent administered by any secondary school, institution of higher education, or trade school, and (ii) employees whose weekly wages total more than 150 percent of the average weekly wage in the Southern Region upon agreement by each affected employee, may be paid once each month if the institution or employer so chooses. Upon termination of employment an employee shall be paid all wages or salaries due him for work performed prior thereto; such payment shall be made on or before the date on which he would have been paid for such work had his employment not been terminated.

B. Payment of wages or salaries shall be (i) in lawful money of Atlasia or the equivalent value in physical gold or silver, (ii) by check payable at face value upon demand in lawful money of the United States, (iii) by electronic automated fund transfer in lawful money of the United States into an account in the name of the employee at a financial institution designated by the employee, or (iv) by credit to a prepaid debit card or card account from which the employee is able to withdraw or transfer funds with full written disclosure by the employer of any applicable fees and affirmative consent thereto by the employee. Foreign currencies, cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, company scrip, and store or company credit shall not be a legal tender for payment of wages.

C. No employer shall withhold any part of the wages or salaries of any employee except for payroll, wage, or withholding taxes or in accordance with law, without the written and signed authorization of the employee. On each regular pay date, each employer, other than an employer engaged in agricultural employment including agribusiness and forestry, shall provide to each employee a written statement, by a paystub or online accounting, that shows the name and address of the employer; the number of hours worked during the pay period if the employee is paid on the basis of the number of hours worked or a salary; the rate of pay; the gross wages earned by the employee during the pay period; and the amount and purpose of any deductions therefrom. The paystub or online accounting shall include sufficient information to enable the employee to determine how the gross and net pay were calculated. An employer engaged in agricultural employment including agribusiness and forestry, upon request of its employee, shall furnish the employee a written statement of the gross wages earned by the employee during any pay period and the amount and purpose of any deductions therefrom.

D. No employer shall require any employee, except executive personnel, to sign any contract or agreement which provides for the forfeiture of the employee's wages for time worked as a condition of employment or the continuance therein, except as otherwise provided by law.

E. An employer who willfully and with intent to defraud fails or refuses to pay wages in accordance with this act, unless the failure to pay was because of a bona fide dispute between the employer and its employee:

1. To an employee or employees is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the wages earned and not paid by the employer is less than $1,000; and

2. To an employee or employees is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the value of the wages earned and not paid is $1,000 or more.

For purposes of this section, the determination as to the "value of the wages earned" shall be made by combining all wages the employer failed or refused to pay pursuant to this act.

F. The Attorney General may require a written complaint of the violation of this act and, with the written and signed consent of an employee, may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with this act, and to collect any moneys unlawfully withheld from such employee that shall be paid to the employee entitled thereto. In addition, following the issuance of a final order by the Attorney General or a court, the Attorney General may engage private counsel, approved by the Attorney General, to collect any moneys owed to the employee or the Region. Upon entry of a final order of the Attorney General, or upon entry of a judgment, against the employer, the Commissioner or the court shall assess attorney fees.

G. In addition to being subject to any other penalty provided by the provisions of this act, any employer who fails to make payment of wages shall be liable for the payment of all wages due, and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus interest accruing from the date the wages were due.

H. Any employer who knowingly fails to make payment of wages in accordance with this act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. The Attorney General shall notify any employer that the Attorney General alleges has violated any provision of this act by certified mail. Such notice shall contain a description of the alleged violation. Within 15 days of receipt of notice of the alleged violation, the employer may request an informal conference regarding such violation with the Attorney General. In determining the amount of any penalty to be imposed, the Attorney General shall consider the size of the business of the employer charged and the gravity of the violation. Civil penalties owed under this section shall be paid to the Attorney General for deposit into the general fund of the Southern Region. The Attorney General shall prescribe procedures for the payment of proposed assessments of penalties that are not contested by employers. Such procedures shall include provisions for an employer to consent to abatement of the alleged violation and pay a proposed penalty or a negotiated sum in lieu of such penalty without admission of any civil liability arising from such alleged violation.

