Senate Legislation Introduction Thread (New)

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Hoping someone will sponsor this:

LouisvilleThunder Resolution

- It is the Sense of the Senate that Governor LouisvilleThunder should have been found guilty of the criminal charges filed against him
- It is the further sense of the Senate that the actions of doxxing, hacking into a party's discord server, and refusing to accept the results of an election, are never acceptable and dishonor the very fabric of the republic of Atlasia

You're doing yourself no favors lol.

Anyone who would sponsor this is a Wulfricist or a Wulfricist by Association.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

An Amendment to the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia
To regionalize authority over abortion laws
Be it enacted with a supermajority of the Senate of Atlasia and the Regions

Article I

14. Regional governments shall hold full authority to determine and regulate abortion policy including the status of abortion being a right or not.

Amendment Explanation:
This amendment seeks to give full control over abortion policy to the regions of Atlasia by adding a new section to the Bill of Rights in the federal Constitution..

I humbly request a Senator to sponsor this.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

A RESOLUTION
To restore order in Atlasia

Section I.
I. This Act may be cited as the Democracy Resolution.

Section II.

I. The Republic of Atlasia hereby denounces all efforts to overturn the January 2022 gubernational elections in the Southern Region, whether they were intended to be serious or not. 

II. The Republic of Atlasia recognizes that LouisvilleThunder has been elected as Governor of the Southern Region.

III. The Republic of Atlasia recognizes that Donerail's repeated attempts to overturn the election results are damaging to both democracy and the union, and should be condemned.

AN ACT
To restore democratic principles in Atlasia

Section I.
I. This Act may be cited as the Saving Democracy Act.

Section II.

I. All candidates running for political office, whether this is at the regional or federal level, must agree to concede the election if they have clearly lost.

II. Losing candidates may request a recount if they are within a 5% margin.  This recount must be conducted in a bipartisan manner.

Section III.

I. Losing candidates may not form their own government, attempt to revert or deny the results of a certified election, or weaken the integrity of the union, no matter what their intentions are.

II. Edit warring and vandalism on the wiki, used to preserve and document Atlasia's history, will not be permitted.  Repeated attempts may result in a ban from editing.

Invoking Article 2, Section 2 and blocking these bills. They will not be on the floor.

This is an extreme breach of your authority.  You brought frivolous bills about spark, LT, and Wulfric onto the floor, so why are these being blocked? 

Y'all should motion to override his decision.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Stop pinging me you twits. Do it again and I'll turn off alerts.

Ok Simp Dog

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

aye

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aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Pre-filing this.

PREVENTING DEGENERACY ACT

TITLE I: DEFINITIONS

1. Assault Toy means any buttplug, dildo, or other sex toy that includes a bayonet mount, a fart hider, a pistol grip, a folding shaft, a tail attachment, or a threaded base, or is the color black. Assault toy also includes any stuffed animal or children's toy incorporating a sex toy or a BDSM costume.

2. Bestiality means knowingly:
 
A. engaging in sexual contact with a non-human animal;

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact with a non-human animal;

C. advertising, soliciting, importing, transporting, offering, selling, purchasing, financing, or possessing a non-human animal with the intent that the animal be subject to sexual contact with a human;

D. permitting sexual contact with a non-human animal to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

E. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact with a non-human animal; or

F. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact with a non-human animal.

3. Ghost Toy means any buttplug, dildo, or other sex toy that is not stamped, printed, or engraved with a unique serial number.

4. Ghoulish sex means:

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

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

C. permitting sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

D. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

E. advertising, soliciting, importing, transporting, offering, selling, purchasing, financing, or possessing a dead human body with the intent that the dead human body be used in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition; or

F. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact with a dead human body.

5. High Capacity Toy means any buttplug exceeding 4 inches in length from the base or 1.5 inches in width excluding the base or any dildo or other phallic sex toy exceeding 12 inches in length or 2 inches in width.

6. Incest means knowingly:

A. Engaging in sexual contact with, either legitimately or illegitimately:

i. his or her ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption, or the spouse thereof;

ii. his or her brother or sister of the whole or half-blood or by adoption, or the spouse thereof; or

iii. his or her 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 incest;

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

C. permitting sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

D. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition.

E. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition.

7. Infected sexual battery means knowingly:

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

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

C. permitting conduct as described in Section A of this definition to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

D. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, or possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition; or

E. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition.

8. Machine Toy means any buttplug containing an internal motor or machine that causes such buttplug to artificially vibrate or move.

9. Obscene or dangerous sex toy means:

A. Any assault toy, ghost toy, high-capacity toy, or machine toy;

B. any sexually explicit sculpture, toy, or other object that is designed or sculpted to appear as the genitalia or sex organs of a non-human animal, including but not limited to a fictitious or mythical animal. This shall not include any equipment utilized in veterinary science or animal husbandry or breeding;

C. any sex doll designed to appear as a non-human animal, including but not limited to a fictitious or mythical animal. This shall not include any equipment utilized in animal husbandry or breeding; or

D. any chastity cage or other device designed or marketed for use in preventing the excitement, arousal, or penetration of a person's genitalia.

