SB 108-26: Promoting Healthy Eating Act (Passed)

[WD]

A Bill
To promote normal dietary practices in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This resolution may be cited as the Promoting Healthy Eating Act.

Section 2

1. No region, state, or locality within Atlasia receiving any federal transportation funding may mandate consumption of any food or drink by its residents.
2. No school in Atlasia receiving federal funds may explicitly promote insect consumption to students.
   a. "Explicit promotion" shall not include mere academically-oriented discussions in school about insect consumption, but rather explicit, sincere encouragement from teachers, school administration, or other school staff to students to consume insects, spiders, scorpions, worms, slugs, or snails.

Section 3

1. Should any subnational or local government be found in violation of section 2.1, all federal transportation funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.
2. Should any federally funded school be found in violation of section 2.2, all federal funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.

Section 4

1. This Act shall enter into effect immediately following signature of the President.

Sponsor. MB

The gentleman from Oregon is recognized

[Mr. Reactionary]

Proposed Amendment:

A Bill
To promote normal dietary practices in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This resolution may be cited as the Promoting Healthy Eating Act.

Section 2

1. No region, state, or locality within Atlasia receiving any federal transportation funding may mandate consumption of any food or drink by its residents.
2. No school in Atlasia receiving federal funds may explicitly promote insect consumption to students.
   a. "Explicit promotion" shall not include mere academically-oriented discussions in school about insect consumption, but rather explicit, sincere encouragement from teachers, school administration, or other school staff to students to consume insects, spiders, scorpions, worms, slugs, or snails.

Section 3

1. Should any subnational or local government be found in violation of section 2.1, all federal transportation funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.
2. Should any federally funded school be found in violation of section 2.2, all federal funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.

Section 4

1. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia has the right to freedom of conscience and to freely exercise his religion. Accordingly, the following accommodations shall be offered to such imprisoned person, provided such accommodation is economically feasible, is based on a sincerely-held religious belief and does not demonstrably jeopardize the health or safety of prisoners or prison staff or facilitate actual crime. The actual abuse of an accommodation identified in this act may result in the limitation or suspension of such accommodation for the individual abuser provided such limitatiom or suspension does not amount to cruelly requiring a prisoner to violate a tenant of his faith as retaliation or punishment. Such suspension, denial based on particularized health or safety necessities, or reasonable heightened security screenings to ensure that an accommodation under this act is not being abused shall not be deemed a violation of a prisoner’s religious freedom.

2. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia who has a sincerely held religious belief imposing dietary restrictions on such person shall be allowed to make such belief and restrictions known upon his imprisonment at any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility.

3. To the maximum extent possible, any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility shall seek to accomodate dietary restrictions made known under this act. Such accomodation may be accomplished by preparing such meals itself using existing resources subject to any law on kosher and halal labeling, by accepting donations of money or prepared meals provided by religious or charitable organizations approved of by the prisoner requesting the accomodation, by partially-financing such meals through the sale of supplemental foods and other items to prisoners, or by preparing adequate vegan meals which shall be deemed to conform to kosher, halal, and other religious dietary restrictions.

4. No prisoner shall be forced to eat any food item. The purposeful and willful refusal by a prisoner to eat safe food offered to him to which he is not religiously opposed resulting in malnutrition shall not be considered neglect or cruel or unusual punishment.

5. It shall be a class 3 misdemeanor to adulterate the food of a prisoner for the purpose of causing the prisoner to unknowingly or unwillingly violate his religious dietary restrictions.

6. Any public college or university receiving federal funding that requires students living on campus to purchase a meal plan shall offer kosher, halal, and vegan options at each meal time. For purposes of this provision, vegan shall be considered to be kosher and halal.


Section 5

1. This Act shall enter into effect immediately following signature of the President.

[WD]

24 hours to object

[Dr. MB]

No objection to this amendment

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

No objection to this amendment

Ich auch.

[Joseph Cao]

Amendment adopted, etc.

[Dr. MB]

Anyway, this bill would serve to promote healthy dietary practices among Atlasians and, per Mr. Reactionary's amendment, provide freedom of choice when it comes to foods leaving no student or prisoner forced to eat food which contrasts with their religious or ethical beliefs. It's pretty straightforward. These days with all the options out there it's important that we are inclusive when it comes to meals and don't force anything down anyone's throat, whether literally or figuratively.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Ill move for a final vote on this excellent communist bill.

[WD]

24 hours to object

[Joseph Cao]

With no objections, a final vote is now open on this bill:

A Bill
To promote normal dietary practices in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Section 1. Title

1. This resolution may be cited as the Promoting Healthy Eating Act.

Section 2

1. No region, state, or locality within Atlasia receiving any federal transportation funding may mandate consumption of any food or drink by its residents.
2. No school in Atlasia receiving federal funds may explicitly promote insect consumption to students.
   a. "Explicit promotion" shall not include mere academically-oriented discussions in school about insect consumption, but rather explicit, sincere encouragement from teachers, school administration, or other school staff to students to consume insects, spiders, scorpions, worms, slugs, or snails.

Section 3

1. Should any subnational or local government be found in violation of section 2.1, all federal transportation funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.
2. Should any federally funded school be found in violation of section 2.2, all federal funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.

