Southern Legislation Introduction Thread

[Mr. Reactionary]

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOBBY LOBBY

Whereas Hobby Lobby is a proud southern business providing wonderful products, and;

Whereas Hobby Lobby is culturally associated with Southern Region, and serves as an excellent symbol of Southern love, hospitality, and charm, and;

Whereas Hobby Lobby has donated lots of money to worthwhile charities and organizations, cares deeply about its employees, and is an exemplary corporate citizen;

Now therefore, the first week of June 2022 shall be proclaimed Hobby Lobby Pride Week. It shall be the official policy of the Southern Region to encourage all Atlasians to visit Hobby Lobby at least once during Hobby Lobby Pride Week.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO HERITAGE ACT

TITLE I: ALCOHOL

1. No State in the Southern Region shall entirely prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption from private businesses. Any State in the Southern Region that currently prohibits such retail sales shall issue licenses for the same based on general qualifications and standards as may be necessary for the protection of the public health and safety. Any State-owned, leased, or managed stores for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption shall cease operation.

2. No State in the Southern Region shall entirely prohibit bars or taverns from the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption if such bar or tavern fails to also sell a minimum volume, quantity, or ratio of food.

3. This Title shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

TITLE II: TOBACCO

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:

1. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that certain provisions preempting regional governments from regulating the packaging and labeling of tobacco products found in the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, an Atlasian statute violates regional rights and the liberty of the people.

2. That accordingly, those certain provisions of the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act are hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region. 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 shall enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

3. That all packaged tobacco products subject to the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act sold in the southern region include printed on the label in a size equal to any other required warnings one (1) of the following messages: A) FREMONT SUCKS or B) PHUCK PHREMONT

4. That any packaging for tobacco products that contains a sound-emitting device or smell-emitting device shall be prohibited.

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

[Mr. Reactionary]

FOOD DELIVERY REFORM ACT

1. No food delivery platform shall submit an order on behalf of a consumer to a restaurant or arrange for the delivery of an order from a restaurant without first obtaining an agreement with the restaurant expressly authorizing the food delivery platform to submit orders to and deliver food prepared by the restaurant. Such agreement shall require disclosure of all fees charged by the food delivery platform, including commissions, delivery fees, promotional fees, and the baseline cost of the food order, to the restaurant.

2. Prior to the confirmation of any online order by a food delivery platform, the food delivery platform shall clearly display through its online ordering system the baseline cost of the food order and any additional fees associated with the order, including the amounts and purposes of such fees.

3. If a restaurant uses an independent online ordering system to facilitate orders of food for sale to consumers that includes with the order the option of delivery by a specific food delivery platform, then the restaurant may elect to display a single total cost of the order rather than clearly listing each fee associated with the order.

4. No food delivery platform shall give any restaurant preferential advertising on its platform, rate, or delivery priority on the basis of the race, color, or ethnicity of the owner of the restaurant.

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

[Mr. Reactionary]

HANDS OFF MY DATA ACT

A. A consumer may invoke the consumer rights authorized pursuant to this act at any time by submitting a request to a controller specifying the consumer rights the consumer wishes to invoke. A known child's parent or legal guardian may invoke such consumer rights on behalf of the child regarding processing personal data belonging to the known child. A controller shall comply with an authenticated consumer request to exercise the right:

1. To confirm whether or not a controller is processing the consumer's personal data and to access such personal data;

2. To correct inaccuracies in the consumer's personal data, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer's personal data;

3. To delete personal data provided by or obtained about the consumer;

4. To obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to the controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means; and

5. To opt out of the processing of the personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a controller shall comply with a request by a consumer to exercise the consumer rights authorized pursuant to section A as follows:

1. A controller shall respond to the consumer without undue delay, but in all cases within 45 days of receipt of the request submitted pursuant to the methods described in section A. The response period may be extended once by 45 additional days when reasonably necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the consumer's requests, so long as the controller informs the consumer of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.

2. If a controller declines to take action regarding the consumer's request, the controller shall inform the consumer without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request, of the justification for declining to take action and instructions for how to appeal the decision pursuant to section C.

3. Information provided in response to a consumer request shall be provided by a controller free of charge, up to twice annually per consumer. If requests from a consumer are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, the controller may charge the consumer a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with the request or decline to act on the request. The controller bears the burden of demonstrating the manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive nature of the request.