10. sexual abuse of a minor means, with or without finance consideration:

A. as an adult, engaging in sexual contact with or marrying a minor child more than two (2) years his or her junior or in violation of the statutory rape or marriage laws of the Region in which such sexual contact or marriage occurs;

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact or marriage as described in Section A of this definition;

C. permitting conduct as described in Section A of this definition to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

D. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, or possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

E. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact or marriage as described in Section A of this definition; or

F. soliciting for prostitution a law enforcement officer who is posing as a minor or a person who is assisting law enforcement by posing as a minor, provided such purported minor-status is known to the person so soliciting.

11. sexual invasion of privacy means:

A. knowingly and intentionally creating 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 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. 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; or

B. with the intent to coerce, harass, embarrass, or intimidate, maliciously disseminating or selling 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 breast, where such person knows or has reason to know that he or she is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image. For purposes of this section, 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.

12. unlawful late-term abortion means any abortion of a viable human fetus after twenty (20) weeks of gestation when such abortion is not being performed to save the life or protect the physical health of the pregnant mother, or any abortion performed using the dilation and extraction (D&X) method.

13. violent sexual deviancy means:

A. engaging in sexual contact with a person who is enslaved, in captivity, non-consensually bound or restrained, or being subject to violence, torture, or sadomasochistic abuse;

B. causing another person by force, threat, or intimidation to engage in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition;

C. permitting conduct as described in Section A of this definition to be conducted on any premises under his or her ownership or control;

D. producing, distributing, publishing, selling, transmitting, financing, advertising, or possessing with the intent to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise, or making any attempt to produce, distribute, publish, sell, transmit, finance, or advertise an obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person engaged in sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition or of rape; or

E. Traveling in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in or facilitating sexual contact as described in Section A of this definition.

TITLE II: PROHIBITIONS

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to, upon any federal property or leasehold, over federal electromagnetic spectrum, through the postal service, upon or over the property, facilities, utilities, vehicles, networks, or conveyances of any federally owned or regulated common carrier or internet service provider, or participate or travel in interstate or foreign commerce to:

A. engage in bestiality, ghoulish sex, incest, infected sexual battery, sexual abuse of a minor, sexual invasion of privacy, or violent sexual deviancy;

B. finance, facilitate, or perform an unlawful late-term abortion for another; or

C. manufacture, import, transport, sell, finance, produce, publish, distribute, advertise, or possess with intent to manufacture, transport, sell, finance, produce, publish, distribute, or advertise any obscene or dangerous sex toy or any obscene item depicting or purporting to depict a person using an obscene or dangerous sex toy.
 
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly finance or attempt or prepare to finance any item or criminal act prohibited by this law or the Community Standards Act. For purposes of this provision, knowingly finance includes but is not limited to processing or facilitating payments by any bank, credit card company, or payment processor to any business, company, or website that hosts any item prohibited by this law or the Community Standards Act if such bank, credit card company, or payment processor has been informed of such hosting by the Attorney General of Atlasia or of any Region in Atlasia, by any court in Atlasia, by any law enforcement officer pursuant to an investigation, or by a sworn affidavit by any person that is easily or readily verifiable.

3. A violation of this act shall be classified as a felony punishable by imprisonment for no less than one (1) and no more than ten (10) years, a fine of no more than $100,000.00, and disgorgement of any profits. Any person convicted of a violation of section 1 of this title 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. Any prohibited item seized pursuant to the enforcement of this law shall be subject to forfeiture.

5. This act shall take effect ten (10) days from the date of passage.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Pre-filing this.

FIGHT RACISM AND SEXISM ACT

1. No public school receiving federal funds shall require, or make part of any course taught at such school any of the following concepts:

A. That one (1) race or sex is inherently superior to or inferior to another race or sex;

B. That an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, privileges, biased, oppressive, or responsible whether consciously or unconsciously;

C. That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex;

D. That members of one (1) race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without regards to race or sex;

E. That an individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex;

F. That an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
 
G. That any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex;
 
H. That meritocracy, market-based economics, or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a members of a particular race to oppress members of another race;

I. That Atlasia or any Region thereof, their respective constitution and bill of rights, their government, or their history is fundamentally racist or sexist;

J. That the planet Earth is flat rather than spherical.

2. No public school receiving federal funds shall incorporate buttplugs, anal beads, dildos, or any other sex toy, or instruction on the use thereof, into its sexual education curriculum.

3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Pre-filing this.