Section 4

1. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia has the right to freedom of conscience and to freely exercise his religion. Accordingly, the following accommodations shall be offered to such imprisoned person, provided such accommodation is economically feasible, is based on a sincerely-held religious belief and does not demonstrably jeopardize the health or safety of prisoners or prison staff or facilitate actual crime. The actual abuse of an accommodation identified in this act may result in the limitation or suspension of such accommodation for the individual abuser provided such limitatiom or suspension does not amount to cruelly requiring a prisoner to violate a tenant of his faith as retaliation or punishment. Such suspension, denial based on particularized health or safety necessities, or reasonable heightened security screenings to ensure that an accommodation under this act is not being abused shall not be deemed a violation of a prisoner’s religious freedom.

2. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia who has a sincerely held religious belief imposing dietary restrictions on such person shall be allowed to make such belief and restrictions known upon his imprisonment at any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility.

3. To the maximum extent possible, any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility shall seek to accomodate dietary restrictions made known under this act. Such accomodation may be accomplished by preparing such meals itself using existing resources subject to any law on kosher and halal labeling, by accepting donations of money or prepared meals provided by religious or charitable organizations approved of by the prisoner requesting the accomodation, by partially-financing such meals through the sale of supplemental foods and other items to prisoners, or by preparing adequate vegan meals which shall be deemed to conform to kosher, halal, and other religious dietary restrictions.

4. No prisoner shall be forced to eat any food item. The purposeful and willful refusal by a prisoner to eat safe food offered to him to which he is not religiously opposed resulting in malnutrition shall not be considered neglect or cruel or unusual punishment.

5. It shall be a class 3 misdemeanor to adulterate the food of a prisoner for the purpose of causing the prisoner to unknowingly or unwillingly violate his religious dietary restrictions.

6. Any public college or university receiving federal funding that requires students living on campus to purchase a meal plan shall offer kosher, halal, and vegan options at each meal time. For purposes of this provision, vegan shall be considered to be kosher and halal.


Section 5

1. This Act shall enter into effect immediately following signature of the President.

Senators have 96 hours to vote. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[WD]

Aye

[If my soul was made of stone]

AYE

[Mr. Reactionary]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[beesley]

Aye

[Saint Milei]

aye

[S019]

AYE

[Joseph Cao]

Aye.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

aye

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

Aye

[Continential]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Joseph Cao]

Aye (13): MB, WD, disco, Mr. R, West_Midlander, beesley, Deadprez, S019, Joseph Cao, WB, Muad'dib, Ishan, Yankee
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):
Present/not voting (5): tack, Kuumo, CalamityBlue, OSR, FalterinArc

By a vote of 13-0-0-5, this bill passes.

[Joseph Cao]

A Bill
To promote normal dietary practices in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Section 1. Title

1. This resolution may be cited as the Promoting Healthy Eating Act.

Section 2

1. No region, state, or locality within Atlasia receiving any federal transportation funding may mandate consumption of any food or drink by its residents.
2. No school in Atlasia receiving federal funds may explicitly promote insect consumption to students.
   a. "Explicit promotion" shall not include mere academically-oriented discussions in school about insect consumption, but rather explicit, sincere encouragement from teachers, school administration, or other school staff to students to consume insects, spiders, scorpions, worms, slugs, or snails.

Section 3

1. Should any subnational or local government be found in violation of section 2.1, all federal transportation funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.
2. Should any federally funded school be found in violation of section 2.2, all federal funding shall be stripped immediately until they are in compliance.

Section 4

1. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia has the right to freedom of conscience and to freely exercise his religion. Accordingly, the following accommodations shall be offered to such imprisoned person, provided such accommodation is economically feasible, is based on a sincerely-held religious belief and does not demonstrably jeopardize the health or safety of prisoners or prison staff or facilitate actual crime. The actual abuse of an accommodation identified in this act may result in the limitation or suspension of such accommodation for the individual abuser provided such limitatiom or suspension does not amount to cruelly requiring a prisoner to violate a tenant of his faith as retaliation or punishment. Such suspension, denial based on particularized health or safety necessities, or reasonable heightened security screenings to ensure that an accommodation under this act is not being abused shall not be deemed a violation of a prisoner’s religious freedom.

2. Any person imprisoned by the government of Atlasia who has a sincerely held religious belief imposing dietary restrictions on such person shall be allowed to make such belief and restrictions known upon his imprisonment at any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility.

3. To the maximum extent possible, any federal jail, prison, or correctional facility shall seek to accomodate dietary restrictions made known under this act. Such accomodation may be accomplished by preparing such meals itself using existing resources subject to any law on kosher and halal labeling, by accepting donations of money or prepared meals provided by religious or charitable organizations approved of by the prisoner requesting the accomodation, by partially-financing such meals through the sale of supplemental foods and other items to prisoners, or by preparing adequate vegan meals which shall be deemed to conform to kosher, halal, and other religious dietary restrictions.

4. No prisoner shall be forced to eat any food item. The purposeful and willful refusal by a prisoner to eat safe food offered to him to which he is not religiously opposed resulting in malnutrition shall not be considered neglect or cruel or unusual punishment.

5. It shall be a class 3 misdemeanor to adulterate the food of a prisoner for the purpose of causing the prisoner to unknowingly or unwillingly violate his religious dietary restrictions.

6. Any public college or university receiving federal funding that requires students living on campus to purchase a meal plan shall offer kosher, halal, and vegan options at each meal time. For purposes of this provision, vegan shall be considered to be kosher and halal.


Section 5

1. This Act shall enter into effect immediately following signature of the President.

Passed 13-0-0-5 in the Atlasian Senate assembled,


Joseph Cao, acting president pro tempore