4. If a controller is unable to authenticate the request using commercially reasonable efforts, the controller shall not be required to comply with a request to initiate an action under subsection A and may request that the consumer provide additional information reasonably necessary to authenticate the consumer and the consumer's request.

5. A controller that has obtained personal data about a consumer from a source other than the consumer shall be deemed in compliance with a consumer's request to delete such data pursuant to subsection A 3 by opting the consumer out of the processing of that data for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling pursuant to subsection A 5.

C. A controller shall establish a process for a consumer to appeal the controller's refusal to take action on a request within a reasonable period of time after the consumer's receipt of the decision pursuant to subsection B 2. The appeal process shall be conspicuously available and similar to the process for submitting requests to initiate action pursuant to section A. Within 60 days of receipt of an appeal, a controller shall inform the consumer in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If the appeal is denied, the controller shall also provide the consumer with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which the consumer may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.

D. As used in this act:

1. "Consumer" means a natural person who is a resident of the Southern Region acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.

2. "Controller" means the natural or legal person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing personal data.

[Mr. Reactionary]

ATTACKING THE TOWER ACT

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a 2% tax on the investment earnings of any private college or university in the Southern Region that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $200,000 per student.

2. No postsecondary student in the Southern Region shall be eligible for any publicly funded scholarship program within the Southern Region nor to recieve any public money awarded therefrom if the student is actively pursuing or intends to actively pursue a degree in:
A. Diversity
B. puppetry
C. Ethnic studies
D. civilization studies
E. black or africana studies
F. hispanic studies
G. indigenous studies
H. Asian studies
I. white or european studies
J. women's studies
K. men's studies
L. gender studies
M. queer studies or queer theory
N. marxist theory
O. critical theory
P. Sexuality studies
Q. Underwater basket-weaving

Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as authorizing the censorship of professors, lectures, or classes.

3. No postsecondary student in the Southern Region shall be required to pay any general activity fee used to fund clubs, organizations, or other groups to attend or reside at any college or university in the Southern Region. Nothing in this act shall prohibit clubs, organizations, or other groups affiliated with such colleges or universities from requiring the payment of an activity fee in order for a student to actually participate in such clubs, organizations, or groups.

4. No college or university in the Southern Region shall withhold degrees or transcripts from any current or former student based on the current or former student owing money to such college or university.

5. This law shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SUCK ACT

TITLE I: FINDINGS

The Legislature finds that:

1. Social media platforms represent an extraordinary advance in communication technology for southerners.

2. Users should be afforded control over their personal information related to social media platforms.

3. Southerners increasingly rely on social media platforms to express their opinions.

4. Social media platforms have transformed into the new public town square.

5. Social media platforms have become as important for conveying public opinion as public utilities are for supporting modern society.

6. Social media platforms hold a unique place in preserving free speech protections for all southerners and should be treated similarly to common carriers.

7. Social media platforms that unfairly censor, shadow ban, deplatform, or apply post-prioritization algorithms to southern candidates, users, or residents are not acting in good faith and are likely Marxist sympathizers.

8. Social media platforms should not take any action in bad faith to restrict access or availability to southerners.

9. Social media platforms have unfairly censored, shadow banned, deplatformed, and applied post-prioritization algorithms in the Southern Region.

10. The Region has a substantial interest in protecting its residents from inconsistent and unfair actions by Marxist-influenced social media platforms.

11. The Region must vigorously enforce its laws to protect southerners.

TITLE II: DEFINITIONS

1. As used in this act, the term:

“Algorithm” means a mathematical set of rules that specifies how a group of data behaves and that will assist in ranking search results and maintaining order or that is used in sorting or ranking content or material based on relevancy or other factors instead of using published time or chronological order of such content or material.

“Affiliate” means: 1. A predecessor or successor of a person convicted of or held civilly liable for an antitrust violation; or 2. An entity under the control of any natural person who is active in the management of the entity that has been convicted of or held civilly liable for an antitrust violation. The term includes those officers, directors, executives, partners, shareholders, employees, members, and agents who are active in the management of an affiliate. The term also includes a person who knowingly enters into a joint venture with a person who has violated an antitrust law during the preceding 48 months.

“Antitrust violation” means any failure to comply with a state or federal antitrust law as determined in a civil or criminal proceeding brought by the Attorney General, a state attorney, a similar body or agency of another state, the Federal Commission, or the United States Department of Justice.