NO MORE BUCK V. BELL ACT

Whereas, many States in Atlasia have a shameful record of forcibly or coercively sterilizing otherwise healthy criminals, minors, social outcasts, and persons who lacked the capacity to give informed consent; and

Whereas, sterilizing otherwise healthy persons deprives such persons of their God-given rights to form families; and

Whereas, sterilizing otherwise healthy persons negatively impacts the public health, safety, and welfare of Atlasia by limiting potential families and population growth, while wasting scarce medical resources; and

Whereas, limiting the risk of coercive sterilizations while balancing the need for sterilization in certain medically-necessary cases is important;

Now therefore, the Atlasian Senate Assembled hereby ordains the following:

1. No federal court in Atlasia shall authorize or require the sterilization of a minor, nor of a prisoner, nor of an adult who lacks the capacity to give informed consent.

2. It shall be unlawful for any licensed physician or healthcare practioner to perform a vasectomy, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure on any otherwise healthy adult who is imprisoned or who is involuntarily committed or otherwise lacks the mental capacity to give informed consent.

3. It shall be unlawful for any licensed physician or healthcare practioner to perform a vasectomy, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure on any otherwise healthy minor child younger than eighteen (18) years of age.

4. Prior to or at the time of a patient request for any sexual sterilization procedure, a full, reasonable, and comprehensible medical explanation as to the meaning and consequences of such an operation and as to alternative methods of contraception shall be given by the physician to the person requesting the operation. No procedure shall be performed until at least ten (10) days subsequent to the person requesting the procedure offering written consent and receiving the counseling prescribed herein, except where such delay poses a substantial risk to the physical health of the patient.

5. A licensed physician or healthcare practioner who performs a vasectomy, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure upon any otherwise healthy person in violation of this act shall be liable to the individual if injured (including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms) by such procedure, related treatment, or the aftereffects of the procedure.

6. An individual eligible to sue may, not later than the day that is fifteen (15) years after the date on which the individual turns eighteen (18) years of age, regains mental capacity, is discharged from imprisonment, or otherwise becomes eligible to sue, bring a civil action against such physician in a court of competent jurisdiction for:

A. declaratory or injunctive relief;

B. compensatory damages;

C. punitive damages; and

D. attorney’s fees and costs.

7. Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no licensed physician or healthcare practioner shall be either civilly or criminally liable by reason of having refused or declined to perform a vasectomy, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure upon any otherwise healthy person in Atlasia.

8. No federal public funds shall be expended to pay for or facilitate a vasectomy, salpingectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy, or other surgical sexual sterilization procedure upon any otherwise healthy person.

9. No provision in this act shall apply to or be construed so as to prevent, control, or regulate the medical or surgical treatment for sound therapeutic reasons of any person in Atlasia by a licensed physician or healthcare practioner, which treatment may require sexual sterilization or may involve the nullification or destruction of the reproductive functions, including but not limited to treatment for cancer. For the purposes of this provision the sterilization of a person whose physical health would be endangered by a pregnancy shall be deemed a medical or surgical treatment for sound therapeutic reasons.

10. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of passage.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Pre-filing this.

PROTECTING THE OUTDOORS ACT

TITLE I: PROTECTING BIRDS

1. As used in this act:

A. Audubon's Oriole means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Icterus graduacauda.

B. Audubon's Shearwater means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Puffinus lherminieri.

C. Audubon's Warbler means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Setophaga auduboni.

D. Bachman’s Sparrow means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Peucaea aestivalis.

E. Hammond's Flycatcher means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Empidonax hammondii.

F. McCown's Longspur means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Rhynchophanes mccownii.

G. Townsend's Warbler means any bird, including unhatched eggs, of the species Setophaga townsendi.

2. The list of birds subject to special protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act shall be amended to include Audubon's Oriole, Audubon's Shearwater, Audubon's Warbler, Bachman's Sparrow, Hammond's Flycatcher, McCown's Longspur, and Townsend's Warbler.

3. The government of Atlasia hereby reaffirms that the official name of the bird species identified in this act are as defined herein. Accordingly, no federal public funds shall be expended:

A. To acquire or provide any textbook, field guide, teaching materials, or museum exhibit that identifies a bird species identified herein with a name other than that which is prescribed in this act; or

B. To draft, prepare, or distribute any report or other public document that identifies a bird species identified herein with a name other than that which is prescribed in this act.

4. No federal public funds shall be expended to fund activities by any club, organization, entity, or non-profit that conducts or organizes a racially segregated and/or focused bird watching event.

TITLE II: PROTECTING NATURE

1. $600 Million is hereby appropriated to the National Park Service to fund facility upgrades, recreational enhancement activities, and to acquire inholdings necessary to expand National Parks.

2. At least $20 Million of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the purpose of establishing, improving, or promoting recreational rock-climbing courses and activities.

3. Any newly discovered public recreational rock climbing route or trail on federal law shall be named by the first person of record to successfully climb and document such rock climbing route or trail, hereinafter referred to as the first ascensionist. Accordingly, no federal public funds shall be expended:

A. To acquire, publish, record, or provide any rock climbing map, trailguide, or other information that identifies a recreational rock climbing route or trail on federal land by a name other than the name provided by law, including but not limited to on signs, government websites, and at reststops and visitor centers;

B. To fund activities by any publisher, club, organization, entity, or non-profit that identifies a recreational rock climbing route or trail on federal by a name other than the name provided by law; or

C. To draft, prepare, or distribute any report or other public document that identifies a public recreational rock climbing route or trail on federal land by a name other than the name provided by law.