I. Final orders of the Attorney General or a proper court may be recorded, enforced, and satisfied the same as for a judgment

J. In addition to any civil or criminal penalty provided by this section, and without regard to any exhaustion of alternative administrative remedies provided for in this section, if an employer fails to pay wages to an employee in accordance with this act, the employee may bring an action, individually, jointly, with other aggrieved employees, or on behalf of similarly situated employees as a collective action consistent with the collective action procedures of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), against the employer in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover payment of the wages, and the court shall award the wages owed, an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus prejudgment interest thereon, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. If the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages to an employee in accordance with this act, the court shall award the employee an amount equal to 1.2X the amount of wages due and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

K. As used in this section, a person acts "knowingly" if the person, with respect to information, (i) has actual knowledge of the information, (ii) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information, or (iii) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. Establishing that a person acted knowingly shall not require proof of specific intent to defraud.

L. An action under this act shall be commenced within two (2) years after the cause of action accrued. The period for filing is tolled upon the filing of an administrative action until the employee has been informed that the action has been resolved or until the employee has withdrawn the complaint, whichever is sooner.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

A. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

PAGAN SACRIFICE IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth has forever outlawed human sacrifice through the covenant between God and Abraham; and
Whereas, there have been incidents of persons claiming to consent to be sacrificed in violation of the public policy of the Southern Region;
now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on human sacrifice

A. The crime of human sacrifice shall be classified as a murder punishable by imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of human sacrifice shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of human sacrifice when he knowingly:

1. Kills a human being in the name of a deity or for an occult purpose, regardless of the consent of the person being killed.

2. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in human sacrifice as described in Section II(B)(1) herein;

3. permits human sacrifice as described in Section II(B)(1) herein to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control;

4. produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance a snuff film, defined as an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in human sacrifice, suicide, or murder.

C. Pursuant to Leviticus 18:21, it shall be considered felony child abuse to pass one’s child through the fires of Molech. Any parent or guardian successfully convicted of such shall lose custody of any child under their care, regardless of if the child passed through the fires of Molech dies.

Section III: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

ANIMAL ABUSE IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth refers to animals as good; and

Whereas, approximately 6,000 years ago God empowered humans over animals with the expectation that we protect and not mistreat such animals;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on animal crush videos

A. The crime of demonic animal abuse shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than two (2) years and no more than ten (10) years in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of demonic animal abuse shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of demonic animal abuse when he knowingly creates, produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an animal crush video, or. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in demonic animal abuse, or permits demonic animal abuse to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control.

C. Animal crush video is defined as any photograph, motion-picture film, video, digital recording, or electronic image that depicts actual conduct in which one (1) or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, delimbed, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury and is obscene. This shall not include any visual depiction of customary and normal veterinary or agricultural husbandry practices, the slaughter of animals for food, animal fighting, or hunting, trapping, or fishing.

D. This section shall not apply to the good-faith distribution of an animal crush video to a law enforcement agency or a third party for the sole purpose of analysis to determine if referral to a law enforcement agency is appropriate.

Section III: Other Animal Abuse

A. The Animal Welfare Act shall be amended by adding the following:

17. The practice of improper yoking, whereby a plow is operated with a bovine animal and an equine animal yoked together is hereby prohibited in fulfillment of Deuteronomy 22:10.

18. The practice of muzzling the ox when he treadeth out the corn is hereby prohibited in fulfillment of Deuteronomy 25:4.

B. The Bestiality Is A Sin Act shall be amended as follows:

Section 2 (Uniformity of laws on bestiality)

i. Bestiality shall be classified as a felony punishable with up to one years' imprisonment and no more than $5,000 in fines in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of bestiality may shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

ii. Bestiality is defined as knowingly:
 
(a) engaging in sexual contact with an animal;

(b) causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact with an animal;

(c) advertising, soliciting, offering, selling, purchasing, or possessing an animal with the intent that the animal be subject to sexual contact with a human;

(d) permitting sexual contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under your ownership or control;

(e) producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, possessing with the intent to distribute, publish, sell, or transmit, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact with an animal. For purposes of this definition, a human identifying, presenting, dressing, or acting as an animal shall be considered an animal.