“Antitrust violator vendor list” means the list required to be kept by the department pursuant to this act.

“Censor” includes any action taken by a social media platform to delete, regulate, restrict, edit, alter, inhibit the publication or republication of, suspend a right to post, remove, or post an addendum to any content or material posted by a user. The term also includes actions to inhibit the ability of a user to be viewable by or to interact with another user of the social media platform.

“Deplatform” means the action or practice by a social media platform to permanently delete or ban a user or to temporarily delete or ban a user from the social media platform for more than 14 days.

“Journalistic enterprise” means an entity doing business in the Southern Region that: 1. Publishes in excess of 10,000 words available online with at least 500 paid subscribers or 10,000 monthly active users; 2. Publishes 50 hours of audio or video available online with at least 1 million viewers annually; 3. Operates a cable channel that provides more than 40 hours of content per week to more than 10,000 cable television subscribers; or 4. Operates under a broadcast license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

“Post-prioritization” means action by a social media platform to place, feature, or prioritize certain content or material ahead of, below, or in a more or less prominent position than others in a newsfeed, a feed, a view, or in search results. The term does not include post-prioritization of content and material of a third party, including other users, based on payments by that third party, to the social media platform.

“Shadow ban” means action by a social media platform, through any means, whether the action is determined by a natural person or an algorithm, to limit or eliminate the exposure of a user or content or material posted by a user to other users of the social media platform. This term includes acts of shadow banning by a social media platform which are not readily apparent to a user.

“Social media platform” means any information service, system, Internet search engine, or access software provider that: 1. Provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including an Internet platform or a social media site; 2. Operates as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity; 3. Does business in the Region; and 4. Satisfies at least one of the following thresholds: a. Has annual gross revenues in excess of $10 million; or b. Has at least 1 million monthly individual platform participants globally.

“User” means a person who resides or is domiciled in this Region and who has an account on a social media platform, regardless of whether the person posts or has posted content, video, or other material to the social media platform.

TITLE III: POLITICAL CANDIDATES

 
1. A social media platform may not willfully deplatform a candidate for office who is known by the social media platform to be a candidate, beginning on the date of qualification and ending on the day after the election or the date the candidate ceases to be a candidate. A social media platform must provide each user a method by which the user may be identified as a qualified candidate and which provides sufficient information to allow the social media platform to confirm the user’s qualification by reviewing the website of the justice department.

2. Upon a finding of a violation of this act by the Attorney General, in addition to the remedies provided elsewhere in this act, the social media platform may be fined $250,000 per day for a candidate for Regional and Statewide offices and $25,000 per day for a candidate for other offices.

3. A social media platform that willfully provides free advertising for a candidate must inform the candidate of such in-kind contribution. Posts, content, material, and comments by candidates which are shown on the platform in the same or similar way as other users’ posts, content, material, and comments are not considered free advertising.

TITLE IV: ANTI-TRUST

1. A person or an affiliate who has been placed on the antitrust violator vendor list following a conviction or being held civilly liable for an antitrust violation may not submit a bid, proposal, or reply for any new contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity; may not submit a bid, proposal, or reply for a new contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work; may not submit a bid, proposal, or reply on new leases of real property to a public entity; may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a new contract with a public entity; and may not transact new business with a public entity.

2. A public entity may not accept a bid, proposal, or reply from, award a new contract to, or transact new business with any person or affiliate on the antitrust violator vendor list unless that person or affiliate has been removed from the list pursuant to this act.

3. Beginning July 1, 2022, all invitations to bid, requests for proposals, and invitations to negotiate must contain a statement informing applicants of the provisions of this act. The justice department shall maintain an antitrust violator vendor list of the names and addresses of the persons or affiliates who have been disqualified from the public contracting and purchasing process under this section.

4. After receiving notice of a judgment, sentence, or order from any source that a person was convicted or held civilly liable for an antitrust violation and after the justice department has investigated the information and verified both the judgment, sentence, or order and the identity of the person named in the documentation, the department must immediately notify the person or affiliate in writing of its intent to place the name of that person or affiliate on the antitrust violator vendor list and of the person’s or affiliate’s right to a hearing and to offer evidence and have assistance of counsel, the procedure that must be followed, and the applicable time requirements as set by the justice department to provide due process. If the person or affiliate does not request a hearing, the department shall enter a final order placing the name of the person or affiliate on the antitrust violator vendor list. A person or affiliate may be placed on the antitrust violator vendor list only after the department has provided the person or affiliate with a notice of intent.