4. At least $15 Million of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the purpose of improving, enhancing, or promoting the trees in King's Canyon National Park in Fremont, including commemorative signs and markers for each of its named giant trees.

5. At least $15 Million of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the purpose of improving, enhancing, or promoting the Lamar Bath House in Hot Springs National Park in the South, including a bronze commemorative statue of Secretary of the Interior Lamar.

6. At least $15 Million of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the purpose of improving, enhancing, or promoting recreational trails in Acadia National Park in Lincoln.

7. No federal funds shall be expended for activities that desecrate, degrade, reduce, disturb, or negatively modify any battlefield, cemetery, or war monument, or that prevent private persons from safely and respectfully adorning or decorating the cemeteries, graves, or monuments upon land owned, controlled, or managed by the federal government.

8. No park, park facility, recreation area, road, trail, forest, tree, preserve, reserve, census area, cave, mountain, valley, lake, watercourse, or other natural place or feature under the jurisdiction or control of the Atlasian government shall be renamed, unless such name change is approved by a duly passed statute from both Atlasia and the Regional government where such place or feature is located. Accordingly, no federal public funds shall be expended:

A. To acquire, publish, record, or provide any textbook, map, trail guide, teaching materials, or other information that identifies any park, park facility, recreation area, road, trail, forest, tree, preserve, reserve, census area, cave, mountain, valley, lake, watercourse, or other natural place or feature under the jurisdiction or control of the Atlasian government with a name other than the official name as established by law, including but not limited to on signs, government websites, and at reststops and visitor centers;

B. To draft, prepare, record, or distribute any report, plat, map, or other public document that identifies any park, park facility, recreation area, road, trail, forest, tree, preserve, reserve, census area, cave, mountain, valley, lake, watercourse, or other natural place or feature under the jurisdiction or control of the Atlasian government with a name other than the official name as established by law, with a name other than the official name as established by law; or

C. To create or conduct any advisory committee or board related to the renaming of any park, park facility, recreation area, road, trail, forest, tree, preserve, reserve, census area, cave, mountain, valley, lake, watercourse, or other natural place or feature under the jurisdiction or control of the Atlasian government.

9. To help offset the costs of this act, the following actions shall occur:

A. All proceeds resulting from the Surplus Land Sales Act shall be dedicated to the funding of this act.

B. An annual license tax of $50 shall be imposed on any snowmobile, dune buggy, or other off-road motor vehicle operated by members of the public in any National Park, Forest, or Wilderness Area. Payment of such tax shall be evidenced by a decal to be affixed upon the exterior of such vehicle.

C. Annual hunting license, fishing license, duck stamp, and junior duck stamp prices issued by the federal government shall be increased by 20% beginning in FY 2024 and shall thereafter be indexed to and grow with inflation.

D. Gift Shops located upon federal parks or battlefields property shall expand their inventories to include more souvenirs, collectibles, and other items shown to generate revenue, including but not limited to medallions, shot glasses, flasks, post cards, maps, clothing and apparel, historic flags, and other items that are cheap to acquire and store in bulk.

E. The federal government shall permit the Southern Region to make a bronze casting of the statue of Secretary of the Interior Lamar for the Southern Sculpture museum in exchange for paying for the cost of the statue.

F. The federal government shall acquire 2,400,000 troy ounces of silver bullion and commission the minting of 2,400,000 non legal tender, silver, 1 troy oz commemorative tokens, to be sold to the public at a price of $40 per token. Such tokens shall feature the following designs:

i. Each of the thirty-one (31) States with a National Park located therein shall have a token design featuring one (1) or more of the National Parks within such State, as well as the name of such park or parks, the name of the State, and the year 2023.

ii. Each of the seven (7) birds identified by this act shall have a token design featuring on the obverse the bird, its name, and the year 2023. On the reverse such token shall have a design featuring the person for whom such bird was named along with his name.

iii. Each of the four (4) largest named trees in King's Canyon National Park shall have a token design featuring on the obverse the tree, its name, and the year 2023. On the reverse such token shall have a design featuring the person for whom such tree was named along with his name.

iv. Each of the five (5) tallest named rock-climbing course or trail in a National Park shall have a token design featuring on the obverse the course or trail, its name, and the year 2023. On the reverse such token shall have a design featuring persons engaging in rick climbing.

v. The Lamar Bath House shall have a token design featuring on the obverse the building, its name, and the year 2023. On the reverse such token shall have a design featuring the person for whom such bath house was named along with his name.