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Section IV: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

TATTOOS ARE A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands that no one tattoo themselves; and

Whereas, regulating tattoo parlors is a long recognized power of the Region;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Child Tattooing

1. The Protect Our Children From Tattoos Act shall be amended as follows:

Protect Our Children from Tattoos Act

1. For the purposes of this legislation, a Tattoo is defined as a permanent imprint on a Child's body, done by an artist with some intended design in mind, that cannot be removed without the use of Acid or laser technology.

2. No Child under the Age of 169 may get a Tattoo under any circumstances.

3. For a Child between the ages of 16 and 18 inclusive, the child must consent along with one parent/guardian. The Child must attend a preliminary consultation before receiving the tattoo, and must sign a statement that states they understand the permanence of the Tattoo.

4. Tattoo Artists found in violation of this act may be fined up to $3,000, imprisoned for up to 18 months one (1) year, or both.

Section III: Enactment

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

FRAUDULENT DECEIT A SIN ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Leviticus 19:35 that merchants do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.; and

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Exodus 22:17 that thou must not allow a sorceress to live.; and

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Leviticus 19:31 that we do not defile ourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead; and

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth commands at Deuteronomy 18:10 -11 that no one be found among you who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or necromancer or who consults the dead.; and

Whereas, it is the moral and ethical duty of the Southern Region to protect Southerners from fraudulent deceit in commercial transactions;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

TITLE II: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FRAUD

1. It shall be a crime for any person to knowingly sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity represented; or to take more than the represented quantity when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; or to represent the quantity in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive another person; or to use or have in his possession for use in commerce any product with an incorrect weight or measure. Such crimes shall be punished as misdemeanor theft for fraudulent transactions less than $1,000 and felony theft for fraudulent transactions of $1,000 or greater.

2. It shall be a crime for any person to misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person in accordance with Exodus 22:20. Such crime shall be punished as misdemeanor theft for fraudulent transactions less than $1,000 and a felony for fraudulent transactions of $1,000 or greater.

3. It shall be a class 3 misdemeanor for any package whether a random package or a standard package, kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain and conspicuous declaration of:

A. The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;
B. The quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count;
C. The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor, in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed; and
D.  Any package being one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity, at the time it is offered or exposed for sale at retail, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the package.

4. It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly use or have in his possession for the purpose of selling or using any incorrect, false, misleading, or counterfeit weights or device, tool, equipment, or instrument to be used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure, in accordance with Deuteronomy 25:13.

5. It shall be a felony punishable by up to two (2) years imprisonment and a fine of not more than $10,000 along with restitution, for a person to move, remove, alter, or obliterate a survey or boundary monument or marker for the purpose of falsifying ownership of real property, in accordance with Deuteronomy 19:14. Such crime need not result in the recordation of an incorrect deed or plat to be prosecutable.

TITLE III: UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

1. No employer in the Southern Region shall be required to compensate hourly workers, agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors for any time during which the worker, agent, employee, contractor, or subcontractor was eating, in accordance with Deuteronomy 19: 14. Nothing in this provision shall be construed as applying to eating that occurs during compensated on-call time.

2. Whereas, the region of Fremont passed the Plain Packaging Act which directly contradicts, violates, and nullifies a lawful statute of the government of Atlasia, and;

Whereas, the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, was drafted and carried into execution by the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, and;

Whereas, despite the obvious conflict of interest the Atlasian Attorney General has opined that the Plain Packaging Act, a regional law, supersedes contradictory Atlasian statutory law regardless of the Supremacy Clause of the Atlasian Constitution on the grounds that we “demonstrate … genuine attachment to the principle of regional rights. If … not, we shall know that all this talk of federalism is a humbug and merely a flimsy disguise for their putative devotion to the monied interest. We call on all the friends of labor to stand firm against the combination of the communists and fascists in their war on regionalism. This war we must and shall win for the liberty of all Atlasians under the constitution.”, and;

Whereas, the sitting Attorney General, Harry Truman, has determined that regional nullification of an Atlasian statute is appropriate when regional rights and the liberty of the people are threatened, that failure to engage in such regional nullification benefits communists and fascists, and that the Atlasian Department of Justice would not enforce a nullified Atlasian law;

Now, therefore, we the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region, under the principles of comity and regional equality, do hereby ordain and resolve the following:

A. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that 29 CFR § 785.18 - 19,  Atlasian regulations violate regional rights and the liberty of the people.

