SB 105-13: Hubert H. Humphrey Helping Hand to the Homeless Act (Redraft Passed)

[Joseph Cao]

Aye.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Aye

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye

[OBD]

Present

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Aye

[Continential]

Nay

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

Aye

[Kuumo]

Aye

[If my soul was made of stone]

NAY

[Pericles]

Aye

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Abstain

[Continential]

The bill has passed the Senate.

Aye (10): Spark, MB, OSR, Cao, Weatherboy, CraneHusband, Muaddib, Kuumo, Pericles, and tack50.
Nay (5): Western Democrat, S019, Deadprez, Ishan, discovolante
Present/Abstain (2): OBD, Yankee

Didn't Vote (1): Lechasseur

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Very interesting vote breakdown.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Very interesting vote breakdown.

Kind of reminds me of the fireworks vote in late 2014.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I'm glad I gave the bill a final read before deciding how to act on it. Apparently the funding mechanism issue was never resolved, and there was also a silly grammar error. My redraft solves this problem.

[Continential]

Hubert H. Humphrey Helping Hand to the Homeless Act

An act in the CONGRESS of the REPUBLIC of ATLASIA

Section 1. Purpose and Background

a. WHEREAS, Runaway and homeless youth flee conflict, abuse, neglect, or, increasingly, poverty in their homes. They have become disconnected from educational systems and the workforce and do not have the skills and financial resources to live on their own. The factors impacting youth homelessness are complex and differ from those impacting other homeless populations;

b. WHEREAS, Runaway and homeless youth who live on the street are victims of physical abuse, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and crime in untold numbers. An estimated 300,000 youth are either victims or at risk of becoming victims of commercial and sexual exploitation each year, of which 60 percent of these victimized children are homeless; and

c. WHEREAS, Homeless youth tend to have started using drugs at a younger age, often before 15 years of age. Early drug use and abuse are predictive of serious adult addiction problems and long-term homelessness;

d. WHEREAS, Youth who "age out" of the foster care system are at an increased risk of homelessness, and represent an estimated 20 percent of the 20,000 youth who leave foster care and are currently homeless; and

e. WHEREAS, These youth are on the street because they feel there are no other options open to them; and

f. WHEREAS, Providing safe, stable, and permanent housing for runaway and homeless youth is a family, community, state, and national priority, and homeless youth are considered one of the unique populations in the homeless community.

e. WHEREAS, The future well-being of our state depends on the value we place on our youth and, in particular, on our actions to provide the most vulnerable young people in the state with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to find and maintain stable housing and to develop into healthy and productive adults;

f. WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic is being felt by youth through high unemployment rates and increased demand for youth-centered care and mental health services, technology, and access to hygiene, food, shelter, and safety;

g. WHEREAS, The number of effective programs providing services and support to runaway and homeless youth must be increased

Section 2. Program establishment

a. The Congress of the Republic of Atlasia allocates $50,000,000 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of establishing a grant program.

b. Beneficiaries must be nonprofit organizations dedicated to assisting homeless citizens.

c. Grants shall be no less than $25,000 and no more than $100,000 per year.

d. Grants must be approved upon review of applying registered nongovernmental organizations and community centers dedicated to improving poverty-stricken communities.

Passed 10-5-2-1 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,

Ishan, President pro tempore

Proposed redraft

Scott, President of the Republic of Atlasia

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Spark, will you accept the redraft or do you want to override it?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Just bumping this with the title updated so that we can get feedback. I understand it's the holidays.

[Senator-elect Spark]

This redraft is friendly and resolving the funding mechanism situation.

[WD]

Motioning for a final vote on the redraft.

[S019]

bump?

[Continential]

The redraft is passed if there is no objection by the sponsor.

[Senator-elect Spark]

No objection.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The redraft is passed if there is no objection by the sponsor.

Uh what?

That is not how that is suppose to work.

3.) If a redraft is presented, the original sponsor shall have 96 hours after it is offered to accept the redraft or reject it and request an override. If the redraft is rejected by the Senate, the sponsor may then either motion to resume debate on the bill or withdraw the bill from the floor. If the original sponsor shall have left the chamber, the presiding officer shall allow for someone to assume sponsorship as with a normal bill, with the 96 hours commencing after it is completed.

Step 1 (Underlined): If the sponsor accepts it, it proceeds to a vote of the whole Senate, if he rejects it and requests and override then it gets treated like a veto

step 2 (italics). "If the Senate rejects the redraft", sponsor may motion to resume debate or withdraw the bill from the floor.

The only way step two works is if step 1 is interpreted as I have above. It also the only way that is constitutional and the way this has been interpreted for years. Not voting on the redraft, would be an abandonment of legislative power to the executive branch under the Constitution.

[Continential]

I was confused by what it said so thank you for clarifying, Yankee.

A vote has been opened on the redraft.