Each design shall be struck on 50,000 tokens per design. The President shall approve the final sculpting design of each token. All proceeds from the sale of these tokens shall be dedicated to the funding of this act.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

REGIONAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

1. Article VIII, Section 1 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended as follows:

Section 1

This Constitution, and those laws, treaties, and other acts made by the Republic of Atlasia in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, and the executive and judicial officers of this government and of the several Regions shall be bound thereby, any thing in the laws or constitutions of the several Regions notwithstanding subject to the exceptions made in this Constitution. The constitution, laws, and other acts of the Regions shall be the supreme law within their respective territorial boundaries on the following subject matters: abortion; agriculture and farming; length of terms of imprisonment and parole eligibility; collective bargaining, maximum work hours lower than forty hours per week, and wage floors; education and school activities; energy exploration and generation; mining, provided that no Region shall permit mountaintop removal; the manufacturing, sale, carrying, and ownership of weapons; Regional defense forces and militias; and the time, place, manner, and all other responsibilities of conducting Regional, State, and local elections.

Amendment Explanation

This amendment enumerates a list of Regional powers over which each Region shall be the highest authority within their respective territories over. This listed powers include regulation and oversight of abortion, farming, length of prison sentences and parole eligibility, collective bargaining, minimum wages, maximum hours subject to a federal maximum of forty, education, mineral extraction subject to a federal ban on mountain top removal, gun control, Regional guards, and internal election oversight for non-federal elections.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

RACISM IN COLLEGE IS BAD ACT

1. No Atlasian federal funds shall be paid to any college or university that does any of the following:

A. Offers housing or roommate selections on the basis of race;

B. Conducts, sponsors, or permits ceremonies, events, or programs that are segregated on the basis of race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation; or

C. Offers scholarships on the basis of race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.

2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

LAWSUIT REFORM AMENDMENT

1. Article I, Section 12 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended as follows:

Section 12

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Republic of Atlasia.

In civil cases where the value in controversy shall exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court, than according to the rules of the common law nor shall any jury be bifurcated between determining facts and determining a reward. The Senate may establish a cap on punitive, non-economic, and other intangible damages. Equitable remedies shall be solely reserved for the judiciary which shall possess the power to issue all writs to provide an adequate remedy. No defendant shall be denied the presumption of non-liability. Any person may settle a civil claim without approval of a court.

Amendment Explanation

This amendment makes several reforms to the right to a civil jury trial. The minimum amount in controversy is increased from $20 to $50,000; limits are placed on separating liability and damages between separate juries; it is clarified that the Senate may establish liability caps by law; the presumption of innocence is codified; and the right to settle claims out of court is codified.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

FOOD SECURITY ACT

TITLE I: COMMUNITY FOOD PRODUCTION TRUST FUND

1. The Department of Internal Affairs shall establish a program for the acquisition and distribution of seeds for edible plants to home gardens and community gardens located within Atlasia. $25 Million is hereby authorized to carry out this program.

2. For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, an individual or married persons filing a joint return shall be allowed a refundable tax credit against up to a maximum of $500 to offset the documented costs of establishing and maintaining a home garden. For any taxable year in which married persons file separate income tax returns, the credit provided under this section shall be allowed against the tax liability for only one (1) of such two (2) tax returns. If the amount of the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability for the taxable year, the excess shall be refunded to such taxpayer. Receipts for the costs claimed shall be provided at the time of filing. The proceeds of a home garden claiming this credit shall not be sold in commerce. A maximum of $250 Million is hereby authorized to carry out this program, on a first come-first serve basis. The credit may be claimed only in the taxable year in which the expenses were incurred, unless the yearly allocation has been awarded, in which case the credit may be carried forward up to three (3) years, in order of filing.

3. The Department of Internal Affairs shall establish a program for awarding grants of up to a maximum of $10,000 to non-profit community gardens located in Atlasia to offset the documented costs of establishing and maintaining a community garden. Receipts for the costs claimed shall be provided at the time of filing for the grant. The proceeds of a community garden applying for this grant shall not be sold in commerce. A maximum of $50 Million is hereby authorized to carry out this program, on a first come-first serve basis.

4. The Department of Internal Affairs shall establish a program for planting edible fruit-bearing trees and shrubs on public lands across Atlasia to serve as a common food source. A maximum of $75 Million is hereby authorized to carry out this program.

5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

SCHOOL PREPAREDNESS ACT

1. All public schools in Atlasia that receive federal funding shall adopt a public safety plan. Such plan shall include the conducting of instructional training and drills on how students and faculty shall respond to emergencies.

2. The following instructional training and drills shall be included in any public safety plan:

A. Fires (no less than twice per academic year)

B. Tornadoes (no less than once per academic year, with at least one (1) drill in March)

C. Mass Shooters, with a focus on the principles of run, hide, and fight (no less than once per academic year, with at least one (1) drill in September)

D. Terrorism, including bomb threats and nuclear, chemical, and biological threats (no less than once per academic year, with at least one (1) drill in January)

E. Invasion (once per academic year, with at least one (1) drill in April)

3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

UNSAFE BUG MEAT REGULATION ACT

1. As used in this act, insect-based food product means any food product produced, marketed, or sold for human consumption.