B. That accordingly, 29 CFR § 785.18 – 19 are hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region in so far as it conflicts with this act. No local, State, or Regional money or resources shall be expended in the enforcement of this statute, nor shall any local, State, Regional, or Atlasian employees or agents enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

C. That any provision herein found to be unconstitutional by a court of proper jurisdiction shall be severable from the remainder of this act.

TITLE IV: CONFIDENCE ARTISTS

1. No person shall, for a fee or compensation which he directly or indirectly solicits or receives claim, pretend, or hold himself out as being able to use occult or psychic powers, faculties or forces, clairvoyance, psychology, psychometry, spirits, mediumship, seership, prophecy, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, or other craft, science, cards, talismans, charms, potions, magnetism, or magnetized articles or substances, oriental mysteries, or magic of any kind, or numerology to:

A. tell fortunes
B. overcome evil influences and bad luck
C. treat the sick or ailing
D. find or restore lost or stolen property
E. locate gold, silver, ore, petroleum or other natural product
F. restore lost love or friendship or affection
G. unite or procure lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends
H. commune with or resurrect the dead

This provision shall not apply to any person who engages in such conduct as part of a show or exhibition solely for the purpose of entertainment or amusement and who announces such prior to such show or exhibition. This provision shall not apply to bona fide, non-commercial religious practice.

Section V: ENACTMENT

A. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

FORNICATION IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth at 1 Corinthians 6:18 warns us to flee fornication because he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body; and

Whereas, more than 50 people were recently infected with an STD by consuming bath water sold by online prostitute Belle Delphine which shocks the public conscience, is alarming and worthy of condemnation, and show weaknesses in existing STD law; and

Whereas, an online prostitute nearly died due to flatulence complications resulting from her selling her own farts;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases

A. The crime of infected sexual battery shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than ten (10) years and a fine of no more than $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of infected sexual battery shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of infected sexual battery when he knowingly:

1. after being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) engages in sexual behavior that poses a substantial risk of transmission to another person with the intent to transmit the infection to that person.

2. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) or conduct described in Section II(B)(5) herein;

3. permits conduct as described in Section II(B)(1) or conduct described in Section II(B)(5) herein to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control;

4. produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) or conduct described in Section II(B)(5) herein.

5. produces, distributes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, sell, transmit, or finance any bodily fluid infected with an STD. For purposes of this provision blood, semen, saliva, urine, feces, or any object that has come into direct contact with such bodily fluids, including but not limited to needles, bandages, and tissues shall be considered a bodily fluid.

Section III: Uniformity of laws on Fart Porn

A. The crime of selling obscene noxious gas shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than one (1) year and a fine of no more than $10,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of selling obscene noxious gas shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of selling obscene noxious gas when he knowingly:

1. produces, distributes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, sell, transmit, or finance human or animal flatulence for the sexual gratification of others;

2. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in conduct as described in Section III(B)(1) or conduct described in Section III(B)(4) herein;

3. permits conduct as described in conduct as described in Section III(B)(1) or conduct described in Section III(B)(4) herein to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control;

4. produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person expelling human flatulence, feces, urine, or menstrual blood, whether with or without a partner.

Section IV: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 4-0-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

INCEST IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth refers to incest as perversion and asserts those who engage in it are wicked, cursed, and their blood will be on their own heads; and

Whereas, the recent actions in Ruckersville, Virginia between Chris-Chan Sonichu and his mother Barb Snorlax Chandler shock the public conscience, are alarming and worthy of condemnation, and show weaknesses in existing incest law;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on incest

A. The crime of perverted incest shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than three (3) and no more than ten (10) years and a fine of $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of perverted incest shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of perverted incest when he knowingly:

1. Engages in sexual contact with, either legitimately or illegitimately:
a. his ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption, or the spouse thereof;
b. his brother or sister of the whole or half-blood or by adoption, or the spouse thereof; or
c. his uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the half or quarter blood or by adoption, or the spouse thereof.
For purposes of this definition, participation in group sex activities while any of the preceding relatives are also contemporaneous participants shall be considered perverted incest in accordance with Leviticus 18:17.

2. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein;

3. permits sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control;

4. produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein.

Section III: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 3-0-2 and awaits Gubernatorial Action.

GHOULISH SEX IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth warns that anyone who has sex with a dead body will be unclean; and

Whereas, unsanitary and unnatural sex with a dead human body can lead to horrifying diseases;

now therefore, the Southern Chamber of Delegates does hereby pass this act to protect the public health and morals of the Southern Region.

Section II: Uniformity of laws on necrophilia

A. The crime of ghoulish sex shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than two (2) and no more than ten (10) years and a fine of $25,000.00 in all States and external territories of the Southern Region. Any person convicted of ghoulish sex shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

B. A person has committed the crime of ghoulish sex when he knowingly:

1. Engages in sexual contact with a dead human body, regardless of the consent of the deceased person prior to death or of his estate. For purposes of this definition, knowing participation in group sex activities while a dead human body is present shall be considered ghoulish sex.

2. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein;

3. permits sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein to be conducted on any premises under his ownership or control;

4. produces, distributes, publishes, sells, transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publishes, sells, or transmits, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section II(B)(1) herein.

Section III: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Bill passes 3-0-2 and awaits Gubernatorial Action.

FETAL REMAINS ARE HUMAN REMAINS ACT

Section 1: Findings

1.  The Southern Region recognizes that fetal tissue belongs to a human whose body is separate from the mother's, and should not be treated as medical waste.

2. The Southern Region recognizes that a woman should have the opportunity to properly mourn for the loss of her child.

Section 2: Proper Handling of Fetal Remains

1. All parts of fetal tissue collected during abortion procedures in the Southern Region must be handled in the same manner as human remains.

2. Any process in which these remains are treated as medical waste and disposed of as such is banned.

3. Fetal tissue obtained during an abortion procedure may only be disposed of in the form of cremation or burial, with a written record of the mother's wishes obtained prior to the procedure.

4. The mother may request a blood relative of the child to be granted custody of the remains, however said person must be present and acknowledgement of this must be obtained in writing prior to the procedure.

5. If the mother refuses to take custody of the remains and there is no other person who can legally be given custody of the remains, the woman may sign over the remains to the clinic, or any religious or community organization authorized to store the remains or perform burials. The clinic or organization must dispose of the remains either in an approved permanent storage facility or in a burial site with other unclaimed remains.

6. Following the procedure, the remains may not be retained as security for unpaid expenses, particularly where it has been kept without authorization and payment is demanded as a condition precedent to its release.

Section 3: Implementation

1. This act will take effect 90 days after being signed into law.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

This bill passes 3-0-1-1 and awaits gubernatorial action.

TOTALLY SECULAR ACT

TITLE I: PURPOSE

Whereas, the official language of the Southern Region is English; and

Whereas, the current motto of the Southern Region is in a foreigner language other than English; and

Whereas, the motto of the Southern Region should be capable of being read by English-only speakers; and

Whereas, the purpose of a Regional Motto is to foster unity, patriotism, and civic respect; and

Whereas, the phrase "In God We Trust" has been consistently used as a unifying phrase and motto of public celebration for literally centuries;

Now, therefore, be it ordained and resolved by the Southern Chamber of Delegates:

TITLE II: REGIONAL MOTTO

1. The Regional Symbols Act shall be amended as follows:

...

Motto

6. Recognizing that Atlasia is founded upon principles that recognize that individual rights are bestowed by a sovereign God, the motto of the South shall be Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei, translated to "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" "In God We Trust" in English. The Motto shall be displayed at all regional government properties that are accessible to the public or where government business is regularly conducted, as well as in any classroom in any public school in the Southern Region that receives Regional funding, as a condition of receiving such funding. The former motto shall be designated motto emeritus and may continue to be used for ceremonial purposes and on official Regional stationary and shall be required on all commemorative tokens minted by the Southern Region.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Im calling this a few hours early. Bill passes 3-0-2 and awaits gubernatorial action.