5. A person or an affiliate may be removed from the antitrust violator vendor list subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the justice department upon a determination that removal is in the public interest. In determining whether removal is in the public interest, Attorney General must consider any relevant factors. Upon proof that a person was found not guilty or not civilly liable, the antitrust violation case was dismissed, the court entered a finding in the person’s favor, the person’s conviction or determination of liability has been reversed on appeal, or the person has been pardoned, the Attorney General shall determine that removal of the person or an affiliate of that person from the antitrust violator vendor list is in the public interest. A person or an affiliate on the antitrust violator vendor list may petition for removal from the list no sooner than 6 months after the date a final order is entered pursuant to this act but may petition for removal at any time if the petition is based upon a reversal of the conviction or liability on appellate review or pardon.

6. If the petition for removal is denied, the person or affiliate may not petition for another hearing on removal for a period of 9 months after the date of denial unless the petition is based upon a reversal of the conviction on appellate review or a pardon.

7. A person who has been placed on the antitrust violator vendor list is not a qualified applicant for public economic incentives.

TITLE V: SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES

1. A social media platform that fails to comply with any of the provisions of this act commits an unfair or deceptive act or practice under antitrust law.

2. A social media platform must publish the standards, including detailed definitions, it uses or has used for determining how to censor, deplatform, and shadow ban.

3. A social media platform must apply censorship, deplatforming, and shadow banning standards in a consistent manner among its users on the platform.

4. A social media platform must inform each user about any changes to its user rules, terms, and agreements before implementing the changes and may not make changes more than once every 30 days.

5. A social media platform may not censor or shadow ban a user’s content or material or deplatform a user from the social media platform:

A. Without notifying the user who posted or attempted to post the content or material; or

B. In a way that violates this part.

6. A social media platform must:

A. Provide a mechanism that allows a user to request the number of other individual platform participants who were provided or shown the user’s content or posts.

B. Provide, upon request, a user with the number of other individual platform participants who were provided or shown content or posts.

7. A social media platform must:

A. Categorize algorithms used for post-prioritization and shadow banning.

B. Allow a user to opt out of post-prioritization and shadow banning algorithm categories to allow sequential or chronological posts and content.

8. A social media platform must provide users with an annual notice on the use of algorithms for post-prioritization and shadow banning and reoffer annually the opt-out opportunity above.

9. A social media platform may not apply or use post prioritization or shadow banning algorithms for content and material posted by or about a user who is known by the social media platform to be a candidate as defined above, beginning on the date of qualification and ending on the day after the election or the date the candidate ceases to be a candidate. Post-prioritization of certain content or material from or about a candidate for office based on payments to the social media platform by such candidate for office or a third party is not a violation of this paragraph. A social media platform must provide each user a method by which the user may be identified as a qualified candidate and which provides sufficient information to allow the social media platform to confirm the user’s qualification by reviewing the website of the justice department.

10. A social media platform must allow a user who has been deplatformed to access or retrieve all of the user’s information, content, material, and data for at least 60 days after the user receives the required notice.

11. A social media platform may not take any action to censor, deplatform, or shadow ban a journalistic enterprise based on the content of its publication or broadcast. Post prioritization of certain journalistic enterprise content based on payments to the social media platform by such journalistic enterprise is not a violation of this paragraph. This paragraph does not apply if the content or material is obscene.

12. For purposes of this act a notification must:

A. Be delivered in writing via mail, electronic mail, or direct electronic notification to the user within 7 days after the censoring action.

B. Include a thorough rationale explaining the reason that the social media platform censored the user.

C. Include a precise and thorough explanation of how the social media platform became aware of the censored content or material, including a thorough explanation of the algorithms used, if any, to identify or flag the user’s content or material objectionable.

D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a social media platform is not required to notify a user if the censored content or material is obscene.

13. If the justice department, by its own inquiry or as a result of a complaint, suspects that a violation of this section is imminent, occurring, or has occurred, the department may investigate the suspected violation in accordance with this part. Based on its investigation, the department may bring a civil or administrative action under this part.

14. A user may bring a private cause of action for violations of this act, and if successful the court may award the following remedies to the user:

A. Up to $100,000 in statutory damages per proven claim.

B. Actual damages.

C. If aggravating factors are present, punitive damages.

D. An apology

E. Other forms of equitable relief, including injunctive relief.

F. Costs and reasonable attorney fees.

15. In an investigation by the justice department into alleged violations of this section, the department’s investigative powers include, but are not limited to, the ability to subpoena any algorithm used by a social media platform related to any alleged violation.