2. It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000.00 and disgorgement of profits for any person in interregional commerce to sell, manufacture for sale, import for sale, or advertise for sale, any insect-based food product intended for human consumption, unless such product contains upon its exterior packaging a warning label informing purchasers that such cosmetic "contains insects that may cause severe allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock.".

4. This act shall take effect 120 days after the date of passage.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

> Introducing and sponsoring this:
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AN ACT
> To discourage the indoctrination of children with greed ideology
> Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled;

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Section 1. Title
> This legislation may be cited as the Childrens TV Shows Anti-Greed Act.
> Section 2. Regulating problematic TV Shows
> 1. TV shows marketed towards children that encourage them to think like greedy capitalists by caring only about business profits and not at all about fair working conditions or pay shall not be broadcast.
> 2. Decrees that violators of the terms of this act within Atlasia shall be fined at 200% of their profits.
> Section 3. Enactment
> This act shall come into effect immediately upon its passage.

This is a Solid written bill.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

An amendment to the Criminal Justice Act of 2016. This amendment may be cited as the Atlasian Law & Order Amendment or ALOA.

AN ACT
to establish the criminal code
of the Republic of Atlasia

Section 1 (Title)
i. The long title of this Act shall be, the Criminal Justice Act of 2016. It may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act or as the CJA.

Section 2 (Crimes against Atlasia)
i. The following shall be crimes against Atlasia:
(a) Impersonation. This offense shall be defined as the impersonation of another Atlas Forum member, be they a citizen of the Republic of Atlasia or not, within the territory of the Republic of Atlasia.
(b) Identity Theft. This offence shall be defined as the illicit taking of control by any means of another Atlas Forum member's person account, be they a citizen of the republic or not, without explicit and provable consent.
(c) Voter Fraud. This offence shall be defined as the creation of identities other than a citizen's primary identity in the Republic of Atlasia and subsequently entering this identity into the tally of registered voters.
1. If a citizen no longer has access to their previous forum account and wishes to register with a new forum account in Atlasia, then they shall be allowed to do so legally only if they make it clear in the registration thread who they are and which forum account they previously registered under so that the Secretary of Federal Elections may appropriately update the registration without having any duplicate accounts on the voter roll.
2. This shall exclude those who have had their previous account banned from the Atlas Forum.
(d) Electoral Fraud. This offence shall be defined as the manipulation of of the republic's electoral procedures and practices with the aim of fraudulently altering the results of a specific electoral contest.
(e) Obscenity. This offence shall be defined as the posting of any threads, messages, images, videos, links or other media of a pornographic or sexually explicit nature on the territory of the Republic of Atlasia. In cases where the material posted is of a clearly pornographic nature, the offence shall be known as Gross Obscenity.
(f) Electoral Intimidation. This offence shall be defined as the placing of undue pressure on a citizen of the Republic to cast a ballot in a particular way, to not cast a ballot at all, or to invalidate a ballot already cast via direct threats of revenge, blackmail, or retribution. In those cases in which undue pressure has been applied in the form of credible threats to disclose personal information, the offence shall be known as Grievous Electoral Intimidation.
(g) Ballot Tampering. This offence shall be defined as the deletion of a ballot during a period between vote was closed and elected officeholders sworn-in or soliciting to delete a ballot during the same period.
(h) Misconduct in Public Office. This offence shall be defined as the abuse of office for provable personal gain by cabinet officials or deputy cabinet officials.
(i) Perjury. This offence shall be defined as "any person who takes an oath before a competent tribunal or officer that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, wilfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true."
(j) Breach of the Peace. This offence shall be defined as the wilful undertaking of activities that though not treasonous nevertheless undermine the stability and security of the Republic of Atlasia.
(k) Malicious Editing of the Wiki. This offence shall be defined as the editing of the Atlasia Wiki with malicious intent.
(l) Improper Behaviour on the Wiki. This offence shall be defined as the knowing violation or flagrant disregard of standards and guidelines for the Atlasia Wiki established by the National Archivist.
(m) Contempt of Court. See Section 5, clause iii of this Act.
(n) Terrorism. This offense shall be defined as the malacious deletion or destruction of threads housing government institutions, voting booths, or the legislation threads of any legislative body in Atlasia.
(o) Intimidation of Game Moderators. This offense shall be defined as the placing of undue pressure on a Game Moderator to influence their stories in a certain way, to favour someone or some group, via direct threats of revenge, blackmail, or retribution. In those cases in which undue pressure has been applied in the form of credible threats to disclose personal information, the offence shall be known as Grievous Intimidation of Game Moderators. It is the job of a Game Moderator to remain neutral, and as such, all other players are bound to respect that.
ii. In those cases in which a Crime Against Atlasia has been attempted unsuccessfully, it shall nevertheless be possible to charge a citizen with the offense that they unsuccessfully attempted to commit. In such cases the official record of the charge shall be prefaced with 'Attempted', but no other alterations to procedure shall be made. This applies to all Crimes Against Atlasia with the exception of Obscenity (including Gross Obscenity), Misconduct in Public Office, Perjury, and Contempt of Court.
iii. In those cases in which the perpetrator of a Crime Against Atlasia has been instructed, commissioned, mandated, or otherwise aided by other persons in the planning or execution of the offence in question, then those persons may also be charged with the offence that they conspired to commit. In such cases the record of the charge shall be prefaced with Conspiracy to Commit, but no other alterations to procedure shall be made. It shall not be necessary to charge an individual with a specific Crime Against Atlasia in order to charge other persons in this manner.