CONSENT IS REQUIRED ACT

TITLE I: UPSKIRT PHOTOGRAPHY AND VOYUERISTIC RECORDINGS

1. It shall be a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally create any videographic or still image record by any means whatsoever of any nonconsenting person if that person is totally nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast in a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom or other location or the videographic or still image record is created by placing the lens or image-gathering component of the recording device in a position directly beneath or between a person's legs for the purpose of capturing an image of the person's intimate parts or undergarments covering those intimate parts when the intimate parts or undergarments would not otherwise be visible to the general public; and when the circumstances set herein are otherwise such that the person being recorded would have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to videographic or still image by law-enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal investigation which is otherwise lawful or correctional or jail officials for security purposes or for investigations of alleged misconduct involving an imprisoned person, or to any sound recording of an oral conversation made as a result of any videotaping or filming authorized by law.

TITLE II: REVENGE PORN AND DEEPFAKES

1. It shall be a felony for any person to, with the intent to coerce, harass, embarrass, or intimidate, maliciously disseminate or sell any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever that depicts another person who is totally nude, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, where such person knows or has reason to know that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image.

For purposes of this subsection, another person includes but is not limited to a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a videographic or still image with the intent to depict an actual person and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic.

2. If a person uses the services of an Internet service provider, an electronic mail service provider, or any other information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server in committing acts prohibited under this section, such provider shall not be held responsible for violating this section for content provided by another person.

TITLE III: REMEDIES, TREATMENT, AND ENACTMENT

1. Any person in the Southern Region who is the subject of any videographic or still image created in violation of this act shall have the right to maintain a lawsuit in a proper court for the purpose of enjoining the sale and distribution of such image.

2. The Revenge Porn Curtailment Act is hereby repealed.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

4. Any person convicted of a crime enumerated in this act shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Im calling this a few hours early. Bill passes 3-0-2 and awaits gubernatorial action.

MORE BAN BANS ACT

1. The Amendment to the Ban Ban Act Act shall be amended by adding the following:

... ee. Displays of toys, toiletries, clothing, or other consumer products for sale organized or sorted based on the anticipated sex or gender of prospective buyers.

ff. Gasoline or Diesel powered single or two-stroke engines and small off-road engines (SOREs), such as those commonly utilized by lawnmowers, leafblowers, weedeaters, and other lawncare equipment.

2. This act shall take effect immediately

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Im calling this a few hours early. Bill passes 3-0-2 and awaits gubernatorial action.

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ERADICATION ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. The following definitions apply to this act.

A. "Child pornography" means sexually explicit visual material which utilizes or has as a subject an identifiable minor. An identifiable minor is a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting or modifying the visual depiction; and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; or when the subject is presented or marketed as a minor; or in the case of a sculpture or sex doll, is designed to appear as a minor.

Nothing herein shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor. For the purposes of this section it may be inferred by text, title, marketing, communication, or appearance that a person who is depicted as or presents the appearance of being less than twenty (20) years of age in sexually explicit visual material is less than twenty (20) years of age.

B. "Sexually explicit visual material" means a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, sex doll, motion picture film, digital image, including such material stored in a computer's temporary Internet cache, or similar visual representation which depicts unlawful sexual acts, a lewd exhibition of nudity, or sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse, or a book, magazine or pamphlet which contains such a visual representation. An undeveloped photograph or similar visual material may be sexually explicit material notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make its sexually explicit content apparent.

C. "Use a communications system" means making personal contact or direct contact through any agent or agency, any print medium, the Atlasian mail, any common carrier or communication common carrier, any electronic communications system, the Internet, or any telecommunications, wire, computer network, or radio communications system.

D. “Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, image, or series of images depicting a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, object sexual penetration or other sexual acts.