TITLE VI: TRUMAN SAYS NO CENSORING MY POSTS

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:

1. That it is position of the Chamber of Delegates of the Southern Region that portions of Section 230 the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. 230), an Atlasian statute violates regional rights and the liberty of the people.

2. That accordingly, Section 230 the Communications Decency Act  is hereby nullified within the legal jurisdiction of the Southern Region to the extent it is contradicted herein. 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 shall enforce, or attempt to enforce, this statute within the Southern Region.

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

TITLE VII: ENACTMENT

1. Unless otherwise specified herein, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

[Mr. Reactionary]

F.U.RIOTERS ACT

TITLE I: NAME AND ENACTMENT

1. This act shall be referred to as the Fighting Useless Rioters Act or the F.U. Rioters Act.

2. Unless otherwise stated herein, the provisions of this act shall take effect immediately.

TITLE II: DEFINTIONS

1. As used in this act the following terms are defined as such:
“Conditions arising from the emergency” means civil unrest, power outages, curfews, voluntary or mandatory evacuations, or a reduction in the presence of or response time for law enforcement, emergency services, other first responders, or homeland security personnel.

“Conditions arising from the riot” means civil unrest, power outages, curfews, or a reduction in the presence of or response time for law enforcement, emergency services, other first responders, or homeland security personnel.

“Memorial” means a plaque, marker, statue, monument, obelisk, marker, flag, banner, cenotaph, relief, engraving, stained-glass window, religious symbol, painting, seal, tombstone, cannon, sign, structure name, or display that is constructed and located with the intent of being permanently displayed or perpetually maintained; is dedicated to a historical person, an entity, an event, or a series of events;  and honors or recounts the military service of any past or present military personnel, or the past or present public service or historical significance of a resident of the geographical area comprising the State or the Region or Atlasia.

TITLE III: RIOTING

1. A person who participates in a public disturbance involving an assembly of three (3) or more persons acting with a common intent to mutually assist each other in:

A. disorderly and violent conduct resulting in injury or damage to another person or property;

B. creating a clear and present danger of injury or damage to another person or property; or

C. by force, or threat of force, endangering the safe movement of a person or vehicle traveling on a public street, highway, road, trail, sidewalk, or parking area,

is guilty of rioting. Rioting is a felony and shall be punishable by imprisonment for no less than six (6) months and no more than five (5) years and a fine of not more than $100,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

2. A person who willfully incites or encourages another to imminently or at a specific time participate in a riot, resulting in a riot, civil disturbance, or a clear and present danger of a riot or civil disturbance, is guilty of inciting a riot. Inciting a riot is a felony and shall be punishable by imprisonment for no less than six (6) months and no more than five (5) years and a fine of not more than $100,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

3. If three (3) or more persons meet together to commit a breach of the peace, or to do any other unlawful act, each of them is guilty of participating in an unlawful assembly. Participating in an unlawful assembly is a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment for no more than (6) months and a fine of not more than $10,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

4. A person who, assembled with two (2) or more other persons and acting with a common intent, compels or induces, or attempts to compel or induce, another person by force, or threat of force, to do any act or to assume or abandon a particular viewpoint is guilty of mob intimidation. Mob intimidation is a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment for no more than (6) months and a fine of not more than $10,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

5. A person who, being in another State, Region, or country, travels to another State within the Southern Region for the purpose of participating in a riot, incitement of a riot, unlawful assembly, or mob intimidation shall be guilty of a separate felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than (6) months and a fine of not more than $10,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

TITLE IV: CRIMES COMMITTED DURING RIOTS

1. A person who assaults another person in furtherance of a riot commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than 60 days and a fine of not more than $1,000.

2. A person who commits a battery in furtherance of a riot commits a felony, punishable by imprisonment for no more than (6) months and a fine of not more than $10,000.