Section 3 (Treason)
i. The following acts are hereby declared to be treasonous:
(a) Rebellion. This shall be defined as the use or threat of use of armed forces to overthrow the government of Republic of Atlasia or the government of any of its constituent Regions.
(b) Aiding Rebellion. This shall be defined as the intentional direction of funds, military aid, or strategic advice to any person, persons, group or groups engaged in or seeking to engage in rebellion against the government of the Republic of Atlasia or the government of any of its constituent Regions.
(c) Terrorism. This shall be defined as the use or threat of use of force or violence by a person, persons or organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating civilians and/or the government of the Republic of Atlasia or the government of any of its constituent Regions.
(d) Destruction of a Voting Booth. This shall be defined as the deleting of the thread in which a voting booth or an absentee voting booth for an active election is contained.
(e) Destruction of Public Records.  This shall be defined as the deleting of a thread in which legislation or executive actions are contained.
(f) Secession. This shall be defined as the declaration or threatened declaration of independence from the Republic of Atlasia by any territorial entity within the bounds of the Republic of Atlasia or by any group of persons within the bounds of the Republic of Atlasia, except according to the provisions set forth in the Constitution thereof.
(g) Refutation of Federal Supremacy in Law. This shall be defined as the denial – whether by word, by deed, or by omission – by any serving officeholder in the Republic of Atlasia or any of its constituent Regions of the supremacy of federal law, or of the decision by any person to serve in a Regional government that denies that it is subject to federal law.

Section 4 (Criminal Liability)
i. In order for a criminal conviction in the Republic of Atlasia to stand it is necessary that the case against a defendant or against multiple defendants be proven beyond all reasonable doubt.
ii. The basic standard of liability for cases concerning both Crimes Against Atlasia and Acts of Treason shall be as in the Common Law: actus reas non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. It must therefore be proven not only that a criminal act has taken place but that the citizen charged can be reasonably held to be fully responsible, whether by act or by omission, for that criminal act.
iii. In cases in which it is certain that a criminal act has been committed by a member of a group of persons, but that it is not certain which of those persons has committed the criminal act, then it shall be possible to convict all said group of persons of the criminal charge in question, provided it can be demonstrated that there was no attempt by that group of persons to prevent the criminal act from taking place.

Section 5 (Criminal Prosecution)
i. Trial of all Crimes against Atlasia and Acts of Treason shall be performed in full compliance with the provisions of Article I of the Fourth Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia. Breach of these provisions shall render any conviction unsafe.
ii. Defendants shall not be denied access to legal counsel from an active citizen of their choice, and also retain the right to waive their right to legal counsel. If a defendant has attempted without success to secure legal counsel or has, after a period of more than forty eight hours, declined to either seek or affirmatively waive legal representation, then the Department of Justice shall nominate an appropriately qualified citizen to act as Public Defendant for the duration of the trial. Said nominee must meet with the approval of the Presiding Judge in the trial in question and must be a person of upstanding moral character.
iii. The Judiciary is hereby mandated to create and to uphold all rules with respect to trial procedure, up to and including the matter of personal conduct, so long as these rules do not contradict any part of this Act. In the event of a gross breach of trial procedure, the Presiding Judge may choose to charge the person or persons responsible with Contempt of Court which shall be treated as a Crime against Atlasia as per Section 2, clause i of this Act.

Section 6 (Admissibility of Evidence)
i. The Presiding Judge may admit the following as evidence at his own discretion:
(a) Any actual statements, whether quoted in full or in part, made on the Atlas Forum that pertain to the trial. If these statements have been deleted from the Atlas Forum but a copy in the form of a screenshot has been made of them, then that copy in the form of a screenshot may be treated as equally admissible to an original quoted statement. If these statements have been deleted from the Atlas Forum, but survive – whether in full or in part – as quotations in the post of another Atlas Forum user, then these quoted fragments may also be treated as equally admissible to an original quoted statement.
(b) The sworn testimony of a citizen of the Republic of Atlasia who has witnessed the alleged offence or its planning or preparation at first hand, or who has witnessed credible evidence of conspiracy.
(c) An admission of guilt or culpability by the defendant in a thread on the Atlas Forum, or in a place viewed or heard by other persons, with recordings or testimony attributing to the same.
(d) Evidence obtained through proper investigation of the IP address from which the offence was perpetrated.
(e) Credible evidence presented to the Court by the Forum Moderators or by Dave Leip, the Forum Owner.
(f) Other forms of evidence that are credible in nature and which do not contradict this Act or the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia may additionally be considered.
ii. The Presiding Judge has an absolute right to reject evidence (whether in whole or in part) that he or she feels to be tainted by procedural flaws, to be of dubious provenance or to wholly lack credibility.