TITLE II: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

1. Production of child pornography shall be a felony punishable as determined within this act. A person shall be guilty of production of child pornography if he:

A. Accosts, entices, or solicits a person less than twenty (20) years of age with intent to induce or force such person to perform in or be a subject of child pornography; or

B. Produces or makes or attempts or prepares to produce or make child pornography; or

C. Who knowingly takes part in or participates in the filming, photographing, or other production of child pornography by any means; or

D. Knowingly finances or attempts or prepares to finance child pornography.

2. Any person who produces child pornography, when the subject of the child pornography is a child less than fifteen (15) years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty (30) years and a $25,000 fine. However, if the person is at least seven (7) years older than the subject of the child pornography the person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than fifteen (15) years nor more than forty (40) years and a $50,000 fine.

3. Any person who produces child pornography, when the subject of the child pornography is a person at least fifteen (15) but less than twenty (20) years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine. However, if the person is at least seven (7) years older than the subject of the child pornography the person shall be punished by term of imprisonment of not less than seven (7) years nor more than thirty (30) years and a $15,000 fine.

4. Any person who knowingly possesses or solicits child pornography is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years and a $10,000 fine.

5. Any person who knowingly reproduces by any means including but not limited to by computer, sells, gives away, distributes, electronically transmits, displays, purchases, or possesses with intent to sell, give away, distribute, transmit, or display child pornography, or commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to send, submit, transfer or provide to him any child pornography in order to gain entry into a group, association, or assembly of persons engaged in trading or sharing child pornography shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine. Any person who intentionally operates an Internet website for the purpose of facilitating the payment for access to child pornography is guilty of a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than seven (7) years nor more than thirty (30) years.

6. All child pornography shall be subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture.

7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such material that is possessed for a bona fide medical, scientific, governmental, law-enforcement, or judicial purpose by a physician, psychologist, scientist, attorney, government employee, judge, or clerk and such person possesses such material in the course of conducting his professional duties as such.

TITLE III: PEDOPHILLIC SOLICITATION

1. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine, for any person older than eighteen (18) years of age to use a communications system, including but not limited to computers or computer networks or bulletin boards, or any other electronic means for the purposes of procuring or promoting the use of a minor for any activity in violation of law, or for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a minor younger than nineteen (19) years of age to knowingly and intentionally:

A. Expose his sexual or genital parts to any minor or propose that any such minor expose his sexual or genital parts to such person;

B. Propose that any such minor feel or fondle his own sexual or genital parts or the sexual or genital parts of such person or propose that such person feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of any such minor;

C. Propose to such minor the performance of a sexual act; or

D. Entice, allure, persuade, or invite any such minor to enter any vehicle, room, house, or other place, for any purposes set forth in this title.

2. It shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and a $10,000 fine any person nineteen (19) years of age or older who displays child pornography or a grooming video or materials to a minor under nineteen (19) years of age with the intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the minor to engage in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another, or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, or any sexual act.

TITLE IV: TREATMENT AND ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

2. Any person convicted of crime enumerated in this act shall be required to register as a sex offender an shall be ordered to attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Im calling this a few hours early. Bill passes 2-0-3 and awaits gubernatorial action.

NO CHINESE SPYWARE ON GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. The term “covered application” means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited;

2. The term “information technology” means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by a public entity, if the equipment is used by the public entity directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the public entity that requires the use of that equipment or of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product; this term includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but does not include any equipment acquired by a government contractor incidental to a public contract.

TITLE II: PROHIBITION ON TIKTOK

1. Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any covered application shall be prohibited from being downloaded on any Regional, State, or local government information technology and any such information technology already containing a covered application shall be removed.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #16
Fhtagn of Virginia is appointed to serve in the At-Large seat of the Southern Chamber of Delegates vacated by Mr. Reactionary.

[fhtagn]

Executive Order #16
Fhtagn of Virginia is appointed to serve in the At-Large seat of the Southern Chamber of Delegates vacated by Mr. Reactionary.

What a great honer!

I accept, old friend. Glad to be back.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Executive Order #16
Fhtagn of Virginia is appointed to serve in the At-Large seat of the Southern Chamber of Delegates vacated by Mr. Reactionary.

What a great honer!

I accept, old friend. Glad to be back.

Congrats on your appointment!

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Executive Order #17
Tea Party Hater of Texas is appointed to serve in the At-Large seat of the Southern Chamber of Delegates vacated by Octosteel.