3. A person who commits a battery on a law enforcement officer, emergency services personnel, other first responder, or homeland security personnel in furtherance of a riot commits a felony, punishable by imprisonment for no more than (9) months and a fine of not more than $10,000. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

4. A person who commits a burglary during a riot and the perpetration of the burglary is facilitated by conditions arising from the riot; or within a locality that is subject to a state of emergency after the declaration of emergency is made and the perpetration of the burglary is facilitated by conditions arising from the emergency, the burglary shall be considered a separate felony punishable by imprisonment for no more than (6) months and a fine of not more than $10,000 along with restitution. A person arrested for a violation of this paragraph shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

5. A person who commits theft during a riot and the perpetration of the theft is facilitated by conditions arising from the riot; or within a locality that is subject to a state of emergency after the declaration of emergency is made and the perpetration of the theft is facilitated by conditions arising from the emergency, the theft shall be considered a separate misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for no more than (3) months and a fine of not more than $1,000 along with restitution.

6. A person who willfully damages or destroys law enforcement equipment, firefighting equipment, emergency services’ equipment, or other first responders’ equipment, or who willfully obstructs a fire hydrant or other firefighting apparatus during a civil disturbance is guilty of criminal assholery. Criminal assholery is a felony and shall be punishable by imprisonment for one (1) year and a fine of $10,000 along with restitution.

TITLE V: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

1. A person who intentionally or willfully obstructs the free, convenient, and normal use of a any public street, highway, road, trail, sidewalk, or parking area by blocking, impeding, hindering, stifling, or restraining traffic or passage thereon, by standing or remaining on the street, highway, or road or approaching motor vehicles thereon, or by endangering the safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon is guilty of obstructing the freedom of movement. Obstructing freedom of movement is a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment for no more than (1) year and a fine of not more than $10,000. A violation of this paragraph against a law enforcement, firefighting, emergency services, or other first responder vehicle shall receive the maximum punishment allowed herein, provide that such vehicle had its emergency lights illuminated at the time of the violation. 

2. A person arrested for a violation of this title who committed such obstruction during a riot shall be held in custody until brought before the court for a bail hearing. At such hearing the court shall determine if permitting bail presents a probable risk of future rioting or civil disturbance.

TITLE VI. VANDALISM AND DESECRATION

1. Any person who, without the consent of the owner thereof, willfully and maliciously defaces, injures, or otherwise damages by any means a memorial and the value of the damage to the memorial is greater than $100 is guilty of heinous vandalism. Heinous vandalism is a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than (6) months and no more than one (1) year and a fine of not more than $25,000. A violation of this paragraph during a riot or unlawful assembly shall receive the maximum punishment allowed herein. A court shall order any person convicted of violating this paragraph to provide a written apology and pay restitution, which shall include the full cost of repair or replacement of such memorial.

2. Any person who, without the consent of the owner thereof, willfully and maliciously destroys or demolishes any memorial, or pulls down a memorial is guilty of heinous desecration. Heinous desecration is a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than (1) year and no more than five (5) years and a fine of not more than $100,000. A violation of this paragraph during a riot or unlawful assembly shall receive the maximum punishment allowed herein.  A court shall order any person convicted of violating this paragraph to provide a written apology and pay restitution, which shall include the full cost of repair or replacement of such memorial.

3. Any person who, willfully and knowingly destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes any tomb, monument, gravestone, burial mound, earthen or shell monument containing human skeletal remains or associated burial artifacts, or other structure or thing placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, curb, or other thing intended for the protection or ornamentation of the aforementioned objects is guilty of ghoulish desecration. Ghoulish desecration is a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than (1) year and no more than five (5) years and a fine of not more than $100,000. A violation of this paragraph during a riot or unlawful assembly shall receive the maximum punishment allowed herein.  A violation of this paragraph in which a person willfully and knowingly excavates, exposes, moves, removes, or otherwise disturbs the contents of a grave or tomb shall receive the maximum punishment allowed herein. A court shall order any person convicted of violating this paragraph to provide a written apology and pay restitution, which shall include the full cost of repair or replacement of any damages.

TITLE VII: SOROS-OWNED POLITICIANS

1. An elected official, prosecutor, or governing body, of a State or locality within the Southern Region that intentionally obstructs or interferes with the ability of a law enforcement agency to provide reasonable law enforcement protection during a riot or unlawful assembly is civilly liable for any damages, including damages arising from personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage, proximately caused by the agency’s failure to provide reasonable law enforcement protection during a riot or unlawful assembly. Sovereign immunity of the locality shall be waived in such a scenario.

