SB 116-49: Save the Children Act - VETOED - SUSTAINED

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

SAVE THE CHILDREN ACT

1. As used in this act, lawful obscenity means any overtly pornographic content that lacks any serious artistic or educational value.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person who is owner of a website, or entities running such websites, to primarily publish or broadcast any lawful obscenity over the internet, unless the root domain identifier of the website hosting the lawful obscenity terminates with .xxx. ICANN shall reserve the terminating root domain identifier .xxx for websites hosting lawful obscenity.

3. Owners of said websites may apply to the Atlasian government for reimbursement of costs relating to the domain change through an online form. $10,000,000 will be allocated to a fund to this end. This amount shall be funded by a one-time surtax of 1% on any income resulting from the manufacture, distribution, participation in, or sale of lawful obscenity in tax year 2023.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or mail any lawful obscenity through the Atlasian Postal Service, or through any interstate parcel transportation or parcel delivery service operating in interstate commerce unless such lawful obscenity is concealed from public view.

5. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned, leased, or funded by the federal government, including but not limited to work devices, devices provided to members of the military, devices accessible to prisoners, and devices provided to colleges, schools, libraries, and museums shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx. This provision shall not apply to devices used by the Department of Justice pursuant to an investigation.

6. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned or leased by a contractor of the federal government for the purpose of fulfilling a federal contract, including but not limited to contractors under the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act, shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx.

7. No federal funds may be expended for the purpose of or in furtherance of the sale, distribution, conducting, broadcasting, or displaying of lawful obscenity, including but not limited to in any military exchange, prison store, college, school, library, or museum.

8. No public correctional facility, college, school, library, or museum that receives federal funds shall sell, distribute, conduct, broadcast, or display lawful obscenity unless minors are prohibited from viewing or accessing such lawful obscenity. Verification must include the presentation by any person seeking to view or access the lawful obscenity of a valid government-issued ID that includes such person's age thereon.

9. A violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by disgorgement of any profits, imprisonment for no more than 4 years, and a fine of $40,000 per violation. Any record or information collected, retained, or disclosed in violation of this act shall be subject to forfeiture and disposition.

10. A person whose privacy was unlawfully violated pursuant to this act may maintain a civil action to recover actual damages, punitive damages of up to $10,000, reasonable legal costs, and any equitable relief necessary to enforce this act.

11. This act shall take effect 30 days after the date of passage.

Re-introducing this, or alternatively, if it passes over Cao's veto, amending the law to remove section 4 from the final bill on the Senate floor now since I believe section 4 is irrelevant with the troubling original section 3 removed.

Authorship Statement: This bill was not written with the assistance of ChatGPT or other A.I.

Sponsor: West_Midlander
Occupying: Slot 15

[West_Midlander]

This is a milder version of the previously vetoed bill meant to improve children's safety online. This removes the following section from the bill to encourage clarity since the previous section before it requiring IDs to view pornographic material online was stricken from the bill in an amendment.

4. No person verifying the age of a person seeking to view or access lawful obscenity pursuant to this act shall retain any record or information identifying the name of such other person beyond thirty (30) days. Any such record or information may only be shared prior to disposition with law enforcement pursuant to a valid warrant.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

motion for a final vote

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote is beginning.

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Aye

[Coastal Elitist]

Aye

[ChiefFireWaterMike]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Nay

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

Aye

[Utah Neolib]

Abstain

[Dr. MB]

Nay

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Nay

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Abstain

[Liminal Trans Girl]

Nay

[Sirius_]

Nay

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Passes 9-5-2-2

SAVE THE CHILDREN ACT

1. As used in this act, lawful obscenity means any overtly pornographic content that lacks any serious artistic or educational value.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person who is owner of a website, or entities running such websites, to primarily publish or broadcast any lawful obscenity over the internet, unless the root domain identifier of the website hosting the lawful obscenity terminates with .xxx. ICANN shall reserve the terminating root domain identifier .xxx for websites hosting lawful obscenity.

3. Owners of said websites may apply to the Atlasian government for reimbursement of costs relating to the domain change through an online form. $10,000,000 will be allocated to a fund to this end. This amount shall be funded by a one-time surtax of 1% on any income resulting from the manufacture, distribution, participation in, or sale of lawful obscenity in tax year 2023.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or mail any lawful obscenity through the Atlasian Postal Service, or through any interstate parcel transportation or parcel delivery service operating in interstate commerce unless such lawful obscenity is concealed from public view.

5. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned, leased, or funded by the federal government, including but not limited to work devices, devices provided to members of the military, devices accessible to prisoners, and devices provided to colleges, schools, libraries, and museums shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx. This provision shall not apply to devices used by the Department of Justice pursuant to an investigation.

6. Any computer, smart phone, tablet, or similar device that can access the internet and is owned or leased by a contractor of the federal government for the purpose of fulfilling a federal contract, including but not limited to contractors under the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act, shall be required to contain software that automatically blocks websites with a root domain address terminating with .xxx.

7. No federal funds may be expended for the purpose of or in furtherance of the sale, distribution, conducting, broadcasting, or displaying of lawful obscenity, including but not limited to in any military exchange, prison store, college, school, library, or museum.

8. No public correctional facility, college, school, library, or museum that receives federal funds shall sell, distribute, conduct, broadcast, or display lawful obscenity unless minors are prohibited from viewing or accessing such lawful obscenity. Verification must include the presentation by any person seeking to view or access the lawful obscenity of a valid government-issued ID that includes such person's age thereon.

9. A violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by disgorgement of any profits, imprisonment for no more than 4 years, and a fine of $40,000 per violation. Any record or information collected, retained, or disclosed in violation of this act shall be subject to forfeiture and disposition.

10. A person whose privacy was unlawfully violated pursuant to this act may maintain a civil action to recover actual damages, punitive damages of up to $10,000, reasonable legal costs, and any equitable relief necessary to enforce this act.

11. This act shall take effect 30 days after the date of passage.

Re-introducing this, or alternatively, if it passes over Cao's veto, amending the law to remove section 4 from the final bill on the Senate floor now since I believe section 4 is irrelevant with the troubling original section 3 removed.

Authorship Statement: This bill was not written with the assistance of ChatGPT or other A.I.

Wall of Shame Vote 39:

Griffin up to 35, AFE up to 2

Devout reset to 0

[West_Midlander]

I motion for a veto override.

[ChiefFireWaterMike]

I just want to point out how funny it is that the President says its not the government's job to keep porn away from children, even though he had no problem with government mandating the cultural background of actors and crew members in movies or the content of news broadcasts.

It's really screwed up priorities when letting kids see porn gets protected but movies and the news does not get protected. Unsurprising though from this administration.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A vote is open on overriding the veto.

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Aye

[Coastal Elitist]

Aye