Section 7 (Sentencing)
i. In the event of a conviction, sentencing shall be carried out by the Presiding Judge in accordance with the following guidelines:
(a) The standard punishment for both Crimes Against Atlasia and Acts of Treason shall be the removal of certain political rights – the right to hold office and the right to vote in federal or regional elections – of the guilty person or persons. The Presiding Judge may decide at his or her discretion on the exact combination of political rights to remove from the guilty person or persons. Subsequent references to sentence length refer to any and all combination of the above punishments.
(b) For all Crimes Against Atlasia and even for Acts of Treason there shall be no minimum sentence. In such exceptional cases as the Presiding Judge sees fit, he or she may opt to issue a Discharge, which shall mean that the guilty person or persons shall suffer no punishment further than the acquisition of a criminal record.
(c) The maximum sentence for all Crimes Against Atlasia other than Identity Theft or Electoral Intimidation shall be of one year in length.
(d) The maximum sentence for Identity Theft and Electoral Intimidation shall be of two year in length.
(e) The maximum sentence for all Acts of Treason and Terrorism shall be of three years in length.
(f) The Presiding Judge may decide, if there are adequate grounds, to suspend a sentence – in whole or in part – and instead place the guilty person or persons under a period of probation, the exact length of which shall be no longer and no shorter than the part of the sentence being suspended. Failure by the guilty person or persons to obey in full the terms of their probation shall result in the immediate imposition of their full sentence. Life Sentences may not be suspended.

Sponsor: Laki

I'll co-sponsor this in my slot.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

An Amendment to the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia
To truly preserve the stability, integrity, and democratic nature of the Republic by excluding the disruptive force to the very foundation of Atlasia itself

Section 1. Title

This shall be known as the Domestic Tranquility Amendment for Atlasia.

Article I of the Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

Section 1.

All persons born or naturalized in the Republic of Atlasia, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, except those explicitly listed on Article I, Section 15, are citizens of the Republic of Atlasia and of the Region in which they reside, and shall in all cases be afforded equal protection under the law.

Section 15.

Although no Bill of attainder may be passed by either the Senate or the Regions, this Constitution reserves the exceptional right to exclude individuals from citizenship in the Republic of Atlasia, in order to preserve the stability, integrity, and democratic nature of the Republic.

The following individuals under their current or future username or verified sock accounts of the listed individuals, are hereby listed as excluded from such rights in perpetuity and shall not be permitted to hold any office, elected or appointed, or vote in any election, in any region or any other entity under jurisdiction of this Constitution:

-TexasConservative, also known as Young Texan.

Article VIII of the Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

Section 2. Supremacy of the Atlas Forum.
1. Actions taken by Administrators or Moderators of the Atlas Forum are separate and distinct from their actions as citizens of Atlasia and they shall not be restricted, nor obstructed by Atlasian constitutional or statutory provision, in their enforcement of the Terms of Service by Atlasian constitutional or statutory provision.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to provide immunity to moderators who violate any
statutory provision that does not conflict with or obstruct enforcement of the terms of service.
3. Administrators and Moderators of the Atlas Forum shall be permitted to declare an account to be a sock account for the purpose of compliance with Article I, Section 15.

Amendment Explanation

The addition of Section 15 to Article I establishes a mechanism to ensure that individuals who threaten the very existence of this game we know and love as Atlasia can be banned through the highest legal means there is -- the amending process of the federal Constitution. The addition of the third clause to Article VIII, Section 2 allows the forum moderators and administrators to be able to enforce the banning of users through sock checks as a banned user may make a sock account to go around the game ban.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Motion to Expel Senator Fhtagn

The Senate, as assembled, motions to expel Senator Fhtagn for continued Southern revanchism and refusal to accept that the South no longer has the authority to secede from the union of Atlasia.

This motion, being an area where I have discretion, will not be recognized unless seconded. We have important business to conduct.

I'll second it.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Triple Majority Amendment

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

Article IX, Section 1 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended as follows:

Section 1. Amendment.

The Senate, whenever two thirds of its membership shall deem it necessary, shall have power to propose amendments to this Constitution, which shall take effect following their ratification by two thirds of the several Regions provided a majority of the voters of the several Regions and the President of Atlasia also approves the Amendment..

Amendment Explanation

This amendment requires that a majority of the popular vote and the President of Atlasia also agree to a constitutional amendment instead of merely a majority of the popular vote in two Region.