TITLE VIII: IMMUNITY

1. In a criminal prosecution for a crime of violence or property damage resulting from a vehicle striking a pedestrian, it is an affirmative defense that such crime arose from injury or damage sustained by a participant acting in furtherance of a riot, unlawful assembly, mob intimidation, obstruction of freedom of movement, heinous vandalism, heinous desecration, or ghoulish desecration. The affirmative defense authorized by this paragraph shall be established by evidence that the charged person attempted in good-faith to avoid the injured or damaged person or property and that the injured or damaged person was a participant in such abovementioned crimes by clear and convincing evidence.

2. In a civil action for damages for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage, it is an affirmative defense that such action arose from injury or damage sustained by a participant acting in furtherance of a riot, unlawful assembly, mob intimidation, criminal assholery, obstruction of freedom of movement, heinous vandalism, heinous desecration, or ghoulish desecration. The affirmative defense authorized by this paragraph shall be established by evidence that the plaintiff was a participant in such crime by preponderance of the evidence.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Preliminary Bill Priority Order for Legislative Slots for bills posted by Mr. Reactionary

1. Chamber Rules Amendment
2. Pro-Life Safe Haven Act
3. Good Medical Procedures Act
4. Usury is a Sin Act
5. Environmental Stewardship Act
6. Attack The Tower Act
7. No C.R.A.P. In Schools Act
8. Resolution in Support of Chick-Fil-A
9. Truman Says Gun Rights Are Non-Negotiable Act
10. Cars Are Good Act
11. Labor & Judicial Reform Act of 2019 Amendments Act
12. Bestiality Is A Sin Act
13. Truman Says Protect Our Supply Chains Act
14. Toilet Paper Equity Act
15. Attorney Licensing Reform Act Reform Act
16. Facebook And Twitter Suck Act
17. Food Delivery Reform Act
18. Amended Firearm Education Act Amendments Act
19. Voter Integrity Act
20. Hands Off My Data Act
21. Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Act
22. Resolution in Support of Hobby Lobby
23. Specific Legal Protections Act
24. Uniform Digital Codes Adoption Act
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25. Poorly Written And Broken Laws Repeal Act
26. Green Book Act
27. No Barney Fifes Act
28. F.U. Rioters Act
29. Alcohol and Tobacco Heritage Act
30. Prison Changes Act
31. No Racist Government Documents Act
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32. It's An Emergency Act
33. Attorney General Empowerment Act

Primary Bill Sponsors

Mr. Reactionary
- Chamber Rules Amendment (1)
- Good Medical Procedures Act (3)
- Usury is a Sin Act (4)
- Truman Says Gun Rights Are Non-Negotiable Act (9)
- Labor & Judicial Reform Act of 2019 Amendments Act (11)
- Truman Says Protect Our Supply Chains Act (13)
- Toilet Paper Equity Act (14)
- Attorney Licensing Reform Act Reform Act (15)
- Amended Firearm Education Act Amendments Act (18)
- Specific Legal Protections Act (23)
- Uniform Digital Codes Adoption Act (24)


Octosteel
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Reagente
- Pro-Life Safe Haven Act (2)
- No C.R.A.P. In Schools Act (7)
- Bestiality Is A Sin Act (12)
- Voter Integrity Act (19)

Tim Turner
- Resolution in Support of Chick-Fil-A (8 )
- Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Act (21)

Ulmer Fudd
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[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

WAGE THEFT IS A SIN ACT

Section 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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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 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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

POLYGAMY IS A SIN ACT

Section I: Purpose

Whereas, the Bible, our ultimate moral arbiter on Earth refers to marriage as a union between two (2) people; and

Whereas, it is important under the principles of full faith and credit to have uniform laws on marriage; and

Whereas, polygamy, bigamy, and adultery are inherently harmful to society and pose a risk to the people 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 polygamy

A. The crime of polygamy 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 polygamy 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 polygamy when he knowingly:

1. Enters into a marriage with more than one (1) person during the duration of an existing marriage.

2. Cohabitates with more than one (1) sexual partner during the duration of an existing marriage.
3. Participates in sexual activities with a person other than his spouse during the duration of an existing marriage, provided the person’s spouse is also present during such sexual activities.

4. causes another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in activities as described in Section II(B)(1) – (3) herein;

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

6. 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 activities as described in Section II(B)(1) – (3) herein.

Section III: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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 polygamy 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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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 or bondage, or a person who is an involuntary captive being raped, abused, or tortured, commits the crime of facilitating slavery. 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.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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) and 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.

Section IV: Enactment

A. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

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 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.